Today’s free practice sessions and the ensuing pre-qualifying and qualifying sessions have been cancelled, following a Super Typhoon warning issued by the government of Japan yesterday.
In the statement, the Japanese government had announced that they are closing the Suzuka circuit and recommended all teams not to leave their hotels. Therefore, no-one will be available at the track and no qualifying press releases will be distributed.
Accordingly, the Sunday schedule has been changed as follows, at the expense of the third and fourth free practice sessions:
| Local time |
Event
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| 9.00-9.45 a.m. |
Pre-qualifying session
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| 10.00-11.00 a.m. |
Qualifying session
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| 2.30 p.m. |
Grand Prix of Japan (53 laps)
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