The lack of excitement in a dull F1 Japanese Grand Pri♚x became the major talking point in the post-🐻race cool down room.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen fended off the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to wi⛎n Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

It was a close ๊battle as McLaren challenged throughout, but four-time world champion V𝓡erstappen turned in a peerless performance to convert his magic pole position lap into his first win of the season.

Despite a flat-out race at the front, the Japanese Grand Prix won’t go down as being🔥 one of the most memorablꦜe races in F1 history.

There was a lack of on-track action in a race that was ultimately dominated by qualifying, with clean air proving cruc🐠ial𓃲.

Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton was the only driver to ga🗹in a place in the top 10.

The seven-time world𓆏 champion overtook Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar for seventh in the early stages.

Piastri pointed to the lack of🅘 action in the cooldown room after watching a very short highlights montage on the TV.

“That’s all the hiꩲghlights? That’s all that happened in that race?” Piastri asked.

McLaren teammate Norris said:𝓡 “Nothing happened. I🃏 don’t think there was one overtake.”

To which, Piastri replied: “For a race that felt like i𓃲t was pretty flat-out, nothing happened.”

Norris-Verstappen pit-exit incident reviewed 

A pit-exit incident involving Verstappen and Norris also grabbed attention in the cool down 𓆏room.

The title rivals pitted at the same time and 🌞exiꦛted the pits almost alongside.

Vers🐎tappen held his line to stay ahead as Norris ran out of track and ended up taking to t꧑he grass.

“I had a good seat to watch the 🔯pit exit,” Piastri said, laughing.

Norris noted: “It was close!”

Piastri added: “I wa🅰s coming down the straight and saಌw grass everywhere.”

Verstappen then pitched in: “Something happened!”

The Dutchman also joked “that’s quite an expensive lawnmower” as he and Norris watched the inciden𓆉t together.