A tough weekend for Alex as his race was cut short on the opening lap. Now it's time to reset and turn our attention to China in a couple of weeks time. See you then 🫡

Following Alex's incident a red flag has been waved here. That is the end of the race for our No.23, so unfortunate for Albono.

It's a manic start as we go racing here, Alex makes contact with Ricciardo into Turn 3 - both spin out and crash into the wall. Alex is out the car safely and seems ok which is the most important thing.

The grid clears as we are just moments away, tyre warmers off and Alex is locked in and ready to roll...

Albono is in the zone

Good afternoon, good morning, good evening to wherever you are in the world! Just 10 minutes to go til Alex goes racing in Suzuka...

That's it for our live coverage from Suzuka today. Alex pushed to get the most out of his FW46, but a competitive running meant Q3 was just a stretch too far. Join us again tomorrow for race day!

Alex sets a 1:29.714 as Q2 comes to a close. Two tenths off getting through to Q3 and it will be a P14 start tomorrow...

"The tyres are in good shape"

Alex heads onto track with fresh softs for his first out lap in Q2, three minutes remaining here...

No sign of Alex yet in Q2, potentially saving the tyres here. Let's see...

It's go time in Q2! We are all hoping to see Alex make Q3 for the first time this season - come on Albono!

Alex sneaks through to Q2 in P15! That was a close one 😮‍💨

Alex heads back to the garage, that will be it for Q1. Albono in P14 currently...

Alex sets a 1:29.963 to go P11 for now - will it be enough for Q2? Let's see...

Albono heading back onto track for a second stint in Q1, time to push...

Alex heads back to the garage for now, seven minutes remaining...

Alex sets a 1:30.369 on his fresh softs - P8 for now...

Alex is onto the circuit for his out lap! Let's go...

It's go time here in qualifying, our No.23 still in the pits - come on Albono!

Two minutes til quali, let's go!

We are back from the Suzuka International Circuit! Qualifying is just 10 minutes away...

The morning ends with Alex in P11 here at Suzuka! We will be back in a few hours time for qualifying - see you then 🫡

And just like that the practice sessions are over here at Suzuka! Alex currently doing some practice starts here post-session...

The timer ticks down to zero here as FP3 comes to a close, Alex still out on track for some final running here...

Alex heads back onto track for the final 5 minutes of running here at Suzuka...

Albono heads back to garage after his running on the softs, ten minutes remaining here...

Alex records a purple sector three to go 6th fastest with a 1:30.533!

Alex takes to the track once again, now with a fresh set of red-walled softs...

Final 20 minutes of practice here at Suzuka, Alex still currently in the garage...

In the zone

Alex heads back to the pits after completing 14 laps on his mediums...

Alex still going on these mediums, getting some long running practice in here...

Alex getting some laps under his belt here on the medium tyre - nine laps so far on this current set...

Albono boxes after seven laps on his mediums and heads straight back out with the same set of tyres...

Albono sets a new time of the session with a 1:32.338...

Alex sets a first lap time of the session, with a 1:32.595...

Alex back out of the pits and onto track - fresh mediums on his FW46...

Alex heads back to the garage after a solitary lap...

Green light for FP3 here at Suzuka! Albono straight out onto track...

Good morning from Suzuka! FP3 is only a minute away... let's go Albono!

It's back to the garage for Alex with the close of FP2. Rain heavily postponing any normal running this afternoon at Suzuka - hopefully we will see dry conditions again tomorrow morning for the final practice of this weekend! See you then 🫡

The clock ticks to zero as FP2 comes to a close, Albono looking to get some practice starts in after managing 3 laps during the heavily impacted session...

Let's go! Albono back out for the final minute of practice of today...

Alex dives back into the pits after a solitary lap, slicks might be a step too far in the current conditions...

"Yeah it's ready for slicks"

Seven minutes out from the end of the session and Albono finally emerges back onto track - still with the same set of inters as earlier...

Alex heads back into the garage after confirming the track is too dry for the inter tyres on his FW46.

"Track is potentially too dry for the inter"

FINALLY! Albono rolls out with his fresh set of inters, let's go...

Getting locked in...

The track is starting to see some activity now, it must be a matter of time before Alex rolls out...

Still no signs of any racing activity, all the cars really taking their time here - we are already half way into the session. Fingers crossed we will see Albono soon 🤞

Rain increasing here with no cars on track currently - Alex's included...

First few drivers heading out finally! Race control confirms track should be dried up so hopefully we will see Albono fairly soon...

Getting in the zone

No rush to go out here as Alex waits for the rain to clear and the track to dry - FP2 underway, but all other drivers currently doing the same thing for now...

Dampness in the air as we have seen some rain here ahead of FP2, TBC on how wet the track will be for Albono - let's see...

Good afternoon, good morning, good evening to wherever you are in the world! We are back from Suzuka for the second practice session of today - FP2 in five minutes...

The first practice session at Suzuka comes to a close - Albono ends the interrupted session in P12! See you in a few hours for FP2 👋

Alex dives into the pits to swap out his softs for some used mediums, back onto track for the final minute here!

Alex boxes quickly before heading straight back out for the final minutes of this first practice session in Japan...

Alex getting some laps under his belt here, currently 12 laps completed...

Albono sets a new lap time of 1:31.943 - currently 11th fastest in this session...

Albono rolls back onto the Suzuka Circuit with fresh softs on...

Alex joins the queue of cars in the pit lane as the session gets back underway here in Japan. 18 minutes remaining here...

Albono heads back into the garage following the red flag here. 25 minutes til the end of the session.

It's a red flag here in Suzuka as Alex's teammate, Logan Sargeant, spins off the track and into the wall at Turn 7

Alex sets his first lap time of the session, recording a 1:33.841.

Alex rolls back onto the Suzuka Circuit minus the aero rakes, still on the same set of mediums as the previous stint...

It's been a true session of testing so far for Albono - running a few different setups and aero rakes on the car in this opening 20 minutes of practice here at Suzuka...

Alex heads back into the garage with aero rakes over the sidepods on his FW46...

Albono is back into the pits for a front wing swap before rolling back out...

Alex dives into the pits after completing a lap before heading back out - no change to the tyres, still on the fresh mediums he initially went out on...

And Alex rolls out onto the Suzuka Circuit! Let's go...

And we are underway in FP1! All quiet from Alex's garage so far in the opening minutes...

Good morning from Suzuka! After a week off, we are just 10 minutes away from the start of FP1 here in Japan - let's go Albono!