F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen dominates opening practice

Nearly a week on from Red Bull’s humbling in Singapore, Verstappen utterly dominated the early stages, heading the times from his first flier, a 1m33.719s set on the hard tyres that no one else could get anywhere near as the pack was split across the harder tyre compounds. This included a prototype medium compound Verstappen switched to after going quickest again on his second flier, his next …Keep reading