Max Verstappen stayed on top but saw his margin over the field halved in second practice at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.
After finishing 0.626s clear with a dominant performance in opening practice at Suzuka, the reigning world champion once again led the way in FP2 as Red Bull continued to bounce back from their shock defeat in Singapore.
But this time, Verstappen’s advantage was narrowed to 0.320s over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc during the low fuel runs on soft tyres.Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fourth ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso. Alex Albon was a strong seventh for Williams as Oscar Piastri took eighth in his McLaren ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, who was a full second down on Verstappen.
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