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Stella: "Remarkable" Red Bull F1 gap highlights scale of McLaren's work

Verstappen took pole at Suzuka by roughly six tenths ahead of McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

Motorsport · Sep 23, 2023

Are Red Bull and Ferrari on back foot for potential Japanese GP tyre wrecker?

The iconic figure-of-eight track has always been punishing on its rubber, but things could well be a bit more extreme this time around.

Motorsport · Sep 23, 2023

Mercedes not “clinging on” to current concepts for 2024 F1 car revamp

A one-second deficit to pole position man Max Verstappen in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix has exposed the major downforce deficit and balance struggles that Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have been battling with all season.

Autosport · Sep 23, 2023

Norris: Hard to beat Verstappen unless Piastri emulates Senna/Prost in Japan F1 race

The Briton was beaten to the front row of the grid by rookie team-mate Piastri by a scant 0.035s, although Max Verstappen's advantage over the Australian spanned over half a second en route to pole position.

Autosport · Sep 23, 2023

Max Verstappen restores normal service for Red Bull with Japanese F1 GP pole

Max Verstappen claimed pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix for Red Bull with a mighty lap of Suzuka, ahead of Oscar Piastri’s McLaren

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2023

F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen streaks to dominant pole over Piastri by 0.581s

The championship leader routed the rest of the field with his initial 1m29.012s, which would have been good enough for pole on its own, but a second lap yielded further improvements and he found over a tenth to secure a 1m28.877s.

Autosport · Sep 23, 2023

F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen storms to pole by 0.6s from Piastri, Norris

The championship leader routed the rest of the field with his initial 1m29.012s, which would have been good enough for pole on its own, but a second lap yielded further improvements and he found over a tenth to secure a 1m28.877s.

Motorsport · Sep 23, 2023

2023 F1 Japanese GP qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole

Verstappen will start ahead of the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in Sunday’s race after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

Motorsport · Sep 23, 2023

F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen on top again from Norris and Piastri

A slow-burning session, which featured no track action for the opening five minutes, ended with a series of qualifying simulations in which Verstappen set a 1m30.267s lap to eclipse the two McLarens - which had found performance relative to the Red Bull driver overnight.

Autosport · Sep 23, 2023

F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen pips McLaren duo in FP3

A slow-burning session, which featured no track action for the opening five minutes, ended with a series of qualifying simulations in which Verstappen set a 1m30.267s lap to eclipse the two McLarens - which had found performance relative to the Red Bull driver overnight.

Motorsport · Sep 23, 2023