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The exercise focused on humanitarian relief as the regional grouping makes tentative steps towards military cooperation.

While it was business as usual for Verstappen after the Singapore blip, it was another nightmare outing for Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez who was involved in multiple clashes and ultimately retired from the race.

The Red Bull driver bounced back from a disappointing Singapore showing by topping every practice and grabbing pole position at Suzuka, taking top spot in qualifying by a dominant 0.581s. 

The Singapore winner will start the Suzuka race from sixth place, lining up two places behind his team-mate Charles Leclerc.

Verstappen looked to have the measure of the field throughout qualifying, bouncing back from a Q2 elimination in Singapore to take pole by around six tenths from McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

Hamilton made the comments in the wake of an admission by the stewards of last weekend's Singapore GP that they got it wrong when they chose to give Max Verstappen a reprimand for blocking Yuki Tsunoda in Q2.

Hamilton made the comments in the wake of an admission by the stewards of last weekend's Singapore GP that they got it wrong when they chose to give Max Verstappen a reprimand for blocking Yuki Tsunoda in Q2.

Max Verstappen set fastest times in both practice sessions for Japanese GP, looking to clinch 3rd-straight F1 title. Red Bull's Verstappen 0.320sec quicker than Leclerc in 2nd practice. Verstappen leads Perez in championship standings, looking to bounce back from 5th-place finish in Singapore.

Both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez struggled at the Marina Bay circuit last weekend, with neither driver making it out of Q2 as the squad also suffered its first defeat of the season.