“ It was one of his best qualification laps of all time ” – Christian Horner praises the incredible success of the Suzuka pole of Suzuka de Max Verstappen

Addressing Sky Sports F1 shortly after the title champion crossed the line, the boss of Red Bull, Horner, “said:” Incredible. We did not expect that and, about Max, what can you say? Just an exceptional tour. He extracted each ounce of performance.

“He and his engineering team worked on the preparation and put his tires in the right window, and I think he has the best of it today.

“Obtaining this pole position was completely against the shape of the shape we saw. A massive result for him and a large elevator for the team.”

Facts and statistics: Verstappen becomes the fourth poleter different from the season while he sets a new record of Tours Suzuka

While Verstappen was able to unlock the rhythm of exceeding, the new teammate Yuki Tsunoda had trouble, with a pair of errors at the start of his Q2 round, which leaves him the 15th faster – although he begins the Japanese Grand Prix 14th after Carlos Sainz received a three -seater penalty for the implicit of Lewis Hamilton.

Before showing an astonishing turn of rhythm, Verstappen had also had problems with the RB21, describing it as “intimidable” at some point.