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2024 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Sergio Pérez 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 Sergio Pérez
Classified
Top 20
Round
4
Circuit
Suzuka
Qualifying date
April 6, 2024

The front of the grid

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

How the classification lined up

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

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, RB 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 Apr 7, 2024.

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