2023-09-23 07:51:21
The current world champion Max Verstappen demonstrated his dominance since he landed in Suzuka for the dispute Japanese Grand Prix. He led the three free practice sessions and took pole, with a time of 1:28.877, followed by the McLaren pair made up of the Australian Oscar Piastri and the british Lando Norris; his teammate at Red Bull, Czech Perezwill start in fifth place.
The Dutchman did not drop from first place in all the sessions. Free Practice 1, Free Practice 2, Free Practice 3 and the three qualifying rounds this Saturday. In all first. No pilot might put him in trouble.
A change of situation of 180 degrees compared to what was experienced in Singapore a week ago, when both Red Bull They were left out of Q3 for the first time since Russia 2018.
Everything returned to normal as soon as we landed in Japan and Verstappen He demonstrated once more why this season he achieved the highest record of consecutive victories in the history of F1 – ten – which was broken in Singapore and which, barring a mechanical problem or major error, will be resumed in Japan.
He signed the pole with a time of 1:28.877 and from behind they both appeared McLarenwho continue to take steps forward in a dazzling evolution that has made them go from starting the season as one of the worst teams to being “the best of the rest.”
And within their internal dispute, Piastri, recently renewed until 2026, won the game once morest his teammate Lando Norris.
In fourth position will be the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and the Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez (Red Bull) will finish fifth following being far from his teammate at all times, from whom he finished 773 thousandths behind.
For its part, the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), author of the last two pole positions, in Monza and Singapore – in the latter he also won the race – might only be sixth; while his compatriot Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) will start tenth in Sunday’s race.
“We didn’t know where we would finish because it was expected that it wouldn’t go well for us and that’s what happened. Qatar doesn’t look good either, but hey, we have to try to finish top 10. Suzuka is a fantastic track, but we lack pace, especially seeing the improvements of the others “.
“Back to reality because it’s time to go back to fight once morest Mercedes and McLaren, but oh well. I played a lot with the set up and on top of that the return wasn’t anything out of this world, there wasn’t much else either.”
“At McLaren they are better than us on these types of circuits.”
Max Verstappen y Red Bull They don’t fail twice. After your bad
Singapore GPthe leading highlight of the
world and current
king of f1once once more exhibited the enormous dominance of the entire season in the
F1 Japanese GP 2023 conquering his 9th pole out of 16 possible this season. In
Singapore,
Carlos Sainz
broke his enormous streak of 10 consecutive wins,
historical record in the ‘Great Circus
1. Max Verstappen (1:28:877)
2. Oscar Piastri
3.
Lando Norris
4. Charles Leclerc
5. Checo Pérez
6.
Carlos Sainz
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. George Russell
9. Yuki Tsunoda
10.
Fernando Alonso
11. Liam Lawson
12. Pierre Gasly
13. Alex Albon
14. Esteban Ocon
15. Kevin Magnussen
16. Valtteri Bottas
17. Lance Stroll
18. Nico Hulkenberg
19. Guanyu Zhou
20. Logan Sargeant
“A great day for us as a team, as always Max is there, but I am happy with the laps since it is not an easy circuit. I am happy because it is a good position for tomorrow.”
“The first lap was pretty good, but the second wasn’t quite as I would have liked, but I’m happy for the team and the improvements we have. Happy to be 2nd and Lando 3rd.”
“Thank you very much to all the fans, for our part it is an incredible weekend because we have pushed to the limit. We had a bad weekend in Singapore, but I felt from the first lap that it was going to go well here.”
SPANISH POLE IN SUZUKA! 2nd Piastri and 3rd Norris.
Carlos Sanz 6th and 10th Fernando Alonso.
Great time
Plates! He placed 2nd
McLareb following painting the last sector purple.
Sainz is 10th and Alonso 7th
Everything was very tight, but with
Max
Verstappen as favorite to take pole.
Still pay attention to
Leclerc y
Norris.
GREEN LIGHT, OPEN PITLANE AND THE FINAL FIGHT FOR SUZUKA’S POLE BEGINS!
The middle area of the table looks like this:
11. Lawson
12. Gasly
13. Albon
14. Ocon
15. Magnussen
Everyone is risking it in this single round!
Alonso can be left out.
Everyone waiting in the pits to change tires and put gas in this last stint.
In elimination zone:
Ocon, Gasly, Alonso, Albon and Magnussen.
¡1º Verstappen! Great time from Red Bull that has achieved a 1:29:964 with a record-breaking last sector.
