We return to the track with the second session of the weekend, the FP2 of the Japanese GPFriday morning confirms that McLaren is the car to beat, the only two cars to go below last year's pole time. However, if in the FP1 we saw Ferrari competing for a provisional podium alongside Mercedes, this second session revealed an issue on the soft tyres by the silver arrows.
Not only McLaren, the protagonists of FP2 were the red flags: 4
The double McLaren, with Piastri as the best time, signs the FP2 in Suzuka. It was not only the papaya team that was the protagonist, but also the 4 red flags.
The first came in the wake of the accident of jack doohan who carries his Alpine into the wall, causing significant damage to the chassis. The driver, one of the rookies of the season, was then taken to a medical check-up. Although he walked spontaneously, there is still no certainty that he will actually be able to complete the weekend. If so, with the absence of Colapinto, could hit the track Ryo HirakawaThe hypothesis is that there was an error in opening the DRS on the curve.
Later Fernando Alonso he makes a “rookie” mistake, hits the grass with the front and goes off the track, getting stuck in the gravel. Finally, the last two, due to a fire on the track.
FP2 Japanese GP, few laps and few data
Unfortunately, the session did not bring much data to the teams' hands, Pirelli hypothesizes that – based on what was seen in FP1 – they could also risk a single stop, starting with the soft and then finishing the race with the hard.
La Ferrari is only fourth with Hamilton and seventh with Leclerc, but the latter achieved the third fastest time in FP1. Both ahead of the Red Bull of Verstappen. Very good, instead, Hadjar who gets his little revenge by bringing his RB to the third best time.
