Formula One Free Practice One saw Aston Martin Driver Fernando Alonso Split the Team pairing of Verstappen and Perez by the end of the session. Perez’s lap of 1m 32.758s saw him shoot to the top on soft tyres with 30 minutes of the hour remaining, while Alonso’s soft-tyred lap put him second overall by four-tenths. Norris finished fourth overall for McLaren, while Charles Leclerc was the fastest driver on medium compounds in p5, 1.5s off pace.
Logan Sargeant finished 18th for Williams, the rookie opting for runs on hard compounds while others began the session on mediums. Alex Albon, who began with some red flow-vis paint on the back of his FW45, finished 3.458s off the pace in P19.
Carlos Sainz recovered from a spectacular spin at Turn 10 midway through the session but finished 20th overall for Ferrari, with more to come from the Spanish driver.
Free Practice One offered more of an insight into how the cars will perform for the season opener in Bahrain on March 5th 2023. Watch Highlights from Free Practice One below/
Free Practice Two is Live on Sky Sports F1 from 15:00PM today. I’ll be back after session two has been completed for review and analysis of that session.
What are you looking forward to now that Formula One is back for 2023? let me know in the comments below. Personally I am very excited to see Formula One back for the 2023 season and cannot wait for the first race to kick off in Bahrain on Sunday.
I’ll be back later with analysis from Free Practice two.
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