{"id":285997,"date":"2025-04-20T07:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T07:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/fernando-alonso-sets-wet-f1-practice-pace-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T07:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T07:03:46","slug":"fernando-alonso-sets-wet-f1-practice-pace-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/fernando-alonso-sets-wet-f1-practice-pace-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso sets wet F1 practice pace in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fernando Alonso sets wet F1 practice pace in Japan\" title=\"Fernando Alonso sets wet F1 practice pace in Japan\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p>Alpine\u2019s Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in a wet opening practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard lapped the soaked Suzuka track in one minute, 42.248 seconds ahead of compatriot Carlos Sainz in his Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p>Charles Leclerc followed his Ferrari team mate in third.<\/p>\n<p>Runaway championship leader Max Verstappen, who could clinch a second successive title on Sunday, was only sixth fastest behind Alpine\u2019s Esteban Ocon and Haas racer Kevin Magnussen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"osv-ad-class\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;height: 375px;margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dutchman Verstappen, who leads Leclerc by 104 points in the standings, completed only four laps around the venue where he made his F1 weekend debut a few days after his 17th birthday in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Mick Schumacher was seventh fastest for Haas. The German crashed after the end of the session at the uphill left-handed Dunlop sweep having completed a practice start from the grid.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren\u2019s Lando Norris was eighth ahead of Valtteri Bottas in the Alfa Romeo. Mexican Sergio Perez, winner for Red Bull last week in Singapore, was 10th fastest.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton completed six laps and was 13th fastest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adboxtop adsizes\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Home hope Yuki Tsunoda was 19th for AlphaTauri ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who propped up the timesheets.<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher\u2019s crash, which damaged the front suspension of his Haas, was the only major incident of the session. 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The Spaniard lapped the soaked Suzuka track in one minute, 42.248 seconds ahead of compatriot Carlos Sainz in his Ferrari. Charles Leclerc followed his Ferrari team mate in third. 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