THE ROAD TO POLE
Max Verstappen clinched pole for the final race of the 2022 season. The Red Bull driver set the best qualifying time, a 1m23.824s, using the soft P Zero compound. He is joined on the front row by team-mate Sergio Perez, who was 0.228s off top spot. Charles Leclerc will start third in his Ferrari, setting a fastest lap time of 1m24.092s.
Track temperatures during qualifying ranged between 32.2-33.2°C; as expected, conditions were cooler than both Friday’s second free practice session and Saturday’s third and final practice.
The performance gaps between the three softest compounds in the Pirelli range
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