After his first DNF in a long time, o Max Verstappen he appears determined to get his blood back to Japan. The Red Bull champion set the fastest time in first free practice at the Suzuka circuit ahead of the fourth of 24 World Championship races Formula 1.
Two weeks after retiring from the Melbourne race – his first in two years – the Dutch driver confirmed his title as the hot favorite for Sunday’s Grand Prix. The three-time world champion left his Mexican “teammate” in second place, Sergio Pereswhile the Spaniard followed, Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), with a difference of 181 and 213 millimeters, respectively.
THE Mercedes of the British, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, took fourth and fifth place, ahead of the other Ferrari of Monegasque, Charles Leclerc, while the Spaniard, Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) was ranked 7th, followed by the Australian, Oscar Piastri, the “host”, Yuki Tsunoda with Racing Bull and the Briton, Lando Norris with McLaren-Mercedes.
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Red Bull on top, Hamilton and Russell split the two Ferraris ??#F1 #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/WNEqbLHrcU
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