First part of free practice
Sunny. Dry. Air +29С, Rail +45…47С
All teams except Haas F1 have been preparing major updates for the Spanish Grand Prix – and focused in the first session on evaluating their effectiveness. cars drove off with aerodynamic paint and pressure gauges.
In Formula 3, Formula 2 and W Series practices, the asphalt was covered with used rubber, the grip was good, the weather was favourable. The stands were already full on Friday – in Spain they missed Formula 1.
For the first time this season, temporary substitutions took place in three teams at the same time. Formula E champion Nick de Vries took the wheel of Alex Albon’s car at Williams, Youri Vips replaced Sergio Perez at Red Bull Racing and Robert Kubica replaced Guanyu Zhou at Alfa Romeo. In the second session, the main pilots will get behind the wheel again.
Vettel, Bottas and Magnussen returned to the pits after the opening laps and handed the car over to the mechanics, but then left again. Esteban Ocon complained of steering problems, breaking a series of laps and wasting ten minutes. DRS did not work correctly on Hamilton’s car.
Charles Leclerc took the lead with a lap time of 1:19.828. To the delight of the fans, both Spanish riders finished the session in the top five.
Results of the first session
| pilot | Team | Time | Difference | circles |
| 1. Sh.Lecler | Ferrari | 1:19.828 | † | 26 |
| 2. K. Sainz | Ferrari | 1:19,907 | 0.079 | 26 |
| 3. Mr Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:20.164 | 0.336 | 27 |
| 4. D. Russell | Mercedes | 1:20.590 | 0.762 | 27 |
| 5. F. Alonso | alpine | 1:20.768 | 0.940 | 23 |
| 6. L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20.811 | 0.983 | 27 |
| 7. L. Norris | McLaren | 1:21.279 | 1.451 | 23 |
| 8. P. Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:21.422 | 1,594 | 23 |
| 9. D. Riccardo | McLaren | 1:21.737 | 1,909 | 22 |
| 10. Y. Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:21.814 | 1986 | 27 |
| 11. E. Okon | alpine | 1:21.891 | 2.063 | 25 |
| 12. L. Walk | Aston Martin | 1:21.920 | 2.092 | 23 |
| 13. R. Kubica | Alfa Romeo | 1:21.975 | 2.147 | 20 |
| 14. K. Magnussen | hare | 1:22.089 | 2.261 | fifteen |
| 15. M. Schumacher | hare | 1:22.146 | 2.318 | 20 |
| 16. S. Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:22.164 | 2.336 | nineteen |
| 17. V. Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.614 | 2.786 | 24 |
| 18. N. de Vries | Williams | 1:22.920 | 3.092 | 28 |
| 19. N. Latifi | Williams | 1:23.011 | 3.183 | 26 |
| 20. Yu.Vips | Red Bull | 1:24.138 | 4.310 | 22 |
Source: F1 News
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