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Formula One 2026: Japanese Grand Prix qualifying – live

🏎️ Updates from qualifying in Suzuka; start: 6am GMT
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How has the weekend gone so far for the other frontrunners?

First free practice was a Mercedes one-two, with Antonelli second by 0.026sec, with the McLarens of Norris and Piastri just behind. There was more encouragement for the constructors’ champions in FP2, with Piastri going fastest. McLaren were quick to say they expected Mercedes and Ferrari to be out in front once the action became competitive but, in the context of Norris’s run to fifth in Melbourne being the only full-race action the team have done this season, this was at least encouraging. Charles Leclerc was the faster of the Ferraris in the first two sessions, ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

Japanese Grand Prix practice, qualifying and race times, UK times, plus weather forecast

This is the earliest the Japanese Grand Prix has been held since the race switched to a sprint slot in 2024

Round three of the 2026 Formula 1 season heads to Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix, from 27-29 March.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri, who has failed to start the opening two races of the campaign, was quickest in Friday's second practice session in Japan.

The Australian topped the timesheets ahead of Chinese Grand Prix winner Kimi Antonelli and his Mercedes team-mate George Russell, who leads the Italian teenager in the drivers' championship by four points.

Following Suzuka, F1 will have an unplanned five-week break because the conflict in the Middle East caused the cancellations of the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

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