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The qualifying session in Japan was brought to an early conclusion when Daniil Kvyat crashed his Infiniti Red Bull Racing machine at high speed at the hairpin, with two wheels being ripped off the vehicle due to the force of the crash. The session was red-flagged one minute...

Other Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg finished fourth and is now 41 points adrift of Hamilton’s lead; the Singapore victor Vettel is now closing the gap for second place, as Rosberg is only eight points ahead of him.

Red Bull Racing’s Daniil Kvyat was second quick with Nico Rosberg third for Mercedes. “We let the bosses worry about all the other stuff”. Verstappen improved to a 1:51.640. Verstappen returned to P1 with a lap of 1:50.940.