The Dutchman goes to the pits when he sees that this record is enough for him to advance to Q3.
good times of
Lawson y
Albon that take advantage of the improved track.
for return
Fernando Alonso y
Sainz.
Pitlane open! Only the ten fastest will advance to Q3.
Checkered flag in this qualifying start that ended due to a crash
Sargeant in the last corner where the Williams completely lost. There will be a delay in resuming.
The drivers who will close the grid tomorrow are:
16. Bottas
17. Stroll
18. Hulkenberg
19. Zhou
20. Sargeant
The drivers take to the track for the last stint where the asphalt is expected to improve by up to 6 tenths.
Everything is very equal to enter Q2!
Leclerc slips into the top 3, half a second behind
Norris y
Verstappen.
In elimination zone:
Hulkenberg, Bottas, Gasly, Albon and Sargeant
The session is resumed.
7º
Fernando
Alonsowhile
Ferrari They have not yet marked registration.
SARGEANT ACCIDENT!! VERY HARD IMPACT!
1º Verstappen with almost two tenths over
Norris.
Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso have not yet started the return leg.
Only
Lawson y
Stroll on the track where they seek to get a good time in these first laps.
GREEN LIGHT IN THE PITLANE ON SUZUKA!
ENGINES ROAR ON SUZUKA! CLASSIFICATION FOR THE RACE IS VITAL!
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That year the title was also decided in Japan, when they crashed in practice
Nigel Mansell in his Williams-Honda, the title remained in the hands of his teammate
Nelson Piquet.
The Dutch
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) led the third free practice of the
Japanese Grand Prix with a time of 1:30.267, with the Spanish
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) in sixth at 870 thousandths and the
McLaren of Norris and Piastrisecond and third, standing up to the single-seaters of
Red Bullwhich managed to place the Mexican in fourth place
Sergio Perez737 thousandths behind the leader.
Suzuka is a circuit
5.807km. It has 18 curves and is a real challenge to drive with the winding ‘S’ curves in the first sector.
The
130R It is the fastest corner of the season and it is a circuit in which top speed is key, so the rear wing is small and there is low downforce. After completing 53 laps, the drivers will finish the race having traveled 307,471 km
It’s regarding a
asian teamfinanced with 1,000 million from an American fund, which wants to pay 600 million to enter the
F1 in 2026 with new facilities and a unique team identity with diversity and fans at the center of its project
1. Red Bull – 597 points
2. Mercedes – 289 points
3. Ferrari – 265 points
4. Aston Martin – 217 puntos
5. McLaren – 139 points
6. Alpine – 81 points
7. Williams – 21 points
8. Haas – 12 points
9. Alfa Romeo – 10 points
10. AlphaTauri – 5 points
The Australian Formula One driver
Oscar Piastri has renewed its commitment until 2026 with the McLaren team, as the team itself announced this Wednesday.
“We are still fine-tuning the car a lot and we have tried many different configurations to try to find the best compromise for this track,” he assured.
Carlos
Sainz following being 4th in the first day of training
F1 Japanese GP.
1. Max Verstappen – 374 points
2. Sergio Pérez – 223 points
3. Lewis Hamilton – 180
4.
Fernando Alonso – 170 points
5.
Carlos Sainz – 142 points
6. Charles Leclerc – 123 points
7. George Russell – 109 points
8. Lando Norris – 97 points.
9. Lance Stroll – 47 points.
10. Pierre Gasly – 45 points.
11. Oscar Piastri – 42 points.
12. Esteban Ocon – 36 points.
13. Alex Albon – 21 points.
14. Nico Hülkenberg – 9 points.
15 Valtteri Bottas – 6 points.
16. Zhou Guanyu – 4 puntos.
17. Yuki Tsunoda – 3 puntos.
18. Kevin Magnussen – 2 points.
19. Logan Sargeant – 0 points.
20. Daniel Ricciardo – 0 points.
21. Liam Lawson – 0 pts.
22. Nyck DeVries – 0 points.
The Asturian admitted that the poor performance of his
Aston
Martin in the race of
domingoin which he even said that it was ”
undriveable“, was due to some damage he suffered on lap 2 and showed his full “confidence in the project” of the team.
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Very good morning friends of
Sports world!
Welcome to the broadcast
live of the classification of
F1 Japanese Grand Prix. The action returns following the last race in
Singapore and now the adrenaline returns to a temple of speed like the Japanese country.
Euphoria continues in the team
Ferrari following the second victory of
Carlos
Sainz and also with a view to returning to the podium to
Fernando
Alonso and his
Aston
Martin…
All prepared! Let’s start!
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