F1 2022 Japanese Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (2)

Results from the second session at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix, Round 18 of the 2022 F1 world championship.

07 Oct 2022

2022 F1 Japanese Grand Prix - FREE PRACTICE RESULTS (2)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	1m41.935s
2	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	1m42.170s
3	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m42.786s
4	Sergio Perez	MEX	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m42.834s
5	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	Haas F1 Team	1m43.187s
6	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	1m43.204s
7	Fernando Alonso	ESP	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m43.533s
8	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen	1m43.733s
9	Esteban Ocon	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m43.884s
10	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen	1m44.525s
11	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	1m44.709s
12	Nicholas Latifi	CAN	Williams Racing	1m44.962s
13	Alex Albon	THA	Williams Racing	1m45.039s
14	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Scuderia AlphaTauri	1m45.257s
15	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team	1m45.261s
16	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m45.885s
17	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m46.030s
18	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team	1m46.776s
19	Pierre Gasly	FRA	Scuderia AlphaTauri	1m47.109s
20	Mick Schumacher	GER	Haas F1 Team	No Time Set

Mercedes led a 1-2 finish in a wet second practice at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.

George Russell was 0.2s quicker than Lewis Hamilton, while reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen was 0.8s off the pace.

With rain forecast on Sunday, it was a busy 90-minute session at Suzuka.

Saturday is expected to be drier.

Recent F1 Japanese GP winners

2019 - Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)

2018 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

2017 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

2016 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

2015 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

2014 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

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