Summary

Oscar Piastri leads McLaren one-two in Japanese GP second practice
Alpine's Jack Doohan crashes at Turn One at Suzuka
Alonso spin and two grass fires make it four red flags
Yuki Tsunoda replacing Liam Lawson at Red Bull
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Gary Rose

Postpublished at 08:30 British Summer Time
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That's all from our coverage of Friday practice.
Let's hope they figure out something to stop that grass from catching fire for tomorrow's final practice, which gets under way at the delightful time of 03:30 BST.
Set your alarms and joins us then.
Doohan crash as Suzuka practice stopped four timespublished at 08:25 British Summer Time
Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent
Alpine's Jack Doohan suffered a high-speed crash as Friday practice at the Japanese Grand Prix was punctuated by four red-flag stoppages.
The Australian was uninjured in the crash, which initial impressions suggested was caused by the DRS overtaking aid still being open as he entered the 160mph first corner.
Alpine have not commented on the cause of the incident, saying they are "assessing" it.
Doohan's was the first of four incidents that led to the session being stopped, two of which were for the grass catching fire beside the track.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri ended up fastest from team-mate Lando Norris.
Read the full report here.
'A strange session'published at 08:21 British Summer Time
Alice Powell
British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That was a very strange session with a variety of red flags in there.
Disappointment for Jack Doohan and the Alpine team as they now hope to be able to get the car all fixed up for tomorrow.
Delight for Oscar Piastri though as he sorted his problems out from first practice.
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It will be busy times at Alpine as they look to get Jack Doohan's car ready for the weekend.
It hasn't yet been confirmed whether he himself will be fit enough to continue.
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There was just 0.049s between the two McLarens in second practice but they were pretty clear of the rest, with Isack Hadjar third quickest but four tenths off the McLarens.
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The winners so far from today are McLaren, who are looking in good shape around this circuit.
Lando Norris topped the timesheet for first practice, with Oscar Piastri leading the way in second practice.
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Four red flags in that session, which prevented teams from getting some proper race simulation runs in.
The wind caused more problems than expected as it blew the sparks from underneath the cars on to the very dry grass, resulting in two of those four red flags.
FP2 - the restpublished at 08:04 British Summer Time
11) Albon
12) Hulkenberg
13) Bortoleto
14) Ocon
15) Bearman
16) Antonelli
17) Alonso
18) Tsunoda
19) Stroll
20) Doohan
FP2 - top 10published at 08:03 British Summer Time
1) Piastri
2) Norris
3) Hadjar
4) Hamilton
5) Lawson
6) Russell
7) Leclerc
8) Verstappen
9) Gasly
10) Sainz
Chequered flagpublished at 08:01 British Summer Time
A heavily disrupted session comes to an end with Oscar Piastri finishing quickest.
Red flagpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time
Ten seconds to go and we have ANOTHER red flag.
More grass is on fire.
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Both McLarens are on softs and Oscar Piastri goes quickest with 1:28.114, 0.049s quicker than team-mate Lando Norris.
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Both Mercedes are on hard tyres for the final few minutes of this session while Yuki Tsunoda is on mediums, so won't be getting a soft-tyre run in until final practice tomorrow.
Go! Go! Go!published at 07:53 British Summer Time
The session resumes once again with seven minutes remaining.
Postpublished at 07:52 British Summer Time
Thirty-six minutes of this session have been lost to red flags.
Teams have not had much time to get long runs in, so could make things interesting on Sunday.
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We said the wind had picked up and it seems that has blown the sparks on to the grass, resulting in a fire.
Crew with fire extinguishers have emerged now to put it out, but we've only got about 10 minutes left here.
Postpublished at 07:48 British Summer Time
What is going on? No crash this time but it looks like sparks from the cars have resulted in a dry patch of grass by the track to start smouldering.
Red flagpublished at 07:47 British Summer Time
Several drivers have had a spell at the top but it is Lando Norris quickest of all now with 1:28.163.
BUT there's another red flag!
'The DRS was open'published at 07:46 British Summer Time
Alice Powell
British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
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The DRS was open on Jack Doohan's crash. In F2 or F3, you would close that moments before braking. In F1 they can get away with cutting that margin even finer but it still needs to be closed before you hit the brakes for the corner. It does look like the DRS was open ever so slightly.
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Postpublished at 07:45 British Summer Time
George Russell is quickest with 1:28.567 on these quali runs but there's lots of quick laps coming in now.

2025 Japanese Grand Prix

Second Practice

Suzuka, 4 April 2025

Rank	Driver	Number	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:28.114	13
2	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:28.163	12
3	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:28.518	12
4	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:28.544	14
5	Liam Lawson RB	30	1:28.559	13
6	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:28.567	13
7	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:28.586	14
8	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:28.670	9
9	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:28.757	13
10	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:28.832	9
11	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:29.023	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:29.062	12
13	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:29.335	13
14	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:29.507	13
15	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	1:29.654	10
16	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:29.733	13
17	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:29.978	5
18	Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull	22	1:30.625	12
19	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:30.845	12
20	Jack Doohan Alpine	7	1:31.659	4

Last updated 4th April 2025 at 08:06

First Practice

Suzuka, 4 April 2025

Rank	Driver	Number	Fastest Lap	Laps
1	Lando Norris McLaren	4	1:28.549	24
2	George Russell Mercedes	63	1:28.712	29
3	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16	1:28.965	27
4	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	44	1:29.051	25
5	Max Verstappen Red Bull	1	1:29.065	23
6	Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull	22	1:29.172	25
7	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	14	1:29.222	25
8	Isack Hadjar RB	6	1:29.225	28
9	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	12	1:29.284	28
10	Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams	55	1:29.333	28
11	Alexander Albon Williams	23	1:29.392	25
12	Ryo Hirakawa Alpine	62	1:29.394	24
13	Liam Lawson RB	30	1:29.536	28
14	Pierre Gasly Alpine	10	1:29.547	23
15	Oscar Piastri McLaren	81	1:29.708	25
16	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	18	1:29.758	25
17	Nico Hulkenberg Sauber	27	1:30.023	21
18	Oliver Bearman Haas	87	1:30.077	17
19	Esteban Ocon Haas	31	1:30.123	21
20	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber	5	1:30.147	26

Last updated 4th April 2025 at 04:36

All times are UK and subject to change. BBC is not responsible for any changes.

Japanese GP second practice interrupted by four red flags

Summary

Live Reporting

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Doohan crash as Suzuka practice stopped four timespublished at 08:25 British Summer Time

'A strange session'published at 08:21 British Summer Time

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FP2 - the restpublished at 08:04 British Summer Time

FP2 - top 10published at 08:03 British Summer Time

Chequered flagpublished at 08:01 British Summer Time

Red flagpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time

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Go! Go! Go!published at 07:53 British Summer Time

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Red flagpublished at 07:47 British Summer Time

'The DRS was open'published at 07:46 British Summer Time

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2025 Japanese Grand Prix

Second Practice

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