Japanese GP: Lando Norris practices three games as grass fire continues to interrupt Suzuki activity

Lando Norris ranked last practice in the Japanese Grand Prix as the grass around the Suzuki Tour continues to attract attention before the qualifying round.

The driver’s champion leader Norris spent most of the session trying to control his car, but paid 1:27.965, making his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri just a few hundredths of a second.

It seems the only driver who has achieved the pace of challenging the McLarens to challenge pole positions in qualifying, 7 am on Sky Sports F1 Lifeis George Russell, one-tenth of the Mercedes of Norris.

Ferrari is ranked fourth with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton is ranked sixth, both sides with McLarens.

The dominant world champion Max Verstappen assigned Ferraris in fifth place, but said his Red Bull was “scattered all over the store”.

Verstappen’s new teammate Yuki Tsunoda is one-third from the ninth Dutchman, with Williams’ Alex Albon and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly in front of him.

Tsunoda was promoted to Red Bull debut in the junior racing event, which had only two races in the season.

However, the entire competition is unclear, as most courts in the field cannot complete the final qualifying simulation when the second grass fire danger red flag is left with seven minutes left.

For the same reason, similar delays occurred in the early stages of the meeting, and there were two red flags in the second exercise on Friday.

The FIA cut the grass before the meeting and weakened it to overcome this problem, but the possibility of further disruption now qualifies is now vaguely visible, with a more serious potential impact on Sunday’s race.

Three schedules for Japanese GP practice


driver	team	time
1) Lando Norris	McLaren	1:27.965
2) Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.026
3) George Russell	Mercedes	+0.112
4) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.449
5) Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.532
6) Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.559
7) Alex Albon	Williams	+0.589
8) Pierre Gasly	High Mountain	+0.638
9) Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+0.820
10) Isack Hadjar	RB	+0.821
11) Carlos Sainz	Williams	+0.881
12) Liam Lawson	RB	+1.139
13) Some Anthony	Mercedes	+1.161
14) Jack Doohan	High Mountain	+1.802
15) Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1.807
16) Oliver Bearman	Haas	+2.119
17) Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	+2.169
18) Esteban Ocon	Haas	+2.218
19) Lance Walks	Aston Martin	+2.302
20) Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	+2.656

Sky Sports F1’s live Japanese GP program

Saturday, April 5

6:00 a.m.: Accumulation of qualified general practitioners in Japan*
7:00 a.m.: Japanese GP Qualification*
9:00 am: TED Qualification Notebook*

Sunday, April 6

4.30am: Japanese GPs Gathering: Grand Prize Sunday*
6:00 am: Japan Award*
8 am: Japan GP reaction: Checkered flag*
9:00 am: TED’s notebook*

*Also live in the main event of Sky Sports

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