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Max Verstappen held off the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to win the Japanese Grand Prix in brilliant style on Sunday.
The Dutchman’s coolness under pressure to fend off two faster cars coupled with a scintillating drive to qualify in pole position on Saturday made for “one of the best weekends that he’s had in Formula One,” his Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told Sky Sports afterward.
“The hard work was really done yesterday but today again in the race, he was inch-perfect,” Horner added. “McLaren were quick but we were able to be that bit quicker to hold them off behind.”
Meanwhile, Mercedes’…
