Verstappen takes the pole in Japan with season title in view


              Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, right, talks with Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco after the qualifying session of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands poses after the qualifying session of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands after the qualifying session of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, center, poses with Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc, left, of Monaco and Carlos Sainz of Spain after the qualifying session of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands drinks after the qualifying session of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands smiles after the qualifying session of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Verstappen takes the pole in Japan with season title in view