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F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Japanese GP pole
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, the 18th round of the 2022 F1 World Championship.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Oct 8, 2022, 7:54 PM
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Verstappen will start ahead of the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz 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.
However, Verstappen is under investigation by stewards for a near miss on his out-lap with McLaren’s Lando Norris in Q3.
UPDATE: Verstappen was reprimanded by stewards for the incident.
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Japanese Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'29.304 234.090 2 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'29.314 0.010 234.064 3 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'29.361 0.057 233.940 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'29.709 0.405 233.033 5 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'30.165 0.861 231.854 6 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'30.261 0.957 231.608 7 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'30.322 1.018 231.451 8 George Russell
Mercedes 1'30.389 1.085 231.280 9 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'30.554 1.250 230.858 10 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'31.003 1.699 229.719 11 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'30.659 1.355 230.591 12 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'30.709 1.405 230.464 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'30.808 1.504 230.213 14 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'30.953 1.649 229.846 15 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'31.439 2.135 228.624 16 Alex Albon
Williams 1'31.311 2.007 228.945 17 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'31.322 2.018 228.917 18 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'31.352 2.048 228.842 19 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 1'31.419 2.115 228.674 20 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1'31.511 2.207 228.444 View full results
What happened in Japanese Grand Prix Q1?
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the early bar at 1m30.622s, which was soon beaten by Verstappen’s 1m30.224s. Sainz got to within 0.112s for P2, with Leclerc in third, 0.178s off the pace.
Falling at the first hurdle were Alex Albon (Williams), a brake-troubled Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) and Nicholas Latifi (Williams).
Japanese Grand Prix Q1 results: Verstappen fastest from Sainz
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'30.224 231.703 2 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'30.336 0.112 0.112 231.416 3 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'30.402 0.178 0.066 231.247 4 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'30.603 0.379 0.201 230.734 5 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'30.622 0.398 0.019 230.685 6 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'30.696 0.472 0.074 230.497 7 George Russell
Mercedes 1'30.865 0.641 0.169 230.068 8 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'30.880 0.656 0.015 230.030 9 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'30.881 0.657 0.001 230.028 10 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'30.894 0.670 0.013 229.995 11 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'30.906 0.682 0.012 229.965 12 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'31.130 0.906 0.224 229.399 13 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'31.152 0.928 0.022 229.344 14 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'31.226 1.002 0.074 229.158 15 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'31.256 1.032 0.030 229.083 16 Alex Albon
Williams 1'31.311 1.087 0.055 228.945 17 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'31.322 1.098 0.011 228.917 18 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'31.352 1.128 0.030 228.842 19 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 1'31.419 1.195 0.067 228.674 20 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1'31.511 1.287 0.092 228.444 View full results
What happened in Japanese Grand Prix Q2?
Sainz set the early pace at 1m30.444s on used tyres, 0.042s faster than Leclerc. Verstappen then usurped them both with 1m30.346s.
Perez ran again on new tyres and went quickest on 1m29.925s, four tenths clear of Fernando Alonso’s Alpine.
Knocked out at this point were Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) and Mick Schumacher (Haas).
Japanese Grand Prix Q2 results: Perez fastest from Alonso
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'29.925 232.473 2 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'30.343 0.418 0.418 231.398 3 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'30.346 0.421 0.003 231.390 4 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'30.357 0.432 0.011 231.362 5 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'30.443 0.518 0.086 231.142 6 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'30.444 0.519 0.001 231.139 7 George Russell
Mercedes 1'30.465 0.540 0.021 231.086 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'30.473 0.548 0.008 231.065 9 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'30.486 0.561 0.013 231.032 10 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'30.656 0.731 0.170 230.599 11 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'30.659 0.734 0.003 230.591 12 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'30.709 0.784 0.050 230.464 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'30.808 0.883 0.099 230.213 14 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'30.953 1.028 0.145 229.846 15 Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'31.439 1.514 0.486 228.624 View full results
What happened in Japanese Grand Prix Q3?
On the first runs, Leclerc set the bar at 1m29.557s but Verstappen cleared it with 1m29.304s – although he had a run-in with Norris on their out-laps exiting 130R. Stewards will investigate the near miss after the session.
Sainz was third quickest, four tenths off the pace, with Perez in fourth.
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On the final runs, Leclerc improved to 1m29.314s – but missed pole by 0.01s. Sainz also improved to 0.057s of Verstappen, who didn’t improve on his final run and damaged his car on the kerbs at the exit of Turn 2.
Perez will start fourth, ahead of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, Alonso, George Russell (Mercedes), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) and Norris.
Japanese Grand Prix Q3 results: Verstappen takes pole
Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'29.304 234.090 2 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'29.314 0.010 0.010 234.064 3 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'29.361 0.057 0.047 233.940 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'29.709 0.405 0.348 233.033 5 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'30.165 0.861 0.456 231.854 6 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'30.261 0.957 0.096 231.608 7 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'30.322 1.018 0.061 231.451 8 George Russell
Mercedes 1'30.389 1.085 0.067 231.280 9 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'30.554 1.250 0.165 230.858 10 Lando Norris
McLaren 1'31.003 1.699 0.449 229.719 View full results
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