Japanese GP – Rain washes out practice

Incessant rain was the main feature of the final hour of free practice this morning at Suzuka, which hosts the sixteenth round of the Formula 1 World Championship. After completing an installation lap, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso then waited out the entire session hoping the weather might ease up to allow them out on track, but in vain. Only two drivers set times, Jaime Alguersuari in the Toro Rosso (1.55.902) and Timo Glock in the Virgin (2.07.497.)