Well, normal service has been resumed for Max Verstappen as the world champion put in yet another dominant performance in qualifying.

Be sure to check out OLLIE LEWIS' full report from Suzuka below.

A hectic 10 minutes but Verstappen takes pole yet again.

A good session for McLaren who take second and third.

The full results are as follows:

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

3. Lando Norris (McLaren)

4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

5. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

6. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

7. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

8. George Russell (Mercedes)

9. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)

10. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

11. Liam Lawson (Alpha Tauri)

12. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

13. Alex Albon (Williams)

14. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

15. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

16. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)

17. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

18. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

19. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)

. Logan Sargeant (Williams)

Verstappen looks to have guarenteed pole unless Perez can take him.

No, he can't. He's 0.773 seconds behind and the invevitable has happened.

Half a second clear of Piastri and that is the largest pole margin at Suzuka since Michael Schumacher here in 2004.

What a second lap that was from Verstappen!

Leclerc and Sainz are now out and hoping to keep up their good recent form.

He's fourth-tenths of a second behind Verstappen already.

The world champion is attempting to beat his time and is already going quicker than his previous lap after two sectors.

And he's now extended his advantage.

It's sunny in Suzuka but also gusty, with Tsunoda reporting to his team how he was unsettled by the wind.

Meanwhile, Ferrari are yet to sent out either Leclerc or Sainz as they bank on one run at the end.

Meanwhile Russell has posted the fourth-quickest time on the board so far in Q3.

Verstappen races first again after his flying lap after positng a lap time of 1:29:012.

The two McLaren's are just behind with Piastri slightly ahead of Norris.

Perez is a whole 1.411 seconds bheind his team-mate.

Local favourite Tsunoda is more than two seconds further back.

Just a reminder of who is in the top 10 shootout to battle it out for pole position.

We've got: Verstappen, Perez, Hamilton, Piastri, Tsunoda, Norris, Leclerc, Sainz, Russell and Alonso.

Verstappen has begun his flying lap!

And welcome to Mail Sport's live blog for Japanese qualifying.

Q3 is just about to get underway with Max Verstappen looking in fine form again.

Here we go...