Final Starting Grid Japan GP | Can Verstappen cash in on taking pole position?
06:28, 06 Apr
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After qualifying, it was Max Verstappen would could have the biggest smile. Here is the final starting grid for the Japanese GP!
The final starting grid
Suzuka remains a special place for the Dutch driver, and he has been undefeated at the Japanese track since 2019 both in qualifying and in the race. He will start from pole position.
His new teammate, Yuki Tsunoda will start from P14. The home favourite got eliminated early on yesterday, but gained a place after Carlos Sainz's three-place grid penalty. The Spaniard impeded Lewis Hamilton in Q2.
Lando Norris will line up alongside the defending world champion, and the second row of the grid consists of the other McLaren driver, Oscar Piastri, and Charles Leclerc.
The two Mercedes drivers will line up on the third row, in the order of George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Isack Hadjar is the leading Racing Bulls driver who will start from seventh place, alongside Lewis Hamilton.
Together with Tsunoda, Fernando Alonso and Liam Lawson also gained a position thanks to Sainz's aforementioned penalty.
This article was written in collaboration with Nicole Mulder
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