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After Red Bull’s amazing winning streak ended in Singapore, Formula 1 headed to Japan wondering if that shock defeat would mark the beginning of an important shift in the competitive order, or turn out to be merely a minor blip for F1’s dominant team.
Max Verstappen appeared to give us an emphatic answer - beginning Red Bull’s Japanese Grand Prix weekend by lapping comfortably fastest in practice.
And the fact that happened at Suzuka would suggest the FIA technical directives were indeed a red-herring in trying to explain Red Bull’s sudden dip in Singapore - bad news for those teams behind who were probably hoping for a helping hand in trying to bring Red Bull down.
More on that in our new video:
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