Both drivers did a good job - but we have to be honest with ourselves: we did not have enough performance to qualify higher. read more »

A mixed day for us. We have a good selection of new tyres available for the race tomorrow and will be looking to make progress into the top 10 during the Grand Prix. read more »

We knew this was a track that doesn't suit us, and we did the best we could. read more »

Oscar Piastri has warned that he will push for the race win at the Japanese Grand Prix after qualifying behind Max Verstappen. read more »

Sergio Perez believes he was disadvantaged by his tyre strategy during qualifying at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.  read more »

Charles Leclerc, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu have all avoided penalties for exceeding the maximum lap time limit in qualifying at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.  read more »

Oscar Piastri was "frustrated" to not improve on his final Q3 run despite claiming his maiden Formula 1 front-row start in Japan. Piastri is embarking on his debut... read more »

The Red Bull driver bounced back from a disappointing Singapore showing by topping every practice and grabbing pole position at Suzuka, taking top spot in qualifying by a... read more »

Verstappen looked to have the measure of the field throughout qualifying, bouncing back from a Q2 elimination in Singapore to take pole by around six-tenths from McLaren's... read more »

After claiming two consecutive pole positions in Italy and Singapore, Carlos Sainz’s qualifying hot streak ended after qualifying sixth for the Japanese Grand Prix. The... read more »

Max Verstappen has explained that his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase dared him to produce a 1m28 lap in qualifying for the F1 Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he was on a "knife edge with the rear end" of his Mercedes car throughout qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. The seven-time champion... read more »

Charles Leclerc says it was a "bit of a shame" to end fourth in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix after putting in a "really, really good lap". Amid... read more »

A "proud" Fernando Alonso quipped that Aston Martin's regression means his display during qualifying at Suzuka is likely to go unnoticed, as he scraped into the... read more »

The championship leader set a first lap in the final stage of qualifying that was more than good enough for pole, but proved his quality further by beating his own benchmark by... read more »

Results from qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix, Round 16 of the F1 2023 world championship. read more »

Catch up with all the action from our qualifying session at Suzuka! For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®: https://www.instagram.com/F1... read more »

Verstappen will start ahead of the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in Sunday's race after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments... read more »

Times from today's qualifying session for the Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen dominated qualifying at Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix. He topped all three session and easily took pole position. The McLaren duo were strong as expected... read more »

Max Verstappen emphatically returned to pole position at the Japanese GP with a stunning qualifying performance. read more »

Max Verstappen claimed an imperious pole position at Suzuka for the second-consecutive year, as the Dutchman again emerged as the class of the Formula 1 field. Red Bull and Max... read more »

Max Verstappen stormed home to take a dominant pole position during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen’s return to form in Suzuka was confirmed as he took pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix. The Dutchman’s emphatic 1:28.877s lap-time was 0.581s faster than... read more »

Under-pressure Williams driver Logan Sargeant has crashed out on his first lap of qualifying at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.  read more »