Sergio Perez makes it a Red Bull frontrow in Suzuka
took pole position for a third straight year at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday, with Sergio Perez qualifying a close second to ensure a Red Bull frontrow lockout.
“It was very close in the end,” said Verstappen, looking to bounce back from a mechanical issue that prevented him from finishing the race last time out in Melbourne. “Nevertheless most importantly to be on pole – of course you want every lap to be perfect but at a track like this it isn’t always the case”.
While Sainz, who won the last race in Australia after Verstappen’s withdrawal, qualified in fourth, his team-mate Charles Leclerc had a difficult drive, which will put him back in eighth for Sunday’s start. Seven-times world champion Hamilton and George Russell, both of Mercedes, finished in seventh and ninth, but Hamilton sounded optimistic that a season beset by technical problems may be turning a corner.
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