Oscar Piastri has set the fastest time of the second practice session at Suzuka, which was disrupted by four lengthy red flag stoppages.

The McLaren man set a 1:28.1 to get in the fastest time of what was a highly disrupted second practice session at Suzuka.

Red flags stop play in FP2 in Japan

The second session had just gotten underway on Friday when it was almost immediately stopped again due to a high-speed crash for Alpine’s Jack Doohan.

The Australian driver went off at high speed at Turn 1, impacting the barriers in a hefty impact that saw him climbing very gingerly out of his car with help from medical staff. Walking by himself, he was brought back to the paddock for precautionary medical checks and has been cleared.

Shortly after the session resumed following a lengthy delay, the red flags came back out again as Fernando Alonso went off and beached his Aston Martin in the gravel, resulting in another stoppage.

In the final 20 minutes, the session was red-flagged twice more as the grass at the side of the track caught fire in two separate areas – seemingly triggered by sparks coming from underneath the cars.

1. 1. Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:28.114
2. 2. Lando Norris McLaren +0.049
3. 3. Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.404
4. 4. Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.430
5. 5. Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +0.445
6. 6. George Russell Mercedes +0.453
7. 7. Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.472
8. 8. Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.556
9. 9. Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.643
10. 10. Carlos Sainz Williams +0.718
11. 11. Alex Albon Williams +0.909
12. 12. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber +0.948
13. 13. Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +1.221
14. 14. Esteban Ocon Haas +1.393
15. 15. Oliver Bearman Haas +1.540
16. 16. Kimi Antonello Mercedes +1.619
17. 17. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +1.864
18. 18. Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +2.511
19. 19. Lance Stroll Aston Martin +2.731
20. 20. Jack Doohan Alpine +3.545

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