Lando Norris edges out teammate Oscar Piastri in final practice, as trackside fires continue to compromise running time.
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Today's team representatives press conference with Laurent Mekies, Andrew Shovlin and Ayao Komatsu.
We are all relieved to see Jack walk away from his incident in Free Practice 2. It was a misjudgement of not closing the DRS into Turn 1.
The level of degradation seen on the long runs today is lower than expected, which could suggest that a one-stop strategy might be more competitive than a two-stop.
Overall, we would have liked to have taken a bit more of a look at the behaviour of the tyres, but it's the same for everyone.
McLaren still look like the ones to beat but it's been an encouraging start to the weekend.
Today has been quite difficult for us as we were trying different things in the car and a lot of things weren't clicking as much as we would have liked.
It's going to be a hectic FP3 for everyone tomorrow, there's a lot of things to try and the wind direction is going to change, so the cars may feel very different compared to today.
In terms of the car balance window, we weren't quite there but in terms of the issues we had in Melbourne, we didn't see them.
Jack Doohan, Fernando Alonso and sparks - not the '70s pop band - cause disruption at Suzuka, as four red flags hamper teams' preparations.
Abu Dhabi investment fund CYVN has acquired McLaren Automotive as well as a non-controlling stake in McLaren Racing.
Lando Norris is quickest in opening session that is not without issues for the McLaren driver, while Yuki Tsunoda gives his new teammate a run for his money.