Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jnr.
| Row 1 | 1. (1) Max Verstappen 1’29.304 Red Bull RB18 | |
| 2. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’29.314 Ferrari F1-75 | ||
| Row 2 | 3. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’29.361 Ferrari F1-75 | |
| 4. (11) Sergio Perez 1’29.709 Red Bull RB18 | ||
| Row 3 | 5. (31) Esteban Ocon 1’30.165 Alpine-Renault A522 | |
| 6. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’30.261 Mercedes W13 | ||
| Row 4 | 7. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’30.322 Alpine-Renault A522 | |
| 8. (63) George Russell 1’30.389 Mercedes W13 | ||
| Row 5 | 9. (5) Sebastian Vettel 1’30.554 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR22 | |
| 10. (4) Lando Norris 1’31.003 McLaren-Mercedes MCL36 | ||
| Row 6 | 11. (3) Daniel Ricciardo 1’30.659 McLaren-Mercedes MCL36 | |
| 12. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’30.709 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C42 | ||
| Row 7 | 13. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’30.808 AlphaTauri-Red Bull AT03 | |
| 14. (24) Zhou Guanyu 1’30.953 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C42 | ||
| Row 8 | 15. (47) Mick Schumacher 1’31.439 Haas-Ferrari VF-22 | |
| 16. (23) Alexander Albon 1’31.311 Williams-Mercedes FW44 | ||
| Row 9 | 17. (20) Kevin Magnussen 1’31.352 Haas-Ferrari VF-22 | |
| 18. (18) Lance Stroll 1’31.419 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR22 | ||
| Row 10 | 19. (6) Nicholas Latifi 1’31.511 Williams-Mercedes FW44 | |
| 20. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’31.322 AlphaTauri-Red Bull AT03 |
Penalties
Nicholas Latifi – Five place penalty for causing a collision with Zhou Guanyu
Pierre Gasly – Start from the pit lane due to changing parts under parc ferme
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Harry Brown
8th October 2022, 8:11
Alonso out qualified, he really loves to eat his words.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
8th October 2022, 8:14
Mercedes….. what a joke!! Ahahahahaaaaaaaaa!
Ipba
8th October 2022, 11:16
You really want to go there Sir? Well let us see, Mercedes are a successful car company running an F1 team. They have won 8 constructors titles in a row and still in a poor year running P3 overall. You in comparison are (with respect) a nobody making childish comments, working like a dog 9-5 to pay your bills and put food on the table. I know who I would laugh at and it is not Merc.
Tommy C (@tommy-c)
8th October 2022, 8:44
Great qualy! Any of the top 3 could have taken it. Great showing by Alpine. I didn’t see Fernando’s last attempt but I assume he must have aborted after an error or something. He had been on it all through the session so I was surprised to see ocon ahead. The incident between Norris and Verstappen was mildly terrifying. I’m glad they didn’t make contact obviously…
Sviat
8th October 2022, 10:49
Alonso again can’t keep up with Ocon in qualification. This happened so many times when Alonso is fast until the last stage. I watched his best lap and didn’t notice any mistakes; it was a great lap, just not fast enough.
I don’t see him beating Ocon tomorrow.