In the opening practice session at the Japanese Grand Prix – Tsunoda’s home race – he would end the session just a tenth down on Verstappen, while FP2 was a story of red flag stoppages with Jack Doohan suffering a high-impact crash, Fernando Alonso spinning into the gravel and several grass fires igniting.

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There is a mutual understanding at play between Yuki Tsunoda and Max Verstappen that the Red Bull debutant will have