How to Watch Japanese Grand Prix Practice 3: Stream Formula 1 Live, TV Channel
On a rain-soaked day at the Suzuka International Racing Course, the Mercedes tandem of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton posted the best practice times on Friday leading up to the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. The drivers get one more look at the course on Saturday (Friday night, U.S. time) before qualifying. Russell was the only driver to break 1:42, turning a 1:41.935 lap around the figure-eight Suzuka Circuit in the second practice to finish 0.235 seconds ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Veteran Fernando Alonso, who won Suzuka in 2006 before topping the podium at the Fuji Speedway in 2008, posted a 1:42.248 as the best time in FP1.
How to Watch Japanese Grand Prix Practice 3 Today:
Date: Oct. 7, 2022
Time: 10:55 p.m. ET
TV: ESPNEWS
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As was the case last week in Singapore, this is the first time F1 has returned to Japan since the global COVID-19 pandemic, as the Japanese Grand Prix was scrubbed in both 2020 and 2021. Valtteri Bottas was the winner the last time the race was contested in 2019.
Max Verstappen, who can clinch his second straight world championship with a win and the fastest lap on Sunday, was sixth-fastest in FP1 and moved up to third in FP2 with a best lap of 1:42.786.
The Suzuka Circuit is 3.608 miles around with 18 turns and the notable overpass on a three-quarter-mile straight on the back of the course that crosses over the front portion of the circuit.
Michael Schumacher won a record six times at Suzuka, while Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, who is retiring after this season, have four victories there. Hamilton added a win at Fuji in 2007.
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