SUZUKA, Japan -- Nico Rosberg set the fastest time in Fridays practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, edging Mercedes teammate and Formula One title rival Lewis Hamilton.Rosberg set the quickest lap in both sessions, with his best at 1 minute, 32.250 seconds; just seven hundredths of a second better than Hamilton.Its been a case of finding my way today, Rosberg said. It began with quite a lot of under-steer and we had to work through the setup in order to find a better balance on the car. In the afternoon, the medium tire didnt seem as strong as the hard as we saw in Malaysia. However, on the soft tire we showed strong one-lap pace, the balance felt good and the track was really exciting to drive. Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen was third, encouragingly only three tenths of a second off Rosbergs time. He was followed by Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, then Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, who won four faces in Suzuka between 2009 and 2013.With five races remaining in the season, Rosberg holds a 23-point lead over Hamilton, who had an engine failure while leading last weekends Malaysian Grand Prix but is chasing a hat trick of victories in Japan.Its been a really good day with no problems on the car, which is great, Hamilton said. We managed to get plenty of laps in but theres still some work to be done overnight in order to find more pace.Rain is forecast for Saturdays qualifying session.Rosbergs afternoon got off to an uncertain start when he pulled out of his garage 13 minutes into the session with wisps of smoke emerging from the back of his Mercedes.As he waited at the end of the pitlane, the smoke became slightly thicker and billowed out for a few seconds, but there was little trouble after that.He soon posted the fastest lap on hard tires and then set the pace on softer tires to remain ahead throughout the session.Force India pair Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg finished sixth and seventh fastest, with three tenths of a second separating the duo.Fernando Alonso of McLaren, Valtteri Bottas of Williams and Carlos Sainz Jr. of Toro Rosso completed the top 10. Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo, who won in Malaysia, was 12th.The second practice session was incident free other than when Esteban Gutierrez parked his Haas on the grass approaching the Degner curve following a turbo failure, prompting a virtual safety car. Minnesota Twins Pro Shop .com) - The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward James Neal on injured reserve Tuesday. Eddie Rosario Twins Jersey . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. https://www.cheaptwins.com/802t-brusdar-graterol-jersey-twins.html . After a replay, the winner will meet Sunderland in the quarterfinals. Sagbo did well to control Sone Alukos right cross and fire past Brighton goalkeeper Peter Brezovan. Aluko was making his first start in four months after recovering from an Achilles injury. Nelson Cruz Twins Jersey . Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz were sent to Toronto on Saturday as the Maple Leafs traded defenceman Jesse Blacker and draft picks to the Anaheim Ducks. Trevor May Twins Jersey . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. When the World Cup of Hockey begins Sept. 17, all eight teams will have someone in the crease -- the trick will be making the right choice of who will be there.In such a short format, with only three games to advance out of the preliminary round (and a maximum of seven games to win it all), choosing the right goaltender will make all the difference.There isnt a ton of time to make the wrong call or even sort through the decision with so much importance on every contest.dddddddddddd So who should each team go with in Toronto? Lets run down all eight teams, going from the teams with the least controversial decisions to make to the ones with the most: ' ' '