Red Bull F1 car “enjoyable to drive again” after Singapore struggle

Verstappen led both of Friday’s free practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix, ending the day 0.320 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and nearly half a second up on McLaren’s Lando Norris.

The Dutchman came out of the gates strong in FP1 as well as he recovered from an off-kilter weekend at last week’s Singapore GP, where he struggled to make Q3 and then finished fifth, consigning Red Bull to its first defeat of the 2023…