Oscar Piastri’s fastest practice time in Japan on Friday was fascinating not for the fact it beat Mercedes but because of how it was achieved.Coming off the back of a difficult start to the new Formula 1 season for McLaren, the world champion squad appears to be in slightly better shape at Suzuka (at least over a single lap) with both its chassis and its energy deployment approach.Of biggest note though was that on a track that is still likely to be quite difficult to overtake on, especially with tyre degradation not especially high, how McLaren was delivering its pace caught attention.For the 0.092 seconds difference between the lead McLaren and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli was not dow …
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Author: Jon Noble
