Max Verstappen took his fourth pole position out of four rounds in 2024, beating team mate Sergio Perez and Lando Norris at Suzuka.
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Verstappen repels Ferrari threat to continue run of pole positions
2024 Australian GP qualifying report
Posted onMax Verstappen secured a hat trick of poles at the start of the 2024 season after warding off a challenge from Ferrari in qualifying.
Verstappen takes first Jeddah pole position ahead of Leclerc
2024 Saudi Arabian GP qualifying report
Posted onMax Verstappen comfortably took pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for the first time in his career.
Verstappen starts season with pole in Bahrain ahead of Leclerc
2024 Bahrain GP qualifying report
Posted onMax Verstappen secured the first pole position of the 2024 season, two tenths of a second quicker than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen claims pole position for finale ahead of Leclerc and Piastri
2023 Abu Dhabi GP qualifying report
Posted onMax Verstappen took his 11th and final pole position of his dominant 2023 campaign in Abu Dhabi, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Leclerc takes Vegas pole as Sainz’s penalty costs Ferrari a front row lock-out
2023 Las Vegas GP qualifying report
Posted onCharles Leclerc secured pole position for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix but Carlos Sainz Jnr’s penalty will promote Max Verstappen to second place.
Verstappen storms to pole ahead of Leclerc as rain stops play in Brazil
2023 Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying report
Posted onMax Verstappen secured pole position for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix after a late storm prevented drivers from setting more than one run in Q3.
Leclerc leads surprise Ferrari front row lockout
2023 Mexican Grand Prix qualifying report
Posted onCharles Leclerc put Ferrari on pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix ahead of team mate Carlos Sainz Jnr as Max Verstappen was beaten to third.
Leclerc snatches pole after Verstappen loses top spot for track limits breach
Formula 1
Posted onCharles Leclerc will start on pole position for Sunday’s United States GP after Max Verstappen had his best time deleted for track limits.
Verstappen on pole as track limits violations cost Perez and McLaren pair
Formula 1
Posted onMax Verstappen will start on pole position for Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix ahead of the two Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen takes dominant pole ahead of Piastri as Perez struggles to fifth
Formula 1
Posted onMax Verstappen secured pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix by over half a second from the two McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
Sainz beats Russell to Singapore pole as neither Red Bull reaches Q3
Formula 1
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr took pole position in a qualifying session full of surprises as Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were eliminated in Q2.
Sainz denies Verstappen by one-hundredth to put Ferrari on pole at home
2023 Italian Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr sent the Tifosi into rapture at Monza by pipping Max Verstappen to pole position for the Italian Grand Prix.
Verstappen beats Norris to pole in incident-filled Dutch GP qualifying
2023 Dutch Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onMax Verstappen maintained his perfect record of home pole positions at Zandvoort, beating Lando Norris in an eventful qualifying.
Verstappen crushes rivals in wet Spa qualifying but penalty hands pole to Leclerc
2023 Belgian Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onCharles Leclerc will start on pole position for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen set the quickest time in qualifying.
Hamilton stuns Verstappen to take first pole since 2021 by 0.003 seconds
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onLewis Hamilton took pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix by pipping Max Verstappen by just three-thousandths of a second.
Verstappen beats McLarens for pole as Perez suffers Q1 elimination
2023 British Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onMax Verstappen took pole position for the British Grand Prix ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri as his team mate Sergio Perez was eliminated from Q1.
Verstappen pips Leclerc to pole as track limits errors doom Perez to 15th
2023 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onWhile Max Verstappen narrowly claimed his fourth pole position in a row, his team mate failed to reach Q3 for the fourth weekend running.
Verstappen on pole, Hulkenberg snatches second in wet Canadian GP qualifying
2023 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onMax Verstappen secured pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix as Nico Hulkenberg took second on the grid in a dramatic wet qualifying session.
Verstappen easily takes pole in Barcelona as Perez fails to reach Q3
2023 Spanish Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onMax Verstappen secured a comfortable pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix as team mate Sergio Perez was eliminated from Q2.