Jack Doohan
Jack Doohan

Four red flags in F1 Japanese GP Friday Practice as it happened

Recap Friday practice at the Japanese Grand Prix

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
03:28
A big moment for Tsunoda

It's Tsunoda's first weekend as a Red Bull driver - and it's his home race. It will be intriguing to see how he gets on.

Yuki
Yuki
03:21
Good morning

Hello everyone and welcome to the Crash.net live blog for Friday practice from Suzuka.

FP1 kicks off in just under 10 minutes' time.

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