Red Bull began their weekend at Suzuka the way they hope to end it, with both cars up front in Friday morning’s opening practice courtesy of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. The two title contenders were separated by just 0.048s.

Robert Kubica was in terrific form for Renault in third, while Adrian Sutil staked a claim for Force India with fourth. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton crashed out en route to fifth…

 
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