The current world champion and overall leader this season set his best lap in the third qualifying segment in 1 minute 28.877 seconds. This result is 0.581 seconds faster than that achieved by Australian McLlaren driver Oscar Piastri, who finished second. Third place goes to another McLlaren driver, Briton Lando Norris (+0.616).
It is worth noting that seven-time world champion Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finished seventh in qualifying. The Briton is 1.031 behind Verstappen.
Formula 1. Japanese Grand Prix 2023. Qualifying:
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull, Netherlands) – 1,28,877;
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren, Australia) +0.581;
- Lando Norris (McLaren, United Kingdom) +0.616;
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari, Monaco) +0.665;
- Sergio Pérez (Red Bull, Mexico) +0.773;
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari, Spain) +0.973;
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, United Kingdom) +1.031;
- George Russell (Mercedes, United Kingdom) +1.342;
- Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri, Japan) +1.426;
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin, Spain) +1.683.
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