MAX DEFIES RULEBOOK FOR A TITLE SECOND TITLE

If we ever needed a reminder about the over-complexity of the Formula 1 rulebook, then it was in the few minutes prior to the podium at Suzuka last weekend. Not many people – not even Max Verstappen or the Red Bull pitwall – were aware that he had been crowned World champion for the second time.

Second-placed Charles Leclerc had cut across the final corner chicane on the last lap and blocked Sergio Perez as the pair raced across the line. He was subsequently