Ricciardo jokes about "going to the beach" on off-day at Suzuka

On a day off at Suzuka where there will be no running because of typhoon Hagibis, Renault star Daniel Ricciardo has joked he plans on "going to the beach" during his downtime on Saturday.

Hagibis is set to hit the circuit today, with its winds up to 200 mp/h and heavy rainfall leaving the stewards with no choice but to cancel all running on Saturday to ensure everybody is safe.

FP3 is therefore scrapped and qualifying will be run on Sunday morning, although that could be scrapped too depending on how much damage the typhoon causes on the track today.

In either case, the drivers and teams all have a day off now, and Ricciardo revealed how he planned on spending it.

"I was going to go to the beach. Probably take a jet ski out," he jokingly told Crash.net.

He then had a cheeky little dig at the younger drivers on the grid, and their dependence on having an internet connection!