The early stages of the Japanese Grand Prix had very little action to excite fans, though one driver caught the eye by launching an angry rant at his own engineer

McLaren remains the team to beat in Formula 1, but Max Verstappen’s victorious drive for Red Bull at the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday proves only excellence is good enough

For the first time this Formula 1 season, a McLaren will not start on pole position for a Grand Prix. Max Verstappen surprised the grid, and himself, by snatching pole position ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for the Japanese Grand Prix.