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Antonelli wins Japanese GP turned upside down by safety car

Kimi Antonelli won Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix, benefitting from a mid-race safety car caused by a frightening high-speed crash for Ollie Bearman.Antonelli started from pole position but was down in sixth by the end of lap one, wheelspinning off the line and being swallowed up by his team-mate George Russell, the McLarens and the Ferraris.It was Oscar Piastri who led the race ahead of Russell in the early stages, but that was turned on its head by a lap 22/53 safety car caused by Ollie Bearman’s Haas ending up in the barriers.Bearman was caught out by an extreme closing speed onto the back of Franco Colapinto’s Alpine into the Spoon Curve.The 50G crash left Bearman …


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Author: Josh Suttill

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