Kimi Antonelli delivered two laps good enough for pole at Suzuka, while Max Verstappen not only loses his pole streak dating back to 2019, but he failed to make Q3 while his Red Bull team-mate Isack Hadjar did and qualified eighth.

Japanese Grand Prix qualifying result

1 Kimi Antonelli 1m28.778s
2 George Russell +0.298s
3 Oscar Piastri +0.354s
4 Charles Leclerc +0.627s
5 Lando Norris +0.631s
6 Lewis Hamilton +0.789s
7 Pierre Gasly +0.913s
8 Isack Hadjar +1.200s
9 Gabriel Bortoleto +1.496s
10 Arvid Lindblad +1.541s

Out in Q2
11 Max Verstappen +1.214s
12 Esteban Ocon +1.261s
13 Nico Hulkenberg +1.33s
14 Liam Lawson +1.447s
15 Franco Colapinto +1.579s
16 Carlos Sainz +1.985s

Out in Q1
17 Alex Albon +1.173s
18 Ollie Bearman +1.175s
19 Sergio Perez +2.291s
20 Valtteri Bottas +2.415s
21 Fernando Alonso +2.731s
22 Lance Stroll +3.005s