🚨 LIVE: It's wet at Suzuka as F1 free practice begins for the JapaneseGP, follow all the action as it happens (or not!) with us 👇
While F1 was last at Suzuka in 2019, the Spaniard last raced here in 2018. Clearly he still knows his way around...Not to be outdone, Sainz goes marginally quicker on a 1m42.563s, just 0.071s faster. But both are demoted by Alonso who sets a 1m42.248s.One driver certainly setting laps is Leclerc, who on his 10th tour goes top again with a 1m42.634s.So far, only Vettel and the two Mercedes drivers have yet to set a time with 20 minutes of the session remaining.Perez jumps to fourth on a 1m46.
Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso are the next to set times, moving into third and fourth respectively but behind the Ferrari duo.Despite earlier radio comments from the drivers about the track not being as wet as they thought, no one has switched to intermediate tyres... yet.Home hero Tsunoda finally sets a time, a 1m51.191s which places him eighth. The AlpaTauri driver giving the damp fans something to cheer about."I got a PU warning," Lando Norris tells his McLaren team.
Nicholas Latifi is the next driver to head out in his Williams, followed by the second Haas of Mick Schumacher."There's a couple of rivers" reports Tsunoda. Unsurprisingly, both he and Magnussen pit after one lap.Not content with staying in the dry, Magnussen is the first to sample the conditions, followed by home hero Yuki Tsunoda.
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