04:00
30 minutes on the clock
Piastri, Leclerc, Norris, Hamilton, Russell, Tsunoda, Gasly, Hadjar, Alonso and Bearman is the top 10 currently.
Lewis Hamilton
2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix - Qualifying - As it happened
A recap of what happened in F1 qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix.
05 Apr 2025
03:56
Tsunoda
A tidy session from Tsunoda so far as he moves into fifth on the hard tyres, 0.691s off Piastri.
03:54
Encouraging from Leclerc
He splits the two McLarens with a good time there.
03:52
Strong time from Piastri
Piastri goes 0.3s clear of Leclerc at the top of the timesheets.
03:51
20 minutes gone in FP3
Top 10: Leclerc, Hamilton, Norris, Piastri, Tsunoda, Lawson, Alonso, Verstappen, Hadjar and Sainz.
03:48
Leclerc sets the pace
A 1m29.107s for Leclerc, which puts him 0.3s ahead of Norris at the top of the timesheets.
03:44
FP3 back underway
Final practice at Suzuka is back underway. 46 minutes on the clock. Hopefully there's no more stoppages.
03:39
10 minutes gone in FP3
The current order: Verstappen, Antonelli, Sainz, Lawson, Tsunoda, Bortoleto, Hulkenberg and Doohan.
03:37
The cause of the red flag?
There's another fire. This time it's at the hairpin.
03:37
Red flag
The session has been halted at Suzuka.
03:30
FP3 is underway
The final 60 minutes of practice this weekend is underway at Suzuka.
03:24
What happened on Friday?
McLaren led a 1-2 in second practice at Suzuka, with Piastri ahead of Norris at the top of the timesheets. Norris was on course to smash Piastri's time, however. So there's more to come from the two McLarens.
It was a stop-start session with four red flags impacting the running in FP2.
03:23
Welcome
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Crash.net live blog for final practice and qualifying for the 2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix.
The action gets back underway from 3:30am UK time.
