08:10
Jack Doohan
Here's the state of Jack Doohan's car after his crash.
The Alpine driver emerged gingerly after the incident.
That was a big impact.
Alpine
Jack Doohan
Four red flags in F1 Japanese GP Friday Practice as it happened
Recap Friday practice at the Japanese Grand Prix
- FP2 kicks off at 7am UK time
- How to watch 2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix practice: Live stream for free
The third round of the 2025 F1 season takes us to Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix.
McLaren's Lando Norris leads the F1 drivers' standings after two races. Norris is eight points ahead of Max Verstappen and nine clear of Mercedes' George Russell.
The major talking point heading into the weekend is Red Bull's brutal decision to drop Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda.
Follow all of the action from Friday practice in Japan here.
04 Apr 2025
08:09
FP2 results
| 2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (2) | ||||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | 1m28.114s |
| 2 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | 1m28.163s |
| 3 | Isack Hadjar | FRA | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | 1m28.518s |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1m28.544s |
| 5 | Liam Lawson | NZL | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | 1m28.559s |
| 6 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m28.567s |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1m28.586s |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m28.670s |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m28.757s |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Atlassian Williams Racing | 1m28.832s |
| 11 | Alex Albon | THA | Atlassian Williams Racing | 1m29.023s |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m29.062s |
| 13 | Gabriel Bortoleto | BRA | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m29.335s |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m29.507s |
| 15 | Oliver Bearman | GBR | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m29.654s |
| 16 | Kimi Antonelli | ITA | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m29.733s |
| 17 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m29.978s |
| 18 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m30.625s |
| 19 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m30.845s |
| 20 | Jack Doohan | AUS | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m31.659s |
08:03
Top 10
Piastri, Norris, Hadjar, Hamilton, Lawson, Russell, Leclerc, Verstappen, Gasly and Sainz.
08:02
Chequered flag
Piastri fastest in FP2 ahead of Norris and Hadjar.
08:00
Another red flag
The grass is on fire again. The clock is about to run down anyway.
07:57
Piastri improves
A 1m28.114s for Piastri to move 0.049s ahead of Norris. Strong pace once again from McLaren here.
07:53
Seven minutes on the clock
FP2 is underway (again).
07:51
Three red flags
Red flag deployed 🔴
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 4, 2025
A small grass fire beside the circuit is currently being extinguished#F1#JapaneseGPpic.twitter.com/OomAusRYH5
07:47
Red flag
Some of the grass is on fire.
07:46
Strong lap from Norris
Norris lowers the benchmark to a 1m28.163s to go 0.3s ahead of Hadjar, who has just put in a tidy lap.
07:45
Hamilton goes fastest
A strong lap from the seven-time world champion to go 0.023s ahead of Russell. Leclerc is less than a tenth off his teammate.
07:42
FP2 back underway
18 minutes on the clock.
07:38
Just over 20 minutes on the clock
Current top 10: Russell, Hamilton, Alonso, Piastri, Leclerc, Hadjar, Tsunoda, Lawson, Stroll and Hulkenberg.
07:37
Alonso
The second red flag of the session is deployed 🔴
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 4, 2025
Fernando Alonso is beached in the gravel at the Degner Curves 😲#F1#JapaneseGPpic.twitter.com/IaOsAkPun9
07:34
Another red flag
Alonso has beached his Aston Martin in the gravel trap.
07:30
FP2 is back underway
Doohan's car has been cleared and FP2 is back underway.
07:24
News from the FIA
FP2 is expected to resume at 7:30am UK time.
07:23
Doohan
A huge impact for Jack Doohan at Turn 1 😲
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 4, 2025
Doohan is OK and out of the car #F1#JapaneseGPpic.twitter.com/E0eyamwiVj
07:20
Cause of Doohan's crash
F1 TV pundit Jolyon Palmer has suggested that the cause of the crash was Doohan keeping his DRS open into Turn 1.
Given drivers don't have to brake into T1, they're forced to manually turned it off - something Doohan potentially didn't do.
07:16
Doohan's wrecked Alpine
Doohan
07:12
Doohan
Doohan has got out of his car and looks to be OK. A violent crash for the Alpine driver.
07:07
Big crash
Doohan has crashed his Alpine. Red flag.
07:07
Russell on top now
A 1m29.666s for Russell on the hards, 0.284s ahead of Hamilton, Alonso, Hadjar and Tsunoda round out the top five.
07:04
Three times on the board
Lawson leads the way with a 1m30.756s, 0.4s ahead of Bortoleto.
07:00
FP2 is underway
The second practice session at Suzuka is now underway.
