Max Verstappen lay down a daunting early benchmark for the Japanese Grand Prix weekend in FP1.
The Dutchman set a time of a 1:31.647 to head Ferrari's Carlos Sainz by 0.626 seconds, with McLaren's Lando Norris a further tenth down.
Charles Leclerc was fourth fastest ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, who impressed for AlphaTauri to finish ahead of Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri.
Alex Albon was seventh for Williams, Liam Lawson was ninth and Lance Stroll tenth.
Take a look at the full FP1 results below!
Result Free practice 1 - Japanese
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