SUZUKA, Japan McLarens Oscar Piastri turned the fastest lap during a crash-plagued second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix Friday at Suzuka Circuit.

Piastri ran a lap of one minute and 28.114 seconds to take the top spot ahead of teammate Lando Norris, who was a mere .049 seconds slower. Norris was quickest in the first session.

The McLaren drivers won the first two races of the season.

Its been a bit of an up-and-down day but theres definitely been positives in there, Piastri said. Weve got a few things to tidy up for tomorrow. FP2 was a pretty stop-start session, which made it tricky to go through everything but there were still some good learnings. A couple of tweaks and well be good to go.

Racing Bulls teammates Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson claimed the third and fifth spots on the board, while seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was fourth for Ferrari.

Jack Doohan brought out the red flag during the session when he crashed his Alpine in turn one.