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2023 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at Suzuka.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri
Classified
Top 20
Round
17
Circuit
Suzuka
Qualifying date
September 23, 2023

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Oscar Piastri secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with Lando Norris third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, and Lando Norris. P4 through P20 were Charles Leclerc, Sergio Pérez, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Yuki Tsunoda, Fernando Alonso, Liam Lawson, Pierre Gasly, Alexander Albon, Esteban Ocon, Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas, Lance Stroll, Nico Hülkenberg, Guanyu Zhou, and Logan Sargeant.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jun 17, 2024.

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