Qualifying
F1 2025
Round 22
Verstappen qualifies P2, Lawson P6 and Hadjar P8
Verstappen finished P2, Tsunoda P19, Lawson P6 and Isack Hadjar P8 in Qualifying.


Max Verstappen
1
Oracle Red Bull Racing I think we executed Qualifying quite well today. The conditions weren’t fun, it was really slippery on the track and it felt like driving on ice. I love driving in the wet but this was too much and you had to be super careful. It was very low grip and you had to be consistent and make no mistakes, but you just trust your instinct and feeling within the car and need to trust what you are doing. Despite this, we maximised the potential of the car and we did everything as best we could, so that was all positive. Q1 and Q2 is always tricky to get right but we did well and in Q3 I think we just lacked a bit of grip to fight further up and we weren’t in contention for Pole. Second is good and the focus is, of course, on tomorrow and it will be about who can keep the tyres alive, which we haven’t been the best at. We will see how we perform on the Hard compound as we have no information on it yet. The biggest concern is making sure we have the race pace: it will be difficult but if we have the opportunity we will go for it.
I think we executed Qualifying quite well today. The conditions weren’t fun, it was really slippery on the track and it felt like driving on ice. I love driving in the wet but this was too much and you had to be super careful. It was very low grip and you had to be consistent and make no mistakes, but you just trust your instinct and feeling within the car and need to trust what you are doing. Despite this, we maximised the potential of the car and we did everything as best we could, so that was all positive. Q1 and Q2 is always tricky to get right but we did well and in Q3 I think we just lacked a bit of grip to fight further up and we weren’t in contention for Pole. Second is good and the focus is, of course, on tomorrow and it will be about who can keep the tyres alive, which we haven’t been the best at. We will see how we perform on the Hard compound as we have no information on it yet. The biggest concern is making sure we have the race pace: it will be difficult but if we have the opportunity we will go for it.

Yuki Tsunoda
22
Oracle Red Bull Racing I just didn’t have any grip throughout the session, it felt like complete ice underneath me and I was wheel spinning. I knew it was weird, and I wasn’t sure what had happened with the tyre set but it felt very strange. Last time I used the extreme tyre it didn’t feel like that and I was super quick, this time I was three seconds off everyone else, so I didn’t understand. Clearly something wasn’t right and wasn’t working properly, I could feel that. Now I know my pressures were way off where they should have been, which explains the issues I had throughout Q1, but I did whatever I could in the circumstances. It’s tough and it’s a shame because up until Quali we have had amazing pace all weekend, probably the best pace I have had since joining the Team. I have to try tomorrow to get something out of the race.
I just didn’t have any grip throughout the session, it felt like complete ice underneath me and I was wheel spinning. I knew it was weird, and I wasn’t sure what had happened with the tyre set but it felt very strange. Last time I used the extreme tyre it didn’t feel like that and I was super quick, this time I was three seconds off everyone else, so I didn’t understand. Clearly something wasn’t right and wasn’t working properly, I could feel that. Now I know my pressures were way off where they should have been, which explains the issues I had throughout Q1, but I did whatever I could in the circumstances. It’s tough and it’s a shame because up until Quali we have had amazing pace all weekend, probably the best pace I have had since joining the Team. I have to try tomorrow to get something out of the race.

Liam Lawson
30
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team It was a wild Qualifying session today but I'm very happy with P6. For us to be using an extreme tyre throughout two of the sessions shows just how slippery it was, as we rarely use this tyre. The car has been really fast, but we still missed the last lap by a small margin. I think we had more speed in the car and the opportunity to be higher up, however to have both cars in Q3 is a great result.
It was a wild Qualifying session today but I'm very happy with P6. For us to be using an extreme tyre throughout two of the sessions shows just how slippery it was, as we rarely use this tyre. The car has been really fast, but we still missed the last lap by a small margin. I think we had more speed in the car and the opportunity to be higher up, however to have both cars in Q3 is a great result.

Isack Hadjar
6
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team I think in today’s Qualifying we did everything perfectly in terms of timings and outings. I felt comfortable straight away in the wet from Q1 and was able to bring the performance into Q2. It’s just very frustrating finishing P8 as my last attempt in Q3 was fast. I think I was the last driver on track starting the lap and the track evolution was simply at its peak, but unfortunately the yellow flag came out and it didn't work in our favour. I don’t know what to expect tomorrow race-pace wise as we haven’t done any long runs in the practices', so we'll need to use previous data to build our strategy and race to get those important points!
I think in today’s Qualifying we did everything perfectly in terms of timings and outings. I felt comfortable straight away in the wet from Q1 and was able to bring the performance into Q2. It’s just very frustrating finishing P8 as my last attempt in Q3 was fast. I think I was the last driver on track starting the lap and the track evolution was simply at its peak, but unfortunately the yellow flag came out and it didn't work in our favour. I don’t know what to expect tomorrow race-pace wise as we haven’t done any long runs in the practices', so we'll need to use previous data to build our strategy and race to get those important points!












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