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2022 Japanese Grand Prix

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This is the end of this live text of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. See you tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. for departure. In the meantime, find all the reactions and analyzes on www.autohebdo.fr. Thank you for joining us, have a great day everyone

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However, we will have to wait for the FIA's decision regarding the investigation into Verstappen. As a reminder, his loss of control when reaccelerating forced Norris to go through the grass before the last chicane. To be continued…

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5th pole position of the season for Verstappen who is ahead of Leclerc and Sainz. Pérez and Ocon complete the Top 5 followed by Hamilton, Alonso, Russell, Vettel and Norris. Note that the first 3 were held in only 57 thousandths

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No pole position for Leclerc who finished only 10 thousandths behind Verstappen. Sainz is 3rd, Pérez 4th. Pole position goes to Verstappen who did not improve on his last attempt

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At the end of qualifying, Verstappen will be investigated by race management after a scare with Norris. The Dutchman could possibly be sanctioned for hindering the Englishman after losing control of his car when re-accelerating

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1'29″557 for Leclerc immediately beaten by Verstappen who stuck him with 0″253. Sainz and Pérez follow behind while Alonso finished 5th ahead of the Mercedes after this first attempt. The Spaniard is in good shape

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Here we go for Q3. See you in 12 minutes to find out the pole sitter for the Japanese Grand Prix!

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Applications open at Ferrari which is looking for a strategist for next season

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A little scare for Leclerc who with the improvement of the track finished 9th. On the side of those eliminated, we find Ricciardo, Bottas, Tsunoda, Zhou and Schumacher. At the front, Pérez completed Q2 with the best time ahead of Alonso and Verstappen. Good performance of Alpine who will be 2 against McLaren in Q3 since only Norris qualified for the Orangs

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1'30″656 for Vettel who moved up to 5th place. Big improvement on the track since Pérez takes the lead with more than 4 tenths ahead of Verstappen.

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5 minutes from the end of the session, Norris, Vettel, Zhou, Schumacher and Tsunoda are provisionally eliminated

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While only one attempt was enough for him in Q1, Alonso will have to come out in this Q2. The Spaniard is 7th with only 2 tenths ahead of Norris, 11th and first eliminated

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Great first attempt for Alpine with the 4th and 7th times of Ocon and Alonso. Norris is only 11th

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1'30″346 for Verstappen who took the best time by less than a tenth ahead of Sainz. Leclerc is 3rd, 0″140 behind the Dutchman

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1'30″444 for Sainz who held his own against Leclerc. Almost similar times for the two teammates since they are only separated by 42 thousandths

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The action resumes on track with the start of Q.2 The Ferraris are the first and only cars on the track at the moment. Rather surprising as their rivals wait in the pits

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On the radio, Gasly expressed his dissatisfaction with his team. The Norman complained in particular about the distribution of the brakes. His case does not seem to be improving, having already criticized the strategy in Singapore a week ago...

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Ouch ouch ouch, it’s not going well for Gasly in this Q1. 17th time only for the Norman who missed the turn 11 hairpin. The Frenchman is joined by Albon, Magnussen, Stroll and Latifi. On the other hand, it works for Vettel who often took the door for a few thousandths in Q1 this year

 

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Hamilton and Russell leave the red zone but barely move up to 8th and 6th respectively. They are more than 6 tenths from the mark established by Verstappen a few minutes ago

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Bad news for Albon who saw his time deleted for non-compliance with track limits at turn 14. He fell to 20th place

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