Imola. The Monegasque Charles Leclerc set the perfect time of the first free follow session of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, seventh spherical of the Method 1 World Championship, this Friday in Ímola (Italy).
The Ferrari driver surpassed the Mercedes of the British George Russell, and his Spanish teammate within the Scuderia, Carlos Sainz.
The present triple world champion Max Verstappen might solely be fifth on the finish of these first exams, particularly used for fine-tuning the vehicles.
The World Championship chief didn’t appear fully comfy in that first hour of filming, making a number of driving errors with out penalties for his RB20.
Winner of the final GP, in Miami, the British Lando Norris completed eighth, forward of his McLaren teammate, the Australian Oscar Piastri, ninth.
A second session is scheduled this Friday at 15:00 GMT.
1st free rehearsal session
Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 1:16.990 (29 laps)
George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) 1:17.094 (28)
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Ferrari) 1:17.120 (25)
Sergio Pérez (MEX/Crimson Bull) 1:17.233 (23)
Max Verstappen (NED/Crimson Bull) 1:17.240 (21)
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/Racing Bulls-Crimson Bull) 1:17.388 (29)
Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1:17.408 (27)
Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) 1:17.602 (17)
Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes) 1:17.807 (25)
Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 1:17.867 (18)
Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine-Renault) 1:17.905 (21)
Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 1:18.072 (22)
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Racing Bulls-Crimson Bull) 1:18.142 (26)
Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault) 1:18.612 (29)
Oliver Bearman (GBR/Haas-Ferrari) 1:18.667 (31)
Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Sauber-Ferrari) 1:18.827 (23)
Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Sauber-Ferrari) 1:19.129 (18)
Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams-Mercedes) 1:19.901 (22)
Alexander Albon (THA/Williams-Mercedes) 1:20.050 ( 8)
Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Haas-Ferrari) 1:21.059 (20)
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– 2024-05-22 13:54:48
