Verstappen took the lead before qualifying

After the rain on Friday, this Saturday the suzuka circuit woke up dry, and in these conditions, Max Verstappen was in charge of remembering who is the favorite for pole position and victory in the Japanese F1 GP 2022. The Dutch driver has a second chance at the title this weekend. After the nightmare he lived in Singapore, he does not want to postpone his wing again and, in the house of Honda, he wants to achieve his second consecutive crown. The Dutch driver showed that ambition by leading Free Practice 3, before qualifying, which would also be dry.

Max warned on Thursday to champion the Suzuka I need a perfect weekend. That happens by making the pole first Japanese, and the rest, in the race, will not rely only on him, because the rain threatens to appear on Sunday’s appointment. For now, Max he follows by leading the training before a ‘worthy’ in which he is the favourite. both ferrariat the moment they stayed at about 3 tenths. sainz is second to 0″294 and Leclercthird at 0″309. The red car is more competitive in ‘quality’ than racing, and is waiting for rain this Sunday, something that could give them more options due to their greater breakdown in the dry, the that. of Maranello they will try to make things difficult for Max with a twist.

In fourth position he finished an amazing Fernando Alonsoon his wheel Alpinein front of Perez (5th), Russell (6th) and hamilton (7th). The Alpine as if in Suzuka It works well both dry and wet. However, the first goal to be set Alonso It should be Q3, and as always, think about the 7th or 8th position. Everything from there will be positive for a Fernando who has not changed his engine after two failures of his propeller in the last two appointments. It will be necessary to see if this harms him in the classification in case he cannot squeeze his propellant and his rivals.