qualifying · japanese

3 analyses · 2024

Lance Stroll's Qualifying Was So Bad It Doesn't Even Count as Qualifying

Stroll got through six laps before the red flags ended his session. Alonso made it to Q3 and put the car fifth on the grid. Same car, different universe.

By Nadia Ferreira

Verstappen won Suzuka in Sector 2. Piastri didn't even compete there.

Verstappen beat Piastri by half a second. 0.377s of it came from one sector.

By Alistair Drum

Lance Stroll's Qualifying Was a Disaster Aston Martin Saw Coming

Stroll was over a second slower per lap than Alonso in qualifying — and the session ended early for him while his teammate kept climbing.

By Nadia Ferreira