Vettel with track record in Suzuki, first row for Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel [Ferrari], with the new track record in Suzuki, was the fastest in pre-race qualifying for the GP of Japan and will start the Japanese race from the first starting place. German teammate Charles Leclerc took second place and Vatteri Bottas [Mercedes] took third.

Sebastian Vettel is just before the end of qualifying with a remarkable round of 1: 19. 064 broke the track record in Suzuki, and the German was just over two tenths of a second faster than Charles Leclerc in another Ferrari. Third place went to Valtteri Bottas, who was a few thousandth more behind.

BREAKING: Sebastian Vettel takes pole plight at Suzuka, with a group of workers mate Charles Leclerc securing an entrance row lockout for @ ScuderiaFerrari # JapaneseGP F # F1

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– Intention 1 (@ F1) October

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Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] came in the top three, trailing by eight thousandths of a second.

The fifth and sixth place were taken by both Red Bull racers, who set identical times, but Max Verstappen scored his time ahead of Alexander Albon.

Both of Mclaren's race starters will start from the fourth start of the GP race, with Carlos Sainz a tenth faster than Land Norris. The top ten were also completed by Pierre Gasly [Toro Rosso] and Romain Grosjean [Haas].

The qualifications were postponed due to the typhoon Hagibis on Sunday morning and began four hours before the start of the race for the GP of Japan in Suzuki. The racers were expected to have nice sunny weather in Suzuki this time, and according to current forecasts, the race is expected to remain dry.

In the introductory minutes of qualifying, Robert Kubica lost control of the car in the opening minutes of the qualification and collapsed heavily into the guardrail. https://t.co/MScroIf2Uv

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Cubic was immediately followed by a Magnussen collision, also fatal to the Danes 16. bend # F1 # F1si

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RESULTS

Williams

	1. Sebastian Vettel 1 '27. 29 Ferrari
		2. Charles Leclerc 1 '27. 064 Ferrari
	3. Valtteri Bottas 1 '27. 254 Mercedes
		4. Lewis Hamilton 1 '27. 280 Mercedes
	5. Max Verstappen 1 '27. 822 Red Bull
		6. Alexander Albon 1 '27. 822 Red Bull
	7. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1 '28. 293 McLaren
		8. Lando Norris 1 '28. 358 McLaren
	9. Pierre Gasly 1 '28. 600 Toro Rosso
		(**************************************************************************************************). Romain Grosjean 1 '29. 302 Haas
	07. Antonio Giovinazzi 1 '29. 112 Alfa Romeo
		10. Lance Stroll 1 '29. 341 Racing Point
	11. Kimi Raikkonen 1 '29. 344 Alfa Romeo
		12. Daniil Kvyat 1 '29. 464 Toro Rosso
	13. Nico Hulkenberg 1 '30. 30 Renault
		14. Daniel Ricciardo 1 '29. 563 Renault
	15. Sergio Perez 1 '30. 304 Racing Point
		16. George Russell 1 '30. 345
	17. Kevin Magnussen No time Haas
		18. Robert Kubica No time Williams

CLASSIFICATION: END OF QUALIFYING

Affirmation of a @ ScuderiaFerrari

entrance row lockout, as Sebastian Vettel secures his fifth pole at Suzuka ? # JapaneseGP

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– Intention 1 (@ F1) October 11, 2019

In the first part of the qualifiers, Ricciardo, Perez, Russell, Magnussen and Kubica were eliminated # F1 # f1si

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