Checo Pérez looks for pole position at the epic Suzuka, one of the best tracks on the F1 calendar
Of the Red Bull and Ferrari nobody improved their time and Max Verstappen achieves pole in Suzuka, but with pending investigation. Checo Pérez will start fourth.
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Verstappen
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Leclerc
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Sainz
Yes, race control will investigate the maneuver between Verstappen and Norris at the exit of the 130R, one of the fastest corners in the championship. In Verstappen’s defense, Norris was preparing the fastest lap.
Max Verstappen would be investigated for a maneuver at the start of the 130R: Max was not on a fast lap, he was very lazy almost in the middle of the track, when Lando Norris came very strong and the Briton had to take evasive measures, he went to the earth. Race control has not commented, but we would not be surprised if this maneuver is investigated.
First pass through the goal: Vueltón by Max Verstappen and he is P1 at the moment. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz second and third; fourth Czech Perez.
Start Q3: the fight for pole position in the fantastic Suzuka…
Checo Pérez takes P1 with .421 thousandths of an advantage over Verstappen. Max made his turn, and the Ferraris did the same, with used soft tires. Czech with new red.
Deleted:
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Ricciardo
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Bottas
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Tsunoda
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Zhou
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Schumacher
Checo Pérez comes out with a new soft tire. His first turn was done with a used tire. The peloton from Ricciardo 5th to Vettel P12 is very tight. Czech has to do a good lap, without cracks. Verstappen and the two Ferraris remain in garages.
Eliminated, for now: Norris, Vettel, Zhou, Schumacher and Tsunoda
Checo Pérez third and Mac Verstpapen gets P1. 8 minutes left…
The Ferraris are placed 1-2: Carlos Sainz first. The Red Bulls are coming, all with soft tires.
Q2 started: 15 minutes, the top 10 will advance…
Eliminated in Q1:
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Albon
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gasly
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Magnussen
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Stroll
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Latif
Everyone on track except Red Bull, Ferrari, Alonso and Albon…
Race Control eliminates Albon’s time and is among those eliminated; 3 minutes left…
In the absence of 5 minutes, eliminated: Russell, Magnussen, Vettel, Hamilton and Latifi.
The Ferraris are placed 2-3: Verstappen, Sainz, Leclerc and Pérez. Drivers are missing to start: Alonso, Ocon, Albon and Latifi.
The Red Bull pass and are placed 1-2, with Checo second; Charles Leclerc already on the track…
At the moment, with 13 minutes to go, only the AlphaTauri have a time trial. There are several cars on the starting and fastest lap, including Checo Pérez and Max Verstpapen, two of the big favorites.
In the Ferrari garage of car 16, that of Charles Leclerc, there is work in a hurry on the floor of the car. Leclerc just got on despite the fact that the car is on the elevators. It seems that Ferrari will take out the Monegasque once morest the hour and they want him to be ready… we’ll see what happens.
Q1 started: It’s 18 minutes to place a fastest lap that is among the top 15…
classification for the Japanese Grand Prix18th date of the season of Formula 1.
It’s the return of the shocking Suzuka. A traditional circuit with 5.8 kilometers of speed and vertigo. Technical layout that demands precision from the pilots in each curve, of which there are several: high, medium and low speed.
Suzuka houses two emblematic curves: the spoon (with double apex) and the recklessly fast 130R, which leads to the famous ‘Casio triangle’ where in 1989 they left the championship Ayrton Senna y Alain Prostvery famous image of the history of the Formula 1.
Yes, Suzuka enthuses: “This track is always demanding and when it’s wet it’s even more so; I think it’s the best track in the world,” he said. Czech Perez on Friday following the first two practices for the Japanese Grand Prix, which returns to the calendar following two years of pandemic COVID-19.
Czech Perez y Max Verstappen they have in the Red Bull a car capable of going for pole. The RB18 It has the characteristics that Suzuka demands: power, aerodynamic grip to go through the fast curves and good clothing to do the ‘Harping’ or the already mentioned ‘Casio Triangle’.
Per Ferrari also has the fundamentals to fight in Suzuka. The car has been fast and a worthy adversary of the Red Bullwhat’s more, Charles Leclerc hand in hand fight for the runner-up once morest Czech Perez –It seems impossible that he will catch up with Verstappen, who only needs to win and do the fastest lap on Sunday, to be crowned champion 2022-.
F1 qualifying is divided into three rounds:
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Q1: 18 minutes / the five slowest cars are eliminated
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Q2: 15 minutes/ slowest five cars eliminated
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Q3: 12 minutes / 10 cars for pole.
In the dry, the Japanese circuit will run with tires from the hardest range of compounds: C1 -hard, recognizable by the white stripe-, C2 -medium, yellow stripe- and C3 -soft, red-.
The Japanese Grand Prix it was held for the first time in 1976, in Fuji; that hosted the last race of that year, played under a monsoon deluge and that decided the title in favor of the English James Hunt and to the detriment of the Austrian Niki Laudabrutally injured just a few weeks before in the Nürburgring German. A test and an epic sports duel that were perfectly documented in the cinema in the sensational film ‘Rush’.
Since then, and except in another three of the 35 editions in which he participated in the World Cup F1has always been disputed in Suzuka.
