\t\t\t\t\t2026 Japanese GP qualifying start time<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen has claimed every Japanese Grand Prix pole position since F1 returned to Suzuka in 2022, but faces an almighty challenge to maintain his record in 2026.<\/p>\n
After practice on Friday, the Red Bull was languishing in 10th place, over 1.3s down on the pace, set by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.\u00a0<\/p>\n
McLaren appeared to be Mercedes’ closest challengers ahead of Ferrari, but who will roar to pole at Suzuka?<\/p>\n
Qualifying for the 2026 F1 Japanese Grand Prix starts at 15:00 local time on Saturday, March 30th, or 06:00 UK time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Check out that start time below, with the times automaticaly adjusted to your timezone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Japanese GP qualifying start time Max Verstappen has claimed every Japanese Grand Prix pole position since F1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3518,3521,3519,3522,3520,3517,3515,3513,3516,3514,111,139,69,3512,213],"class_list":["post-351731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}