Carlos Sainz risks further FIA punishment with coarse reaction to Japan fine
Williams driver Carlos Sainz risked falling further foul of FIA rules by swearing in the press conference ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen Wins Japanese GP From Lando Norris
Four-time world champion Max Verstappen led from pole to chequered flag to win the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, his first victory of the 2025 season, with McLaren's Lando Norris second. The Dutch Red Bull driver crossed the finish line almost 1.5 seconds in front of Briton Norris, who held off his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri of Australia in third. The win on a damp but drying track at Suzuka was Verstappen's fourth straight victory in Japan and closed the gap on Norris at the top of the drivers' championship to one point.
Max Verstappen wins Japanese Grand Prix after pit-lane tussle with Lando Norris
Max Verstappen won his first race of the season after again tussling with Lando Norris at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Verstappen wins Japanese Grand Prix for fourth straight year
SUZUKA, Japan :World champion Max Verstappen claimed a pole to flag victory for Red Bull at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, winning his first race of the Formula One season and an unprecedented fourth in a row at Suzuka.
Max Verstappen Snatches 'Insane' Pole For Japan GP In Track Record
Four-time world champion Max Verstappen smashed the track record to snatch pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris, as Yuki Tsunoda qualified a lowly 15th in his Red Bull debut. Verstappen clocked a blistering lap of 1min 26.983sec in his Red Bull, 0.012sec ahead of championship leader Norris, with McLaren's Oscar Piastri third. Verstappen set a new Suzuka track record with his final lap in Saturday's qualifying, pipping Norris right at the death.
Verstappen takes pole for Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Norris
SUZUKA, JAPAN: Four-time world champion Max Verstappen smashed the track record to snatch pole position for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris, as Yuki Tsunoda qualified a lowly 15th in his Red Bull debut. Verstappen clocked a blistering lap of 1min 26.983sec in his Red Bull, 0.012sec ahead of championship leader Norris, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri third. Verstappen set a new Suzuka track record with his final lap in Saturday’s qualifying, pipping Norris right at the death. “Each session we kept making little improvements, then the last lap was flat out,” said Verstappen, who has won the Japanese GP for the last three years. “In a Formula One car around here is insane. This is a proper highlight for us to be back on pole here.” It was Verstappen’s first pole position of the season. The Dutchman is still looking for his first grand prix win of the new campaign. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was fourth ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli sixth and RB’s Isack Hadjar seventh. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton was eighth, followed by Williams’s Alex Albon and Haas’s Oliver Bearman. Norris is looking for his second grand prix win of the season, after triumphing in the season opener in Australia. He finished second behind Piastri in China a fortnight ago in a dominant start to the campaign for McLaren. “I’m happy, congrats to Max, he did a good job,” said Norris. “You have to credit something when it is a lap that good that he must have done.
Lando Norris Fastest In McLaren 1-2 As Fires Again Disrupt Japan GP Practice
Championship leader Lando Norris went fastest ahead of McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in Saturday's final practice for the Japanese Grand Prix as small trackside fires again disrupted the session. Britain's Norris, who was also quickest in Friday's first practice, clocked a fastest lap of 1min 27.965sec to lead Australia's Piastri by 0.026sec. Norris is looking for his second grand prix win of the season after triumphing at the opener in Australia and finishing second behind Piastri in China. Piastri won in Shanghai in a dominant start to the campaign for McLaren.
Kualifikasi F1 GP Jepang 2025: Verstappen Rebut Pole
Max Verstappen di luar dugaan merebut pole position dalam kualifikasi Formula 1 GP Jepang 2025. Pebalap Red Bull Racing itu sukses mengangkangi duo McLaren, Lando Norris dan Oscar Piastri.