Suzuka, Japan – Max Verstappen of Red Bull will begin from the pole position in the Japanese Grand Prix after spending the superior time in the qualification on Saturday in its final attempt.
Lando Norris de McLaren will begin with his teammate Oscar Piastri in the second row with Charles Leclerc de Ferrari.
Verstappen turned a registration time of 1 minute tracks, 26,983 seconds in his last round, which he called “very unexpected.”
That was also the reaction in the garage and mechanics of Red Bull shouted and hugged when the moment appeared.
It was the 41st Pole of Verstappen to go with 63 victories in his career.
Norris and Piastri have won The first two Formula 1 races of the season. Now Verstappen is in good shape to win his fourth consecutive career in Japan.
It is also an opportunity for Verstappen to leave a small fall. Despite being the four -time defender champion, he has won only two races in the last 16 during this season and the last.
The qualification session was arrested with 8:26 remaining by a small fire on the grass out of the track.
The authorities have decided to burn the grass on the edge of the track in preparation for Sunday’s race. There were four small fires in the practice sessions on Friday and Saturday, the dry brush was flames by sparks of the passing cars.
The Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda, promoted to Red Bull last week since his second team, will begin from the back of the network after leaving in the second of the three classification sessions.
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