After the Singapore surprise, it was back to reality at Suzuka as Max Verstappen and Red Bull returned to the top of the timesheet in Friday practice. But while Sergio Perez struggled in the other RB19, it left an opportunity open for the rest to try to exploit at this weekend\u2019s Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix
a glimmer of hope amid a bruising pair of practice sessions; the team had struggled during the opening practice session having exclusively explored the harder sets of tyre on a track that was initially reticent to deliver the expected grip at the start. The drivers were marginally happier in second practice having been granted use of the softs, although Hamilton spent the day dismayed at the lack of rear grip present in Mercedes' early set-ups.
Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin shaded Russell by just over a tenth; the AMR23 lacked the balance of its competitors through the high-load Degner curves and was slower on the entry and mid-corner phases at the Casio Triangle - although the Spaniard's exit was marginally stronger compared to the cars ahead which helped to reduce the gap.
This is understood to be a result of teams aiming to save tyre sets for the rest of the weekend, owing to the two-stop forecast for the weekend. The notable degradation of the softs over those longer runs also makes it much harder to compare which of the teams will come out on top in the battle behind Verstappen, although Leclerc's overall average of 1m38.190s on the mediums across his representative long-run times can be compared to Perez's 1m38.
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