A poor qualifying session for the new Red Bull driver shouldn't count Yuki Tsunoda out of the game at the Japanese Grand Prix.

So far, so good. Verstappen posted the fifth-fastest time during Friday’s first practice session, with a lap of 1:29.065. Tsunoda was just behind him in sixth, a little over a tenth off Verstappen’s time with a lap of 1:29.

As the F1 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying got underway going into the weekend, that became as clear as ever before. Max Verstappen gets pole No. 41Verstappen came from seemingly out of nowhere to interrupt a McLaren front row lockout,