Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner has hailed168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen’s pole pos🅘ition at the Japanese Gr👍and Prix as his best ever lap.

Verstappen showed exactly why he is a four-𝔍time world ch𒈔ampion by producing a stunning lap to claim a shock first pole of the 2025 season at Suzuka.

The Dutchman pipped McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris by 0.012s to take what is his fourth co🐼nsecutive pole in Japan.

"Unbelievable! We did ෴not expect that,” Horner told Sky Sports F1.

“Just an outstanding lඣap. He’s extracted every ounce of performance. He and his engineering team were working on the preparation and getting the tyres in the right window.

“He’s got the most ouꦗt of it today and getting that pole position was completely against the run of form that we’ve been seeing. A massive result for him and a big lift for the team.”

Horner revealed Red Bull made significant changes to ꧋their difficult RB21 toꦉ try and get it into a better working window for Verstappen.

“We have turned the car upside down this weekend. In set-up we’ve been 🐬round the houses with it and Max and his team have done a great job,” he explained.

“Just getting the car into the right window and getting the tyres in the ri🃏ght place, just💟 putting everything together.

“The McLarens, if they’d put their laps together on the t🎀heoretical, they are half a tenth quicker, but they didn’t get that in today.

“He left nothin💞g on the table. That was one of his best laps in qualifying ever.”

Red Bull encouraged by Yuki Tsunoda

Verstappen’s new 🅷tea𝔉mmate Yuki Tsunoda could only manage 15th place on his qualifying debut for Red Bull.

The Japanese driver was half a se🍸cond slower than Verstappen when he was eliminated in the second part of qualifying.

Tsunoda was also outpaced by Liam Lawson, who has returned to Racing Bulꦆls🅺 following his brutal demotion from the main Red Bull team.

Horner explained that opting to go for a differentꦆ downforce level to🍬 Verstappen hurt Tsunoda but was nevertheless encouraged by his early showing.

“It’s all subjective to the data. This morning t꧂hey both ran a bit more downforce and Yuki found it w𒉰as more to his liking,” he said.

"Certainly in Q1 he looked competitive, he was within a tenth of M🦹ax and just once place behind.

"He didn't improve in Q2 and that last run, he was a bit quick into Turn One and had a big moment into Turn Two, and you are 🤪never going to recover from there.

"I think he could comfortably have made the top 10 today but he can still rac♌e well tomo🥀rrow.”