The Red Bull driver topped every session bar Q2 before capping off his dominance with a stunning lap to claim pole position at Suzuka, beating McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri by a massive 0.581s. 

Verstappen had already done enough to seal pole with 💯his opening salvo in Q3 but improved further with a phenomenal final effort that left Sky pundit Chandhok in awe. 

"I'm still breathless watching that. I think that was one of the great qualifying laps in F1 historꦡy," ex-F1 driver Chand♓hok said.

"There's not much left on the table. The detail with which he drove - pinching little bits on the entry into Spoon Curve, 130R not using all the width. He 💃thought about every metre and for me that's a driver who's ahead of the car.

"If they didn't🔯 have Max in the car, they would be second on the grid.”

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was equally impressed and hailed his star driver’s performance as “mind-blowing”𝓀. 

"I think what we have witnessed today is something very special,” Horner toꦏl🃏d Sky. 

“That l🐎ast lap, just have a l𒈔ook at Turn Five. That first sector was absolutely mighty. 

"That first run looked good enough to g🐷et the job done but then he went quicker again. All his laps have been stunning today. An absolutely mind-blowing performance.”

Verstappen, who is on the verge of winning his third world title in a row, adm👍itted the lap "𒅌brought a smile to my face”. 

"It's been good from Lap 1 onwards. It gave me a lot of confidence. Of course, throughout the weekend, you make little adjustments to ౠthe car, especially in Qualifying for Q3,” the Dutchman told Sky. 

"When you have that confiden🔜ce, especially in ♎Sector 1, you can really push it to the limit in a controlled way. It brought a smile to my face while driving.

"You have pole positions wher🉐e the lap feels quite OK, but it feels a bit edgy or you think there was a bit more lap ﷽time in it, or you can change the balance around a little bit.

"I think today and t🤪he whole weekend, I knew if I went out, I could smash the lap time without having to think about it, whereas some other tracks it's a bit different. And that made it very enjoyable to drive."