McLaren’s Lando Norris leads first practice at the Japanese Grand Prix as Yuki Tsunoda makes his official Red Bull debut

Yuki Tsunoda finally has his promotion at Red Bull. He was elevated last week and Liam Lawson was demoted to Red Bull’s second team — Racing Bulls — after failing to score points in the season’s first two races.

McLaren’s Lando Norris topped the Japanese Grand Prix’s FP1 timesheets, followed by Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who rounded off the top three. All eyes were on Yuki Tsunoda as he exited the pitlane for the first time as a Red Bull Racing driver at his home Grand Prix,