F1 GP Japan, Free Practice 2: Hamilton ahead in a flooded session
Behind the Force India. Only five riders with a time
Free Trials 2 which officially only started halfway through the session, due to the track being heavily flooded by rain at Suzuka. When the green light turns on in the pit lane, after a few minutes of waiting it's there Ferrari di Kimi Raikkonen the first to leave the pits. Hulkenberg, Palmer and Ericsson follow the Red on the track shortly after. Also Hag joins the group, as do Sainz and the two Force Indias. Perez he is the first to stop the clock with the full wets, then overtaken by Ocon. Hamilton he moved ahead of the small group of few timers, with a time of 1.48.719. Ocon, Perez, Massa and Stroll follow him. The two McLaren e Wehrlein they also put their noses out of the pits, but shortly after the checkered flag waved in a very short and soggy Free Practice session.
F1 GP Japan – Times, results and laps Free Practice 2
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m48.719s | - | 4 |
| 2 | Esteban Ocon | Force India / Mercedes | 1m49.518s | 0.799s | 3 |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | Force India / Mercedes | 1m51.345s | 2.626s | 3 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Williams / Mercedes | 1m52.146s | 3.427s | 3 |
| 5 | Lance stroll | Williams / Mercedes | 1m52.343s | 3.624s | 4 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | - | - | 1 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | - | - | 1 |
| 8 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | - | - | 1 |
| 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber / Ferrari | - | - | 3 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | - | - | 1 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren / Honda | - | - | 2 |
| 12 | pascal wehrlein | Sauber / Ferrari | - | - | 2 |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso / Renault | - | - | 1 |
| 14 | Stoffel vandoorne | McLaren / Honda | - | - | 1 |
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