Frederic Vasseur keeps his feet on the ground.

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The words of Frederic Vasseur

Frederic Vasseur spoke to the microphones of Sky Sport F1 after Friday’s free practice at Suzuka: "So far è everything has gone well, we have done a good test with the soft and now we have to we have to think about the race distance, although qualifying" will still be important.

"We must not exaggerate with optimism becauseé anyway è it is always Friday, but we are seeing good improvements,” he added. “It is difficult to give indications becauseé Verstappen did a lap like everyone else, then there’s been an’evolution and improvement of the track, but we will see".

These are all the times:

1 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing1:30.688 4
2 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+0.320 4
3 Lando NORRIS McLaren+0.464 4
4 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari+0.549 4
5 George RUSSELL Mercedes+0.640 4
6 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin+0.804 4
7 Alexander ALBON Williams+0.867 5
8 Oscar PIASTRI McLaren+0.974 4
9 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing+1.022 4
10 Valtteri BOTTAS Alfa Romeo+1.051 3
11 Lance STROLL Aston Martin+1.083 6
12 Esteban OCON Alpine+1.106 4
13 Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team+1.109 5
14 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes+1.141 5
15 Liam LAWSON AlphaTauri+1.453 5
16 Guanyu ZHOU Alfa Romeo+1.477 6
17 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team+1.481 4
18 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri+1.490 4
19 Pierre GASLY Alpine– 5
20 Logan SARGEANT Williams+1.632 4

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