Max Verstappen reckons there was no way past Lewis Hamilton at the Japanese Grand Prix, even though traffic brought him into play in the closing stages of the race.
The Red Bull driver closed onto the back of Hamilton's gearbox on the penultimate lap when the race leader got stuck behind backmarker Fernando Alonso but lost time himself when trying to find a way around the Spaniard.
That allowed Hamilton -- who had reported he was struggling with vibrations on his rear tyres -- to pull a gap and crucially move out of DRS range, as he held on to claim his 61st career win and his fourth victory at Suzuka.