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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands leads Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco during the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Marshals clear the track of surface water after the race was suspended temporally during the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, center right, of the Netherlands, and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, of Monaco, lead the field shortly after the start of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly of France powers his car in the pit lane during the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai, Pool)

The car of Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz of Spain is carried in the pit lane after a crash, as the race of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix has been delayed at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai, Pool)

A safety car drives in the rain as the race is being suspended during the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)