2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix – Friday Practice Results

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2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix – Friday Practice Results

Full results from Friday practice at the Japanese Grand Prix, Round 3 of the 2025 F1 world championship.

Lewis Larkam

Updated: 04 Apr 2025

Oscar Piastri topped Friday practice at the 2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix. 

2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix – Free Practice Results (2)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m28.114s
2	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m28.163s
3	Isack Hadjar	FRA	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team	1m28.518s
4	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1m28.544s
5	Liam Lawson	NZL	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team	1m28.559s
6	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m28.567s
7	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1m28.586s
8	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m28.670s
9	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m28.757s
10	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Atlassian Williams Racing	1m28.832s
11	Alex Albon	THA	Atlassian Williams Racing	1m29.023s
12	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m29.062s
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	BRA	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m29.335s
14	Esteban Ocon	FRA	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m29.507s
15	Oliver Bearman	GBR	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m29.654s
16	Kimi Antonelli	ITA	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m29.733s
17	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m29.978s
18	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m30.625s
19	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m30.845s
20	Jack Doohan	AUS	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m31.659s

Piastri set the pace for McLaren in a truncated second practice at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.

Around 40 minutes of running was lost due to four red flags throughout the hour-long FP2 session, but Piastri produced the quickest time, 0.049s ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris.

Isack Hadjar was third-fastest for Racing Bulls, ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari and Liam Lawson, who has returned to Red Bull’s sister team following his shock early demotion. 

George Russell took sixth in his Mercedes, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz rounded out the top-10 for Alpine and Williams.

Jack Doohan caused a lengthy first red flag when he suffered a hefty at Turn 1, causing significant damage to his Alpine. 

The session had only just resumed when Fernando Alonso beached his Aston Martin in the gravel at Degner, resulting in a second red flag. 

Two late red flags disrupted the end of FP2 when grass fires broke out at the side of the track due to sparks from underneath the cars being blown onto the parched grass by the gusty winds. 

2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix – Free Practice Results (1)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m28.549s
2	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m28.712s
3	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1m28.965s
4	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1m29.051s
5	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m29,065s
6	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m29.172s
7	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m29.222s
8	Isack Hadjar	FRA	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team	1m29.225s
9	Kimi Antonelli	ITA	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m29.284s
10	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Atlassian Williams Racing	1m29.333s
11	Alex Albon	THA	Atlassian Williams Racing	1m29.392s
12	Ryo Hirakawa	JPN	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m29.394s
13	Liam Lawson	NZL	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team	1m29.536s
14	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m29.547s
15	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m29.708s
16	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m29.758s
17	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m30.023s
18	Oliver Bearman	GBR	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m30.077s
19	Esteban Ocon	FRA	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m30.123s
20	Gabriel Bortoleto	BRA	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m30.147s

Lando Norris topped the opening F1 practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

It wasn’t an entirely smooth session for the F1 championship leader, who ran wide at the final chicane in the early minutes of FP1.

Once he got a lap together, it was good enough to put Norris top of the timesheets.

Norris was fastest by just over a tenth, with Mercedes’ George Russell completing the top two.

Russell showed great pace throughout the first session – setting the fastest time initially on the medium tyres.

Charles Leclerc rounded out the top three for Ferrari, although he was over four-tenths away from Norris’ best time.

Lewis Hamilton rounded out the top four in the second Ferrari.

Max Verstappen was in fifth-place, just ahead of new teammate Yuki Tsunoda.

It was an encouraging session for Tsunoda, who was around a tenth off the reigning world champion.

Fernando Alonso, Isack Hadjar, Kimi Antonelli and Carlos Sainz rounded out the top 10.

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