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| F1 honours even in Japan practice | F1 honours even in Japan practice |
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| Title rivals Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso were closely matched in practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. | Title rivals Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso were closely matched in practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. |
| Alonso's Renault team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella was quickest, with a lap of one minute 34.337 seconds, 0.071secs quicker than Ferrari's Felipe Massa. | Alonso's Renault team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella was quickest, with a lap of one minute 34.337 seconds, 0.071secs quicker than Ferrari's Felipe Massa. |
| Schumacher was third fastest in his Ferrari, 0.228secs behind Fisichella and 0.298secs ahead of Alonso. | Schumacher was third fastest in his Ferrari, 0.228secs behind Fisichella and 0.298secs ahead of Alonso. |
| Schumacher will win the title if he wins at Suzuka on Sunday with Alonso finishing lower than eighth. | Schumacher will win the title if he wins at Suzuka on Sunday with Alonso finishing lower than eighth. |
| The two men are tied on points with two races to go, but although Alonso could still equal the German's points total, he would be classified second because he would have won less races. | The two men are tied on points with two races to go, but although Alonso could still equal the German's points total, he would be classified second because he would have won less races. |
| Honda test driver Anthony Davidson was fifth fastest, ahead of his counterpart at BMW Sauber, Sebastian Vettel. | Honda test driver Anthony Davidson was fifth fastest, ahead of his counterpart at BMW Sauber, Sebastian Vettel. |
| Honda's Jenson Button was seventh, ahead of McLaren's Pedro de la Rosa, Toyota driver Jarno Trulli and the other McLaren of Kimi Raikkonen. | Honda's Jenson Button was seventh, ahead of McLaren's Pedro de la Rosa, Toyota driver Jarno Trulli and the other McLaren of Kimi Raikkonen. |
| The session started wet, but the track had dried enough by the end for the drivers to venture out on dry-weather tyres at the end. | |
| More to follow. | More to follow. |