Max Verstappen is fastest so far in F1 Japanese Grand Prix practice. Image: Charniaux/XPB Images Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen has set the pace again in Free Practice 2 for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, while Alpine’s Pierre Gasly crashed late in the piece. With less than three minutes to go, Gasly pinched the inside-front brake at Suzuka’s Degner 2 corner and understeered off the road before impacting the barriers are relatively slow speed. The session did not restart and hence Verstappen was locked into a sweep of Friday practice, with a 1:30.688s seeing him prevail by 0.320s in the late-afternoon hit-out. Charles Leclerc, who had joined team-mate Carlos Sainz in running...
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