“Mind-blowing” Max Verstappen pole at Japanese GP hailed as ‘one of the greatest qualifying laps in F1 history’.
Max Verstappen’s pole position lap at the Japanese Grand Prix has been labelled as “one of the great qualifying laps in F1 history” by Karun Chandhok.
23 Sep 2023
Lewis Larkam
Crash.Net

Verstappen had already done enough to seal pole with his opening salvo in Q3 but improved further with a phenomenal final effort that left Sky pundit Chandhok in awe.

"I'm still breathless watching that. I think that was one of the great qualifying laps in F1 history," ex-F1 driver Chandhok said. There's not much left on the table. The detail with which he drove - pinching little bits on the entry into Spoon Curve, 130R not using all the width.’

“He thought about every metre and for me that's a driver who's ahead of the car. If they didn't have Max in the car, they would be second on the grid.”

‘Greatest qualifying laps in F1 history’;

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/103651...est-f1-history


Qualifying Results – 2023 Japanese Grand Prix
23rd September 2023
by Emer Hedderman
FormulaSpy

Results (Classification):
Q3
1. Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing -1:28.877
2. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.581
3. Lando Norris McLaren +0.616
4. Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.665
5. Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.773
6. Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.973
7. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +1.031
8. George Russell Mercedes +1.342
9. Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +1.426
10. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +1.683

‘Japanese Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from qualifying for tomorrow’s 2023 F1 World Championship race in Suzuka’;

https://formulaspy.com/f1/qualifying...and-prix-83216


AS IT HAPPENED: Follow all the action from qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix
23 September 2023
Becky Hart.
Special Contributor.
Formula One - Official Site

‘AS IT HAPPENED’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...sRhyAtG8q.html


F1 Live - Japanese GP Qualifying Watchalong | Live timings + Commentary
23 September 2023
Racing Statistics

‘Qualifying Watchalong’;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drGN2jJecvI


Verstappen takes crushing Suzuka pole ahead of Piastri
Sep 23, 2023
by Josh Suttill
The Race

Max Verstappen and Red Bull are back on top in Formula 1 after crushing the opposition in Japanese Grand Prix qualifying.

There’s been zero sign of a repeat of Red Bull’s struggles in Singapore – where both cars were knocked out of Q2 – all weekend and that continued into qualifying with Verstappen delivering on his clear pole favourite status throughout. He held a four tenths of a second advantage over his nearest rival, Oscar Piastri’s McLaren, after the opening runs of Q3.

Verstappen delivered a 1m28.877s on his final run to extend that gap to almost six tenths. Piastri couldn’t improve on his second run but he’ll still line up on the front row in F1 for the first time in a grand prix, having done so in the sprint at Spa, and has managed that on his Suzuka debut too.

‘Crushing Suzuka pole’;

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/v...ad-of-piastri/


F1 ROOKIE joins Verstappen on the front row for Japanese GP after qualifying
Saturday 23 September 2023 09:19
Sam Cook
GPFans

Max Verstappen stormed home to take a dominant pole position during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.

He was 0.581 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger Oscar Piastri, the biggest gulf since Michael Schumacher's blistering effort around the same track in 2004, with the other McLaren of Lando Norris in third.

‘F1 ROOKIE joins Verstappen on the front row’;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/10...ition-mclaren/