Japanese Grand Prix – Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton says he feels he's taking some of Suzuka's corners better than he ever has, after a positive first day of practice. The championship leader was class of the field in Friday practice, finishing almost half a second clear of his nearest rival, teammate Valtteri Bottas, in both practice sessions. With lap records looking almost certain to be smashed by the 2018 cars this weekend, Hamilton was full of beans after the day's track action and said that he's put work into finding out how to improve his approach to certain corners at a track he's been coming to since his first F1 visit in 2009: 'The balance was in quite a nice place, so I was...
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