Piastri breaks Mercedes' P1 hegemony at the Japan Grand Prix

Lando Norris finished fourth ahead of the two Ferrari drivers, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. The Briton reported during the session that he was not comfortable with his car.

Four-time world champion and the winner of the last four Japanese GPs, Max Verstappen, finished tenth in this session.

Many teams and drivers were eager to get on track during the second session of the day, with the group led by Hamilton. Norris was not on that list, with the McLaren mechanics working on his MCL40. Arvid Lindblad's day has also come to an early end after he reported issues on his opening lap over the team radio.

Around 10 minutes into the session, Alex Albon nearly caused the first red flag of the day by stopping on track, but the Thai-British driver was able to get going again.

15 minutes into the session, Leclerc led with a 1:31.0, marginally ahead of Piastri.

By the halfway point, drivers completed their first laps on the soft tyres. Piastri then led the session ahead of the two Mercedes drivers, in the order of Antonelli and Russell.

Entering the final 15 minutes, Piastri continued to lead FP2, as the drivers switched for stints on the medium tyres.