Piastri Tops McLaren in Japanese GP FP2

0:00On March 27, Oster P. Astre put McLaren on top in free practice too, at the Javanese Grand Prix. The Australian driver led both Mercedes cars on the time sheets at Suzuka. He clocked the quickest lap of 1 minute 30.133 seconds on the soft Pirelli tire. That put him just 0.092 seconds ahead of Ricky Kimi and Tinelli, with George Russell another 10th back and third. Lando Norris struggled to match his teammate, ending up half a second off the pace. The reigning world champion sat out the first half of the session while McLaren fixed the hydraulic leak. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took 5th, followed by Lewis Hamilton and 6th to round out the top runners. With solid pace from McLaren and Mercedes up front, tomorrow's qualifying could shake things up even more at Suzuka. Team coverage, powered by AI, this is F1 News Today.