It turned into the closest fight for pole this season at the front, but Sebastian Vettel gets a special mention for his final Suzuka qualifying performance. JapaneseGP 🇯🇵 F1
Winners and losers from Japanese Grand Prix qualifyingQualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix saw three drivers within a tenth for the second weekend in a row as Max Verstappen claimed pole position.
Ahead of an enthralling Japanese Grand Prix, here are our winners and losers from a tense qualifying day at Suzuka.After his chaotic Singapore Grand Prix weekend, qualifying went almost perfectly smoothly for Red Bull and Verstappen this time around.being good enough for pole position – claiming top spot by just 0.01sec – the 18th time the Dutch driver has taken pole position.
With both Leclerc and Sainz slotting in less than half a tenth behind Verstappen, the Scuderia have the luxury of being able to attack Verstappen with a two-pronged strategic approach – assuming they can keep Perez behind. At a track that rewards cars with strong downforce packages and engines, it is also encouraging for Alpine that the A522 had the measure of the Mercedes W13 in qualifying spec – even if they reckon they will lose that particular fight on race day.
“It’s so much more fun around here than at the other circuits!” the four-time former World Champion said after the session.
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