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Formula 1 Practice In Japan Stopped Twice As Track Randomly Catches On Fire

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What should have been a normal Formula 1 practice session for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka International Circuit took a bizarre turn on Friday when the track twice caught fire, forcing a halt to Free Practice 2. The incidents occurred toward the end of the scheduled 60-minute practice session. The cause appeared to be unseasonably dry weather which caused the grass around the track to become brown and dry. The dry grass, combined w…

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F1 Practice Was A Total Mess With Huge Crash, Parts Of The Track Catching On Fire.

I was having some trouble sleeping on Thursday night into Friday morning and found myself awake at 1:30 in the morning. So, since I was up, I wandered downstairs to watch the second practice session of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, and I'm kind of glad I did because it was downright bizarre.The first practice of the weekend was relatively uneventful, aside from the fact that McLaren's Lando Norris topped the timesheet, and Red Bull's Yuki Tsu…

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Formula 1 Practice In Japan Stopped Twice As Track Randomly Catches On Fire

What should have been a normal Formula 1 practice session for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka International Circuit took a bizarre turn on Friday when the track twice caught fire, forcing a halt to Free Practice 2. The incidents occurred toward the end of the scheduled 60-minute practice session. The cause appeared to be unseasonably dry weather which caused the grass around the track to become brown and dry. The dry grass, combined w…

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FIA probe grass fires at Japanese Grand Prix

Organisers are investigating the trackside grass fires that disrupted second practice at the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday and taking measures to ensure there is no repeat over the rest of the weekend.

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FIA's response as Suzuka F1 track catches fire twice

Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix weekend kicked off with second practice being stopped twice because of the grass by the side of the Suzuka circuit catching fire. There were four red flags in FP2 and while two were driver errors (Jack Doohan and Fernando Alonso) typical of the challenging Suzuka circuit, the other two stoppages were due to grass setting ablaze. While those fires only halted a practice session, that has to be a concern for F1 shou…

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The Race broke the news in on Friday, April 4, 2025.
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