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Motor racing-Alonso sets wet F1 practice pace in Japan

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SUZUKA, Japan : Alpine's Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in a wet opening practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday.The Spaniard lapped the soaked Suzuka track in one minute, 42.248 seconds ahead of compatriot Carlos Sainz in his Ferrari.Charles Leclerc followed his Ferrari team mate in third.Runaway championship leader Max Verstappen, who could clinch a second successive title on Sunday, was only sixth fastest behind Alpine's Esteban Ocon and Haas racer Kevin Magnussen.Dutchman Verstappen, who leads Leclerc by 104 points in the standings, completed only four laps around the venue where he made his F1 weekend debut a few days after his 17th birthday in 2014.Mick Schumacher was seventh fastest for Haas.

The German crashed after the end of the session at the uphill left-handed Dunlop sweep having completed a practice start from the grid.

McLaren's Lando Norris was eighth ahead of Valtteri Bottas in the Alfa Romeo. Mexican Sergio Perez, winner for Red Bull last week in Singapore, was 10th fastest.Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton completed six laps and was 13th fastest.Home hope Yuki Tsunoda was 19th for AlphaTauri ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who propped up the timesheets.Schumacher's crash, which damaged the front suspension of his Haas, was the only major incident of the session.

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