Max Verstappen scorched to a decisive Japanese Grand Prix pole to beat Oscar Piastri by over half a second in Formula 1 qualifying.
The championship leader routed the rest of the field with his initial 1m29.012s, which would have been good enough for pole on its own, but a second lap yielded further improvements and he found over a tenth to secure a 1m28.877s.
Charles Leclerc only did one lap in Q3, but rocketed up to fourth place as Ferrari appeared to lose pace compared to McLaren overnight having headed the British squad in Friday's sessions. Home hero Yuki Tsunoda made his way into Q3 and grabbed ninth, beating Fernando Alonso, who just scraped into Q3 to ensure his season-long streak of making the final qualifying session continued.
Alex Albon was first to set a lap in the second set of runs and initially got up to seventh, but fell down the order as the later laps showed greater improvement. He was half a tenth ahead of Alpine's Esteban Ocon, the French team losing both cars in Q2, while Haas' Kevin Magnussen nudged into Q2, but could get no further than 15th
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