F1 news: Japanese GP: Free Practice 1 Results

Full results from Free Practice 1 for the Formula 1 Japanese GP from Suzuka.

Lando Norris topped the session though McLaren didn’t show its full hand in the opening hour of running.; Oscar Piastri was over a second slower than this teammate.

Yuki Tsunoda did well on debut for Red Bull, setting the sixth fastest time to sit only a tenth back from Max Verstappen over a single lap.

A conservative approach for Liam Lawson saw him 13th best for Racing Bulls, his best 0.987s off the outright pace and around 0.3s away from teammate Isack Hadjar.

Jack Doohan sat the session out in place of Ryo Hirakawa, the Japanese driver 12th fastest, quicker than Pierre Gasly in the other Alpine.

Pos	Num	Driver	Team	Laps	Diff	Best
1	4	Lando Norris	McLaren – Mercedes	23		1:28.549s
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	28	0.163s	1:28.712s
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	26	0.416s	1:28.965s
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	24	0.502s	1:29.051s
5	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull – Honda	22	0.516s	1:29.065s
6	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull – Honda	24	0.623s	1:29.172s
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin – Mercedes	24	0.673s	1:29.222s
8	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls – Honda	27	0.676s	1:29.225s
9	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	27	0.735s	1:29.284s
10	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams – Mercedes	27	0.784s	1:29.333s
11	23	Alex Albon	Williams – Mercedes	24	0.843s	1:29.392s
12	62	Ryo Hirakawa	Alpine – Renault	23	0.845s	1:29.394s
13	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls – Honda	27	0.987s	1:29.536s
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine – Renault	22	0.998s	1:29.547s
15	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren – Mercedes	24	1.159s	1:29.708s
16	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin – Mercedes	24	1.209s	1:29.758s
17	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber – Ferrari	20	1.474s	1:30.023s
18	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas – Ferrari	16	1.528s	1:30.077s
19	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas – Ferrari	20	1.574s	1:30.123s
20	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber – Ferrari	25	1.598s	1:30.147s