F1 Japanese Grand Prix 2023 - Friday Practice: As it happened

"Is my floor OK?" 

Footage shows Hamilton running over the aggressive kerb at Degna 2.

Bottas goes clear with a 1m33.163s, 0.2s ahead of Perez.

Perez on the medium tyre; Verstappen is now out there on the soft.

Albon sets the early pace with a 1m33.482s on the test tyre, 0.2s ahead of Sainz. 

Teams are still trying out some prototype tyres from Pirelli as part of their development for 2024.

Second practice kicks off in just five minutes.

Can anyone get close to Verstappen? He was 0.6s clear in FP1.

An update on his recovery...

Read what happened in FP1 here

Verstappen, Sainz, Norris, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Alonso, Piastri, Albon, Lawson and Stroll.

Both McLarens are out on the softs.

Not too many improvements on track now with drivers focusing on heavier fuel.

Expect some faster laps from the Alpines - they're on the softs.

Sainz and Leclerc slot into second and third. 

The Spaniard is 0.6s down on Verstappen, while Leclerc is 1.0s off.

He puts 1.3s between him and Perez - mega start from the weekend for the reigning world champion.

Perez makes it a Red Bull 1-2, 0.6s down on Verstappen's time on the test tyre.

Hulkenberg into third on the softs - 1.0s down on Verstappen.

Up into the top three for Hamilton - but he's 1.3s down.

Here's a rundown of all of the upgrades for this weekend at Suzuka 

The Aston Martin driver slots into second behind Verstappen on the mediums - 0.7s off the pace.

A 1m32.597s for Verstappen now to go 1.6s clear of Piastri.

A strong start from Red Bull with Verstappen 0.8s clear of Piastri at the top of the timesheets.

Verstappen, Piastri, Norris, Alonso, Perez, Hulkenberg, Leclerc, Russell and Ocon.

Verstappen's advantage over the rest of the field is now 1.7s.