Oscar Piastri was fastest in second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix as four red flags led to a truncated session.
After Lando Norris led the way in the morning, McLaren team-mate Piastri had the upper hand later in the day as his time of 1m28.114s was 0.048s faster than Norris.
Four red flags led to plenty of running time being lost, the first of which occurred following a huge accident for Alpine rookie Jack Doohan.
With all the talk about the Red Bull stable swapping Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, it was Racing BullsтАЩ Isack Hadjar who got closest to the McLaren duo although a number of runners did not set a competitive time on the soft tyre.
After the session resumed following DoohanтАЩs shunt at Turn 1, a spin for Fernando Alonso also caused a red flag and it would return twice more before the end of the hour as scorched areas of grass at the side of the track needed extinguishing.
Carlos Sainz reported an early issue in his Williams but things were much worse for Doohan moments later.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing crash
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Having skipped FP1 for Alpine reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa, Doohan completed just four laps before a big shunt into the barriers at Turn 1 тАУ the Australian walking away having climbed out of his wrecked car.
The session resumed with just half of the time remaining but another red flag was caused by Alonso spinning off into the gravel.
When two more red flags were required late on due to separate instances of burning grass, it was Piastri who had set the benchmark time.
Local hero Tsunoda impressed on his Red Bull debut, getting to within a tenth of a second of new team-mate Max Verstappen in FP1, but the delays meant the Japanese driver did not set a representative FP2 time on the fastest soft rubber.
Lewis Hamilton was fourth for Ferrari ahead of Lawson, while George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Verstappen, Pierre Gasly and Sainz rounded out the top 10.
F1 Japanese GP – FP2 results
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| Cla | Driver | # | ┬а | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Time | Interval | Tyres | km/h | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  O. PiastriMcLaren |
81 |  |
McLaren | Mercedes | 13 |
1’28.114 |
┬а | S | 237.251 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  L. NorrisMcLaren |
4 |  |
McLaren | Mercedes | 12 |
+0.049 1’28.163 |
0.049 | S | 237.119 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  I. HadjarRacing Bulls |
6 |  |
RB | Honda | 12 |
+0.404 1’28.518 |
0.355 | S | 236.168 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L. HamiltonFerrari |
44 |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 14 |
+0.430 1’28.544 |
0.026 | S | 236.099 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  L. LawsonRacing Bulls |
30 |  |
RB | Honda | 13 |
+0.445 1’28.559 |
0.015 | S | 236.059 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | G. RussellMercedes |
63 |  |
Mercedes | Mercedes | 13 |
+0.453 1’28.567 |
0.008 | S | 236.038 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  C. LeclercFerrari |
16 |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 14 |
+0.472 1’28.586 |
0.019 | S | 235.987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  M. VerstappenRed Bull Racing |
1 |  |
Red Bull | Red Bull | 9 |
+0.556 1’28.670 |
0.084 | S | 235.764 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | P. GaslyAlpine |
10 |  |
Alpine | Renault | 13 |
+0.643 1’28.757 |
0.087 | S | 235.532 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  C. SainzWilliams |
55 |  |
Williams | Mercedes | 9 |
+0.718 1’28.832 |
0.075 | S | 235.334 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  A. AlbonWilliams |
23 |  |
Williams | Mercedes | 11 |
+0.909 1’29.023 |
0.191 | S | 234.829 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  N. HulkenbergSauber |
27 |  |
Sauber | Ferrari | 12 |
+0.948 1’29.062 |
0.039 | S | 234.726 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  G. BortoletoSauber |
5 |  |
Sauber | Ferrari | 13 |
+1.221 1’29.335 |
0.273 | S | 234.009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | E. OconHaas F1 Team |
31 |  |
Haas | Ferrari | 13 |
+1.393 1’29.507 |
0.172 | S | 233.559 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | O. BearmanHaas F1 Team |
87 |  |
Haas | Ferrari | 10 |
+1.540 1’29.654 |
0.147 | M | 233.176 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  A. AntonelliMercedes |
12 |  |
Mercedes | Mercedes | 13 |
+1.619 1’29.733 |
0.079 | S | 232.971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | F. AlonsoAston Martin Racing |
14 |  |
Aston Martin | Mercedes | 5 |
+1.864 1’29.978 |
0.245 | M | 232.336 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 |  Y. TsunodaRed Bull Racing |
22 |  |
Red Bull | Red Bull | 12 |
+2.511 1’30.625 |
0.647 | M | 230.678 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 |  L. StrollAston Martin Racing |
18 |  |
Aston Martin | Mercedes | 12 |
+2.731 1’30.845 |
0.220 | M | 230.119 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | J. DoohanAlpine |
7 |  |
Alpine | Renault | 4 |
+3.545 1’31.659 |
0.814 | H | 228.075 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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