Max Verstappen remained unbeaten throughout practice as he led the way in FP3 ahead of qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix.
The reigning World Champion wound up 0.2s quicker than Lando Norris, who edged out his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri. That pairing split Sergio Perez from Verstappen, with the Mexican 0.7s behind the sister RB19 car.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz ended up line astern in fifth and sixth respectively, around half a second shy of the McLaren drivers.
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were next for Mercedes, with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and the Alfa Romeo of Zhou Guanyu completing the top 10.
Position
Driver
Team
Time Gap
Laps
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:30.267
2
Lando Norris
McLaren
1:30.555 0.240
3
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1:30.960 0.288
4
Sergio Perez
Red Bull
1:31.004 0.737
5
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:31.022 0.755
6
Carlos Sainz Jr
Ferrari
1:31.137 0.870
7
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:31.159 0.892
8
George Russell
Mercedes
1:31.505 1.238
9
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:31.549 1.282
10
Guanyu Zhou
Alfa Romeo
1:31.668 1.401
11
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo
1:31.699 1.432
12
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
1:31.880 1.613
13
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
1:31.924 1.657
14
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
1:31.951 1.684
15
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas
1:31.979 1.712
16
Logan Sargeant
Williams
1:32.002 1.735
17
Liam Lawson
AlphaTauri
1:32.048 1.781
18
Alex Albon
Williams
1:32.113 1.846
19
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:32.154 1.887
20
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
1:32.199 1.932
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