Verstappen is back to normal, Sainz continues to be sweet and Alonso, 6th

Max Verstappen This ended any speculation. In the past F1 Singapore GPThe FIA issued a new technical directive due to suspicions that some teams may have violated the regulations with flexible front and rear wings to have greater downforce, and precisely there, Red Bull lost the first race of the year . The one in Milton Keynes They clarified that it was pure coincidence. In Japan, if Red Bull is not clearly dominant, the speculation will be exaggerated. AND Max Verstappen is responsible for ending them at the beginning by dominating with an iron hand the first free training session of Japanese GP. He did this by clearly surpassing, by more than 6 tenths, the second place, the first among mortals, Carlos Sainz.

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Sainz, 2nd, starts on the right foot

Verstappen will be the big favorite for everyone this weekend and it will be very difficult for anyone to beat him. But beyond Max, on another planet, he was up there Carlos Sainz. again, After his great races at Zandvoort, Monza and his great victory in Singapore, the Spaniard started by showing his current tremendous level of form to finish 2nd.beating the McLaren of Lando Norris by more than a tenth, who was expected to do well here, and once again dominated the battle with his team-mate Charles Leclerc, who had an ‘excursion’ on the gravel outside the Suzuka fork.

Sainz was 0.626 off the best time while the Monegasque was 0.927 in a session marked by water. and which is still not representative in terms of time, but it has appeared again Carlos was more comfortable at the start with the car, something that should help him once again push the wagon of the ‘rossa’ team in finding the right settings and balance for this Grand Prix.

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Charles already explained after Singapore that in order for this car to increase its performance, it should be made to understeer and oversteer less, that is, go against his own driving style, something that he is not comfortable with the car and makes him one step. away from a big Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard started off on the right foot, leading the chasing pack with a car that could be looking to do great things on Saturday inside a turn, but he should suffer again in the race due to his greater degradation against McLaren and Mercedes on a track where there are overtaking options.

Alonso, 6th

Tsunoda, local AlphaTauri driver, dominated in 5th place which shouldn’t be true. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso finished 6th at 1.003, ahead of Oscar Piastri by just 63 thousandths.

The Asturian wants to get back into the fight with the chasing group after suffering in the race in Singapore due to some damage to his car from lap 2. This track should not suit his car as well as Singapore and he should suffer more , although the moment began in that pursuit, waiting for the two Mercedes to show their heads after an FP1 in which they hid. George Russell was 13th, 1.6 off the best and Lewis Hamilton was 16th, 2 seconds behind, a result that was not realistic at all. Both must be on top and also ‘Checo’ Pérez who has to fight with his own car in finding the right set up that allows him to get as close as possible to a Verstappen who is on another planet.