Qualifying for the F1 Japanese Grand Prix produced a shock result and ܫhas set up the prospect of an exciting gran🐼d prix on Sunday.

There was a huge upset rig꧒ht at the end of Q3 and plenty of headlines up and down the grid during th🐻e third regular qualifying session of F1 2025.

Here are our winners and losers from a pulsating qualif♛ying at Suzuka.

Winner - Max Verstappen

The idea of a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen pole position has become a shock prospect in 2025 due to Red Bull’s early struggles wit☂h their dif✃ficult-to-drive RB21.

We looked set for another McLaren front-row lockout with either 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris or 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri appearing a formality for po𝓀le, until Verstappen came from nowhere to stun them.

Verstappen left it late to produce a magic lap on his final run of Q3 to pip early F1 title rival Norris by 0.012s and take a four🌸th successive Suzuka pole.

With new Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda way down the order🌞, Verstappen once again underlined exactly why he is a four-time wor🌌ld champion with yet another special qualifying performance.

Loser - Yuki Tsunoda

After making an encouraging start to his first weekend as a Red Bull driver, T꧒sunoda’s debut qualifying session quickly unravelled on home turf.

Tsunoda could only manage a disappointing 15th, which ♕saw him exit early in Q2, having shown flashes of promising pace early on in qualifying.

What’s more, Tsunoda was outpaced by both Racing Bulls drivers including 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson, who 🦩he replaced at Red Bull following his brut𒈔al axing.

Tsunoda is confident he is adapting to the RB21 bette♏r than Lawson did, but there is no denying he will be gutted with the final result on Saturd🌠ay.

Winner - Charles Leclerc

On paper, fourth and eighth on the Suzuka g🅰rid represents another underwhelming qualifying result for Ferrari.

But 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc at least made a breakthrough with Ferrari’s 2025 F1 car which enabled him to extract extra performance to p💖ip the Mercedes pair and claim a second-row starting spot.

Even though Ferrari’s outright pace was lacking, Leclerc has put himself in a positi🅰on to challenge for a podium - and potenti🌳ally even the win - on Sunday.

Loser - McLaren

It may be hꦑarsh to class McLaren as a loser considering their cars will line up second and third, but with the outright quickest package, they should have bee🌸n on pole.

Piastri had sat on provisional pole after the first runs of Q3 and although Norris recovered well to take second after a messy start to the session, McLaren will ultimately co🍃me away disappointed not to have continued their streak of qualifying dominance at the start of the season.

McLaren’s failure to maximise the potential of t🐬heir MCL39 has opened the door for Verstappen to take points away from Norris at a time Red Bull are seriously lacking perfor✨mance.

Winner - Isack Hadjar

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Isack Hadjar overcame severe pain to ဣput his Racing Bulls car into the top-10 and outqualify a Ferrari.

The 20-year-old French rookie also outpaced teammate Lawson and new Red Bull driver Tsunoda oꦍn his way to grabbing an eye-catching seventh on the grid.

It was a hugely impressive performance from Hadjar, who expressed discomfort throughout qualifying as he 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:struggled with ill-fitting seatbelts which he said nearly caused him to crash.

Loser - Lewis Hamilton

It was another tough day in the office for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton as his frustrating start to life at Ferrari cont🍷inued.

The seven-time world champion was left rueing going 🦩in a🎃 different set-up direction than Leclerc as he could only manage a time good enough for eighth, some three-tenths behind his teammate.

Hamilton could not hi🐓de his disappointment with his performance in qualifying at Suzuka, labelling it as “not good enough from my side”. It leaves him with a lot of work to do on Sunday to salvage a strong result.

Winner - Ollie Bearman

F1 rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ollie Bearman had aಞ grea♌t day as he broke into Q3 and claimed 10th on the grid for Haas.

The 19-year-old Briton was one of the star performers in qualifying on a day his more experienced Haas teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Esteban Ocon was dumped out of Q1 in 18th.

Bearman has put himself right in the mix to make it back-to-back points finishes on Sunda𝔉y.

Loser - Jack Doohan

The Japanese Grand Prix is fast turning into a weekend to forget for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Doohan.

Doohan finds himself under more pressure after it was reve🌳aled that driver error led to his huge crash in second practice on Friday.

That accident put the Australian on the back foot and he did himself ꩵabsolutely𒉰 no favours by being knocked out in the first part of qualifying in a lowly 19th.

Winner - Pierre Gasly

In sharp contrast to Doohan, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly is having a much better run.

He had no trouble advancing to Q2 and only just missed out on a spot in Q3. The Frenchman had to settle with 11th in the end, but he can potentially fight for Alpine🍷’s first points of the season from there.

Gasly was a full second quicker than Doohan.

Loser - Lance Stroll

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll had ♏a shocker at Suzuka as he was slowes🌊t of all in qualifying.

The Canadian dropped it ♍through the gravel at the Esses during his second flying lap which ultimately ruined his qualifying, leaving him 20th and last🧸 on the grid.

Aston Martin teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Fernando Alonso fared better and will line up from 12th.