Lap times 2nd practice 2018 Japanese F1 Grand Prix

Lap times 2nd practice 2018 Japanese F1 Grand Prix
5 October 2018 by    2 min read
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Esteban Ocon (FRA) Racing Point Force India F1 Team fans. Japanese Grand Prix, Thursday 4th October 2018. Suzuka, Japan.

Esteban Ocon Force India F1 Team fans.
Japanese Grand Prix, Thursday 4th October 2018. Suzuka, Japan.

Event: Japanese F1 Grand Prix
Track: Suzuka Circuit

Weather:  Clouded,  24ºC
Tarmac: Dry, 30ºC
Wind speed: 2.8 km/h
Humidity: 69%

Both McLaren drivers were the first cars on the circuit this second practice for the Japanese GP session. Stoffel Vandoorne didn't drive in FP1, because Lando Norris was driving his car in the first practice session.

In the first half an hour of the session Lewis Hamilton was again quickest and drove a time of 1:28.911 min on the Soft tyre.

Half an hour into the session Sebastian Vettel tried out the Supersofts but still wasn't able to be quicker than Hamilton. Vettel drove a 1:29.050.

After 45 minutes Hamilton also drove a lap with the Supersoft tyres. He improved his lap time to 1:28.217 min. After him Valtteri Bottas also went out on Supersofts and was second quickest with a 1:28.678.

Pierre Gasly's only could drive for 15 minutes in FP2. His Toro Rosso STR13 had a fuel-system problem. His teammate Hartley was 10th quickest at the time he drove out the garage.

We saw a lot of drivers having difficulty coming out of turn 9 and going wide scrubbing the floor of the car over the curbs.

All teams were running long runs to check-out how long the Supersoft tyres will last around Suzuka. Mercedes is by far the quickest until now. The Ferrari's and Red Bull's look to be very close for the race. Sebastian Vettel drove 19 laps on the Supersoft tyres.

The lap record on Suzuka is 1:31.540 min driven in 2005 by Raikkonen in a McLaren. The quickest lap time in FP2 last year was 1:48.719 by Lewis Hamilton and was driven on full wets.

Here you can find all 2018 Used F1 Power Unit Elements by each driver.
Read our race preview in: What to expect from the 2018 Japanese F1 GP.

FP2 Lap Times 2018 Japanese GP

PosNoDriverTeamLap Time1st GapLapsTyres
144Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:28.21731Super
277Valtteri BottasMercedes1:28.678+0.461s30Super
35Sebastian VettelFerrari1:29.050+0.833s36Super
433Max VerstappenRed Bull1:29.257+1.040s32Super
57Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:29.498+1.281s33Super
63Daniel RicciardoRed Bull1:29.513+1.296s27Super
731Esteban OconForce India1:30.035+1.818s32Super
88Romain GrosjeanHaas1:30.440+2.223s32Super
99Marcus EricssonSauber1:30.478+2.261s33Super
1028Brendon HartleyToro Rosso1:30.502+2.285s27Super
1111Sergio PérezForce India1:30.510+2.293s28Super
1227Nico HülkenbergRenault1:30.644+2.427s36Super
1310Pierre GaslyToro Rosso1:30.795+2.578s10Super
1455Carlos SainzRenault1:30.904+2.687s31Super
1516Charles LeclercSauber1:30.906+2.689s26Super
1620Kevin MagnussenHaas1:30.956+2.739s25Super
1714Fernando AlonsoMcLaren1:30.988+2.771s34Soft
1835Sergey SirotkinWilliams1:31.087+2.870s39Super
1918Lance StrollWilliams1:31.215+2.998s32Super
202Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren1:31.981+3.764s32Super

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2 F1 Fan comments on “Lap times 2nd practice 2018 Japanese F1 Grand Prix”

  1. Lee

    Why does Vettel keep getting away with touting the rules e.g.. moving twice under breaking. Dangerous. Is he Charlie Whitings best mate.

  2. BlackDog

    Personally I think it was two moves in the same direction split by a fraction of a second and given the speed involved was tough driving rather than anything else but depending which camera angle you looked from gave you a slightly different impression. From one angle it did seem like a single movement. Given that, it was probably a fair decision not to penalise Seb and particularly so given the fact that Hamilton got past him at the next corner.
    The other thing I'd say is that it's good to see wheel to wheel action and this was the most exciting thing that happened at Sochi, so I think the decision was fair. I've certainly seen far, far worse examples of it so even if he'd been penalised I'd guess it would have been a five second penalty, rather than a longer one or a drive through, which would have had no difference on the outcome.


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