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Are Red Bull and Ferrari on back foot for potential F1 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.

Autosport · Sep 23, 2023

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.

Autosport · Sep 23, 2023

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

Leclerc stunned by "crazy" gap to Verstappen in Japan F1 qualifying

Verstappen looked to have the measure of the field throughout qualifying, bouncing back from a Q2 elimination in Singapore to take pole by around six tenths from McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

Motorsport · Sep 23, 2023

Verstappen: Red Bull detractors "can suck on an egg" after F1 Japanese GP pole

The championship leader set a first lap in the final stage of qualifying that was more than good enough for pole, but proved his quality further by beating his own benchmark by over a tenth to beat second-placed Oscar Piastri by 0.581s.

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

Japanese Grand Prix: Max Verstappen pips Oscar Piastri to pole position

Max Verstappen is back in form and back on pole position after a tense qualifying session for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Evening Standard · 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 quickest again as Gasly crash ends FP2 early

The Dutchman punched in a 1m30.688s to stand atop the timing boards, having been bumped off the top following his opening run on soft tyres as the rest of the front-running pack waited until later to clock their first times on softs.

Motorsport · Sep 22, 2023