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Sutil enjoys Suzuka comeback

Adrian Sutil topped the timesheets at the end of the second free practice session in Japan on Friday. Even though most of the 90 minutes were washed out due to heavy rain, the German showed he feels at home at Suzuka.

Speaking about his return to Suzuka, Sutil said on Friday afternoon: "I've had a lot of experience at this track from 2006, when I was here in Japanese F3, and I really like this circuit. It's a great track with lots of high-speed corners and a nice flow. 

"We didn't get the chance to do much driving today, unfortunately. It was a really easy session this afternoon - just 10 minutes and my first lap was P1! This morning we did just 14 laps and things went quite well.

"I was confident we would be back on the pace at Suzuka and at the moment it looks like this: overall we are looking much better than in Singapore but still nobody really knows the score about the weather and dry setups so it will be an interesting weekend, for sure."

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