After finishing outside the podium for the first time this season in Singapore, the leader Max Verstappen takes the pole for the ninth time in 2023 in the Japanese Grand Prix.
"I saw we were going out, so I just pushed in the last corner and tried to make up some time but it didn’t work," Stroll explained after the qualifying round.
Max Verstappen left behind four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel to become the record-holder of winning most consecutive F1 races.
Max Verstappen is leading the World Drivers' Championship standings with 314 points ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix this weekend.
Verstappen stayed ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez at the start and was never seriously challenged after that on his way to victory.
Formula 1 Japanese GP: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won the Formula One season for the second year in a row after he got the better clinched the rain-hit Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday.
Formula 1 Japanese GP: Verstappen is guaranteed of taking the season title if he wins the race on Sunday and also gets a bonus point for turning the fastest lap.
F1 Japanese GP: Red Bull driver Max Verstappen is eyeing his second Formula 1 title. It could be as soon as this week in the Japanese GP. Here's how.
Formula 1 Singapore GP: The grid is lead by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Sergio Perez on the front row with Verstappen sitting at eighth place. Lewis Hamilton made his best qualifying outing when the British driver finished third on Saturday.
2023 F1 Calendar: The 2023 season of Formula One will witness 24 races across the globe with one race making its debut. Notably, two races have returned to the list of F1 calendar while Monaco GP will also continue to be on the list.
The Red Bull driver started seventh after he was among several drivers hit by grid penalties in Monza but made his way up to third by the first corner of the second lap.
The 24-year-old Dutch was rewarded on Thursday for beating Lewis Hamilton to win his first world championship last year, with another five years added on the contract that ran through 2023.
Max Verstappen, who won the F1 title in the last lap of the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi last Sunday, was officially presented with the champion's trophy.
Verstappen revealed his right leg was cramping in the crucial moment that saw him clinch victory.
After losing the protests, Mercedes filed for reconsideration to the International Court of Appeal.
Mercedes have protested "against the classification established at the end of the Competition", relating to alleged breaches of Articles 48.8 and 48.12 of the FIA Sporting Regulations
The F1 constructors cite breach of two regulations; Articles 48.8 and 48.12 of the FIA Sporting Regulations.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen became Formula One World Champion for the first time defeating Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton in a thrilling season finale race at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.
Hamilton attempted to bump him from the pole as the clock wound down on the final qualifying session of the season. But he was .371-seconds slower and will start second in his Mercedes next to his rival.
Hamilton’s nail-biting win at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday was his third straight to pull him level with Verstappen on 369.5 points.
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