Japanese F1 Grand Prix 2016 Qualifying: Results, Times from Friday’s Practice

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Published: October 7, 2016

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Nico Rosberg had the edge on Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in both practice sessions at the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix on Friday.

After his disappointing retirement in Malaysia last time out, Hamilton would have been looking for a strong start to the weekend at Suzuka. However, the Briton was second behind Rosberg—who holds a 23-point advantage in the race for the world championship—in first and second practice.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was third fastest in the morning, while team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was best of the rest in the afternoon.

Here’s a recap of a fascinating practice session in Japan, including the full results.

     

FP2 Recap Here is a look at the standings from second practice, as Rosberg rounded off a brilliant first day of the Japanese Grand Prix, per the F1 Twitter feed:



Rosberg’s advantage was chopped down by Hamilton on Friday afternoon, although the German will be content with his day’s work in Suzuka.

After complaining of a lack of drive in the morning, Hamilton was a lot closer to his best in FP2, finding a lot more grip around this perilous circuit. However, his team-mate’s mark of one minute, 32.250 seconds proved too quick as the curtain came down on Day 1 of the Grand Prix weekend.

As noted by F1 journalist James Allen, what will be encouraging to the world championship leader is his pace on different compounds:



Raikkonen was looking particularly sharp in the afternoon, with his Ferrari just 0.323 seconds behind Rosberg. After a mixed morning, the Scuderia look a lot more equipped to challenge for a podium following a positive second practice.

Despite his quick lap time, it wasn’t all plain sailing for the Finn, as we can see here:



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