Long run pace from FP2 in Japan

  • Published on 05 Oct 2018 15:51
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  • By: Fergal Walsh

Mercedes pulled clear of Ferrari during the qualifying simulation programmes in Japan, with Lewis Hamilton finishing over eight-tenths of a second ahead of Sebastian Vettel.

In the long run pace Mercedes still appears to have the upper hand but going by the times, things seem a lot closer on the soft compound, the middle tyre that Pirelli has brought to the Suzuka Circuit this weekend.

Each driver set a representative series of laps on the yellow-walled soft tyre, while Kimi Raikkonen set just one lap on the red-walled super soft compound. Below, you can see the list of the times from each driver from Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull. 

Super SOFT TYRE
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Hamilton 
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Bottas
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Vettel
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Raikkonen
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Ricciardo
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Verstappen
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1:33.830
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1:35.344
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1:34.655
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1:33.400
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1:34.958
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1:34.591
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1:34.227
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1:35.063
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1:34.123
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1:35.096
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1:34.964
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1:35.050
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1:35.331
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1:35.532
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1:35.101
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1:35.313
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1:34.661
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1:34.902
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1:35.232
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1:34.889
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1:35.150
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1:34.430
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1:34.669
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1:34.896
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1:35.357
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1:35.332
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1:34.373
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1:34.559
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1:35.704
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1:35.487
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1:35.176
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1:34.190
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1:35.334
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1:35.379
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1:35.032
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1:35.240
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1:35.166
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1:35.553
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Average
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1:34.394
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1:34.978
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1:35.144
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1:33.400
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1:35.181
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1:35.080

 

SOFT TYRE 
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Hamilton 
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Bottas
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Vettel
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Raikkonen
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Ricciardo
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Verstappen
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1:33.433
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1:33.858
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1:33.560
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1:34.357
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1:34.137
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1:34.050
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1:33.320
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1:34.350
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1:33.703
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1:34.459
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1:34.033
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1:34.092
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1:33.378
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1:33.815
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1:33.569
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1:34.911
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1:33.934
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1:34.474
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1:33.612
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1:34.049
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1:33.505
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1:35.022
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1:33.491
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1:34.138
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1:33.563
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1:33.517
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1:35.395
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1:34.218
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1:34.555
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1:33.584
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1:35.689
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1:33.788
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1:34.831
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1:35.159
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1:33.619
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1:34.226
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1:35.185
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1:34.174
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1:35.216
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1:35.654
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1:35.344
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1:35.663
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1:35.489
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Average
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1:33.482
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1:34.018
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1:33.771
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1:35.196
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1:33.889
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1:34.318

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  • boudy

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    Thanks guys, great overview.

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