Sebastian Vettel bagged a fifth Japanese Grand Prix pole position, his first since 2012, as Ferrari locked out the front row at Suzuka. Vettel was in fine fettle and converted provisional pole on his first Q3 attempt into definite pole sitter on his second attempt with a stunning 1:27.064. Charles Leclerc was edged out by a tenth of a second in P2, while Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, P3, and Lewis Hamilton, P4, had no answers despite their dominance in practice. It's an all Red Bull third row with Max Verstappen starting P5, with Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris, Pierre Gasly and Romain Grosjean rounding off the top 10. Kevin Magnussen and Robert Kubica crashed out in Q1. For only the...
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