05/10/2018
NEWS STORY
Full times from today's opening free practice session for the Honda Japanese Grand Prix.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:28.691 | 146.462 mph |
| 2 | Bottas | Mercedes | 1:29.137 | 0.446 |
| 3 | Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:29.373 | 0.682 |
| 4 | Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:29.627 | 0.936 |
| 5 | Vettel | Ferrari | 1:29.685 | 0.994 |
| 6 | Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.841 | 1.150 |
| 7 | Ocon | Force India | 1:30.591 | 1.900 |
| 8 | Grosjean | Haas | 1:30.814 | 2.123 |
| 9 | Leclerc | Sauber | 1:30.929 | 2.238 |
| 10 | Ericsson | Sauber | 1:31.073 | 2.382 |
| 11 | Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:31.073 | 2.382 |
| 12 | Sainz | Renault | 1:31.100 | 2.409 |
| 13 | Perez | Force India | 1:31.272 | 2.581 |
| 14 | Magnussen | Haas | 1:31.274 | 2.583 |
| 15 | Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:31.418 | 2.727 |
| 16 | Stroll | Williams | 1:31.508 | 2.817 |
| 17 | Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:31.908 | 3.217 |
| 18 | Alonso | McLaren | 1:32.034 | 3.343 |
| 19 | Sirotkin | Williams | 1:32.513 | 3.822 |
| 20 | Norris | McLaren | 1:32.683 | 3.992 |
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