Max Verstappen described his pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix as “very unexpected” after he defied the odds to beat the two McLaren drivers to the fastest time in qualifying.
Category: Formula 1
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Hamilton: Red Bull dropping Lawson ‘pretty tough’
Lewis Hamilton said Red Bull’s decision to swap Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda after just two races shows the unfair pressure placed on young drivers in Formula 1 today.
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Verstappen snatches pole from McLaren in Japan qualifying
Max Verstappen pulled off a near-perfect lap of the Suzuka circuit to snatch pole position for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix from McLaren’s Lando Norris.
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LIVE: Japanese GP qualifying
All the latest from the Suzuka Circuit, with teams hoping the grass fires won’t be a factor like in practice.
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Norris fastest as grass fires again disrupt practice
Lando Norris put McLaren top of the timesheets in third practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday with a sizzling lap of one minute 27.965 seconds that bettered Max Verstappen’s time for pole position last year.
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Sources: V10 engines meeting set for next week
Formula 1’s engine manufacturers will meet ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix next week to talk about a return to V10 engines, sources have confirmed to ESPN.
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FIA probe grass fires at Japanese Grand Prix
Organisers are investigating the trackside grass fires that disrupted second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday and taking measures to ensure there is no repeat over the rest of the weekend.
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Tsunoda’s Red Bull promotion will define his F1 career
Yuki Tsunoda finally got his chance at Red Bull, but is being Max Verstappen’s teammate a poisoned chalice?
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Ex Racing Bulls boss: Tsunoda was always the guy
Former Red Bull junior team boss Franz Tost has given a scathing verdict of Liam Lawson, saying the Kiwi would still be slower than Yuki Tsunoda if he had 100 years of practice.
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Four red flags stop practice as Piastri quickest
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris topped the times for McLaren as four red flags, two caused by trackside grass fires, wreaked havoc with the second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday.