On October 8, the qualifying race of the 2022 F1 Japanese Grand Prix was held at the famous Suzuka Circuit. After three stages of fierce competition, Red Bull Racing's Verstappen won the pole position, Ferrari's Leclerc's second, and Leclerc's third place later, Sainz's third pla

On October 8, the qualifying race of the 2022 season F1 Japan Grand Prix was held at the famous Suzuka Track. After three stages of fierce competition, in the end, Red Bull Team 's Verstappen 's pole position, Ferrari 's Leclerc 's 's second, and leclerc's versus Sainz 's 3rd.

Q1

in the first stage, Verstappen took the lead in top lap list with 1 minute 30 seconds 224, Sainz trailed by 0.112 seconds, temporarily ranked second, Leclerc trailed by 0.178 seconds, temporarily ranked third.

After trimming, Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu rushed to tenth in one fell swoop and successfully entered Q2.

Latifie was the last one. Latifie hit Zhou Guanyu in the last stage competition and was fined 5 positions. As expected, the penalty was also in vain. Latifie would not give you the chance to execute.

The five drivers who were eliminated in Q1 were: Alben , Gasley , Magnusen, Stor, and Latifie.

Q2

in the second stage, Verstappen took the lead in making the fastest lap of 1 minute 30 seconds 346. Sainz was 0.098 seconds behind, temporarily ranked second, Leclerc was 0.140 seconds behind, temporarily ranked third.

In the last lap, Perez made a lap for 1 minute 29 seconds 925, and rose to the top of the lap list. In addition, in the last lap, Vettel escaped from the elimination zone and successfully advanced to Q3.

The five drivers who were eliminated in Q2 were: Ricardo , Bottas, Kakuda Yui, Zhou Guanyu, Mik Schumacher .

Both drivers of the Alfa Romeo team were eliminated, giving people a feeling of lack of succession. This may be a common problem for small teams.

Q3

Decisive battle moment, Verstappen was the fastest in the first speeding circle, with the fastest in the game at 1 minute 29 seconds 304, Leclerc trailing by 0.253 seconds, temporarily ranked second, Sainz trailing by 0.398 seconds, temporarily ranked third.

returned to the pit area for repair, and everyone came on stage to compete in the last speeding circle. Who will win?

As a result, Verstappen failed to refresh his lap, and Leclerc refreshed his lap, but it was still 0.010 seconds slower than Verstappen.

Finally, the rankings of the top ten drivers are: Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Ocon, Hamilton , Alonso , Russell , Vettel, Norris.

Judging from the three stages of competition, Ferrari seems a little weak in Suzuka, and Verstappen's pole position is a bit relaxed, and it seems that he has not done his best yet.