Ferrari admit 'plenty to do' after McLaren surge in F1 Japanese GP practice

It comes after Lando Norris finished behind the Mercedes pair of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli at the end of FP1, before Oscar Piastri found some impressive pace to end FP2 in P1.

Charles Leclerc could only finish the second practice session in P5, while Lewis Hamilton finished a tenth behind and in P6 and admitted to feeling 'uncomfortable' behind the wheel of his Ferrari.

"I think it was quite a linear session for us, no big dramas. Obviously, there are some difficulties that we have to overcome for tomorrow, but it is more or less the picture we were expecting," Ioverno explained to F1TV after Friday's proceedings.

FP2 also brought about some damming telemetry stats regarding super-clipping in Suzuka.

After Hamilton and Russell both had some strong words regarding the issue, it was revealed that an average of 53.4 KPH was lost between 130R and the final chicane.

Nico Hulkenberg lost the least amount of speed, while Alpine's Franco Colapinto saw 70 KPH of speed lost through that section of the track.