Four red flags in just one hour of practice—yes, we’re diving into the history books to check if this has ever happened before.
Charles Leclerc managed the most laps with 14, but that’s still a limited amount of running in the second free practice session for the 2025 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. With so little data, teams will have a tough time fine-tuning their setups and finding the ideal tyre window. But on the bright side, that certainly adds to the excitement for us!
Here are the final results from FP2 at Suzuka:
Pos | Num | Driver | Team | Laps | Diff | Best |
1 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 13 | 1:28.114s | |
2 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 12 | 0.049s | 1:28.163s |
3 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 12 | 0.404s | 1:28.518s |
4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 14 | 0.430s | 1:28.544s |
5 | 30 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 13 | 0.445s | 1:28.559s |
6 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 13 | 0.453s | 1:28.567s |
7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 14 | 0.472s | 1:28.586s |
8 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 9 | 0.556s | 1:28.670s |
9 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 13 | 0.643s | 1:28.757s |
10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 9 | 0.718s | 1:28.832s |
11 | 23 | Alex Albon | Williams | 11 | 0.909s | 1:29.023s |
12 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 12 | 0.948s | 1:29.062s |
13 | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 13 | 1.221s | 1:29.335s |
14 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 13 | 1.393s | 1:29.507s |
15 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 10 | 1.540s | 1:29.654s |
16 | 12 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 13 | 1.619s | 1:29.733s |
17 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 5 | 1.864s | 1:29.978s |
18 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull | 12 | 2.511s | 1:30.625s |
19 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 12 | 2.731s | 1:30.845s |
20 | 7 | Jack Doohan | Alpine | 4 | 3.545s | 1:31.659s |
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