Max Verstappen wins the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Lando Norris with a superb drive from pole, as Kimi Antonelli breaks two records

A qualifying lap for the ages and an impressive batch of rookies brightened up Formula 1's tepid Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Here's who impressed us at Suzuka and who didn't make the grade There aren't enough superlatives to describe Verstappen's Japanese Grand Prix performance.

A more intriguing than interesting Japanese Grand Prix has come to a close following a race that to put it kindly isn't one we will remember for the ages. Yet there were plenty of impressive factors to come out of it,