McLaren accomplished a sweep of the three observe classes for the Japanese Grand Prix as Lando Norris narrowly led staff mate Oscar Piastri within the remaining hour earlier than qualifying.
The 2 MCL39s had been separated by simply two hundredths of a second on the prime of the occasions. Nevertheless the session got here to an early finish resulting from one other grass fireplace subsequent to the monitor, the fourth of the weekend.
Norris’s lap of 1’27.965 is the quickest seen to this point this weekend. Solely the McLaren drivers dipped beneath the 1’28 mark, as George Russell led the cost for Mercedes a tenth of a second behind.
Charles Leclerc was fourth-fastest for Ferrari, although he was displeased to come across a Williams within the high-speed Esses part throughout one run. Lewis Hamilton was only a tenth of a second behind his staff mate.
The 2 Ferraris had been separated by Max Verstappen, who spent a lot of the session working on the laborious tyres and lingering close to the underside of the occasions in his Purple Bull. Regardless of a late enchancment bringing him to half a second off the McLarens, Verstappen remained involved about his automotive’s steadiness, telling race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase it felt “all around the store.”
There was some excellent news for Purple Bull, as Yuki Tsunoda lapped inside three tenths of a second of his staff mate. They had been separated by Alexander Albon’s Williams and Pierre Gasly’s Alpine.
Isack Hadjar was a mere thousandth of a second off Tsunoda in tenth place. The Racing Bulls driver pitted early within the session resulting from an unspecified downside in his cockpit which Hadjar warned his staff was “unhealthy”.
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Jack Doohan accomplished a trouble-free session in his repaired Alpine. Fernando Alonso additionally logged helpful laps after inflicting a purple flag yesterday. His staff mate Lance Stroll was solely nineteenth, nonetheless, his rear wing DRS flap visibly fluttering at one stage.
The stewards will examine Verstappen and Piastri for probably failing to adjust to the race director’s directions in incidents which appeared similar to those involving Hamilton and Stroll yesterday.
After the tip of the session an FIA spokesperson mentioned it’ll proceed dampening the grass across the monitor earlier than the beginning of qualifying in an effort to forestall any additional fires occuring.
2025 Japanese Grand Prix Grand Prix third observe consequence
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2025 Japanese Grand Prix Grand Prix mixed observe occasions
| P. | # | Driver | Crew | FP1 time | FP2 time | FP3 time | Hole | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’28.549 | 1’28.163 | 1’27.965 | 53 | |
| 2 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’29.708 | 1’28.114 | 1’27.991 | 0.026 | 55 |
| 3 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’28.712 | 1’28.567 | 1’28.077 | 0.112 | 57 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’28.965 | 1’28.586 | 1’28.414 | 0.449 | 54 |
| 5 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Purple Bull-Honda RBPT | 1’29.065 | 1’28.670 | 1’28.497 | 0.532 | 53 |
| 6 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 1’29.225 | 1’28.518 | 1’28.786 | 0.553 | 56 |
| 7 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1’29.051 | 1’28.544 | 1’28.524 | 0.559 | 52 |
| 8 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1’29.392 | 1’29.023 | 1’28.554 | 0.589 | 40 |
| 9 | 30 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 1’29.536 | 1’28.559 | 1’29.104 | 0.594 | 45 |
| 10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1’29.547 | 1’28.757 | 1’28.603 | 0.638 | 51 |
| 11 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Purple Bull-Honda RBPT | 1’29.172 | 1’30.625 | 1’28.785 | 0.820 | 52 |
| 12 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Williams-Mercedes | 1’29.333 | 1’28.832 | 1’28.846 | 0.867 | 59 |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’30.023 | 1’29.062 | 1’30.621 | 1.097 | 50 |
| 14 | 12 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1’29.284 | 1’29.733 | 1’29.126 | 1.161 | 61 |
| 15 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’29.222 | 1’29.978 | 1’29.772 | 1.257 | 47 |
| 16 | 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’30.147 | 1’29.335 | 1’30.134 | 1.370 | 52 |
| 17 | 62 | Ryo Hirakawa | Alpine-Renault | 1’29.394 | 1.429 | 24 | ||
| 18 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Haas-Ferrari | 1’30.123 | 1’29.507 | 1’30.183 | 1.542 | 51 |
| 19 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas-Ferrari | 1’30.077 | 1’29.654 | 1’30.084 | 1.689 | 44 |
| 20 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’29.758 | 1’30.845 | 1’30.267 | 1.793 | 53 |
| 21 | 7 | Jack Doohan | Alpine-Renault | 1’31.659 | 1’29.767 | 1.802 | 19 |
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