08:16
Lewis Hamilton
2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix - Qualifying - As it happened
A recap of what happened in F1 qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix.
05 Apr 2025
08:20
That's a wrap
That cꦏoncludes our live coverage from qualifying at Suzuka.
Keep across wuqian0821.com for the reaction to qualifying as we look forward to Sunday's J꧃apanese Grand Prix.
08:14
Verstappen radio
GP: "That is INSANE. That is insane."
Max: "YES꧂SS!! LET'S GO!! WOOHOO! Woah, what- what a lap... YES GUYS♒!"
08:11
Top 10
Verstappen, Norr☂is, Piastri, Leclerc, Russell, Antonelli, Hadjar, Hamilton, Albon🦂 and Bearman.
08:09
What a lap
A ridiculo꧑us lap fro💮m Verstappen to take pole. He's beaten the McLarens.
08:08
Norris
Norris takes provisional🧔 pole by just 0.057s. Can Piastri respond?
08:07
Norris
Norris has gone fastest in S1. Can h🀅e do it?
08:06
Time for the final runs
Current order: Piastri, Verstappen, Leclerc, Norr🅠is, Hamilton, Hadjar, Bearman, Albon and Antonelli.
08:01
Piastri takes provisional pole
Piastri is on top with a 1m27.052s, 0.2🐻s ahead of Verstappen, Leclerc, Russell and Norris comp💟lete the top five.
07:56
Q3 is underway
Who can stop McLaren from taking pole?
07:47
Chequered flag
Gasly, Sainz, 🧸Alonso, Lawson and Tsunoda are out in Q2.
07:46
Great lap from Bearman
💖He makes it into the top 10 - slotting into eighth for Haas. What a lap.
07:46
Tsunoda
Not good enough from Tsunoda as he only ma🎐nages 11th in the Red Bull.🏅
07:43
Ferraris improve
Leclerc and Hamilton improve - butꦍ it's only good enough for fourth and fifth.
07:39
Q2 is back underway
Q2 is back u🎉nderway at Suzuka. Ho⭕pefully no more stoppages.
07:32
Red flag
Another fire.
07:30
Norris lowers the benchmark
It's ♏a 1m27.146s for Norris now, 0.3s 🔯ahead of Verstappen.
07:29
Verstappen sets the early pace
A 1🔯m27.502s for Verstappen, 0.3 ahea🦄d of Hamilton and Leclerc.
07:25
Q2 is now underway
Verstapp❀en, Tsunoda, Gasly and Be🧔arman hit the track.
07:19
Out in Q1
Hulkenberg, Bortoleto, Ocon, Doohan and Stroll.
07:17
Antonelli improves
He goes seventh - with💛 a fastest final sector. That should be ♛enough to make it through.
07:16
Hadjar
"Mate, the issue🌳 is still I can't believe it," Hadjar reports over team radio.
Unsure what's causing ꦗit but he seems to be in s🐲ome discomfort.
07:13
In the drop-zone
Lawson, Alonso, Antonelli, Hadjar and Stroll.
07:11
Leclerc also improves
Heꦍ moves to within a tenth of Norris' top time at the top of the order.&෴nbsp;
07:10
Norris lowers the benchmark
He's i🎀mproved to a 1m27.845s, 0.298s ahead of Pꦏiastri.
