Oscar Piastri: "First of all, it's great to see Lando is okay.

"Overall, I am happy with the job we did today. Being so close to Pole is frustrating but we didn't have much more in it and Max did a great job. I think we can fight from where we are as our pace is good, so we're in a strong position to challenge for the win. I think it's going to be a tough but fun race."

Lando Norris: "A disappointing end to Qualifying but I know what I have to do tomorrow. We have a good car, it's quick and I'll work with the engineers overnight to put a plan in place to work my way up the field. Thank you to the entire team for their hard work this evening, I'm ready to go again tomorrow to score some strong points."

Andrea Stella: "Firstly, the most important thing from today's Qualifying session is that Lando is okay and ready to race tomorrow, after a rare accident from him.

"Today showed us we have the pace as a team to consistently fight for the top positions in Qualifying, but we have seen once again how tight the field is and how a few milliseconds can make the difference, like in Suzuka. Oscar did a great job today, narrowly missing out on Pole to Verstappen, who looked quick throughout the Qualifying session, as did Russell.

"Both Oscar and Lando have been fast all weekend, so we are confident in the pace of the car. The team and both drivers will be looking to make progress tomorrow and we believe we can fight for the victory in tomorrow's Grand Prix."

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1. Posted by Editor, 20/04/2025 9:50

"For as long as I've followed F1, indeed motrosport, which slightly precedes Drive to Survive, the "lap record" referred to a lap time set during a race.

However, recently Sky - clearly in a bid to further big up the numbers - have constantly referred to the lap record being the time set in any session, particularly qualifying. Then again, it isn't that often that (race) lap records are broken these days, indeed some go back to the Schumacher days, so I guess they need to 're-invent' in order to impress."

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2. Posted by kenji, 20/04/2025 8:07

"Cliffhanger plus. One minute pole position and a new lap record...30 secs later, no pole position and no new lap record!!! Dramatic highs and lows. Great F1."

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