Toyoharu Tanabe was pleased with Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Friday practice sessions at the Suzuka International Racing Course, with the Honda F1 Technical Director delighted to have been able to give Naoki Yamamoto his maiden practice outing. Yamamoto took over the STR14 usually driven by Pierre Gasly for the opening session before the Frenchman returned to the car for the all-important afternoon session, which could set the grid on Sunday should Qualifying be cancelled due to typhoon Hagibis. Tanabe saw Yamamoto end his first practice session in seventeenth, just one place and under a tenth of a second behind team-mate Daniil Kvyat, while Gasly ended the afternoon session in ninth as Kvyat...
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