McLaren suffer another failure
McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa had set the fastest time of the day with a lap of 1:30.532 in the morning before rain affected the second session at the Suzuka circuit to leave Toyota tester Ricardo Zonta on top.
But Raikkonen suffered a disaster when the engine in his car blew up halfway through the morning practice, leaving him with a certain 10-position penalty on the grid for Sunday’s race.