During the first 10 minutes of the session, the Red Bull with a hard tire he set the pace. Max Verstappen took first with a time of 1:34.054, while Checo was third.
Carlos Sainz displaced Verstappen from first place for a few moments, but the Dutchman and the Mexican once again prevailed on the front row present. Max improved his numbers, dropping his times to 1:32.465, followed by Lewis Hamilton and his Mexican teammate.
After 20 minutes, alexander albon He drew attention coming out of the chicane and before reaching turn 16, he lost control for a moment, skidded, but managed to recover it to avoid colliding head-on with the wall.
31 minutes after concluding that the first practice, Nico Hulkenberg He placed first by registering 1:31.392, while the man from Guadalajara dropped to seventh position.
The Red Bulls left the pits and returned to repeat positions as at the beginning. Verstappen first with 1:31.054, while Pérez third, half a second behind his teammate.
the first red flag was given 26 minutes to go in the session, when Nico Hulkenberg He lost control of his car and the rear end hit the protective wall.
With 17 minutes to go, the green flag waved again.
With less than 10 minutes to go, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were second and third, respectively, while ‘Checo’ dropped to sixth place.
With just one minute to go, the Mercedes showed their grit to go 1-2. George Russell improved the records and left it at 1:30.125, while Lewis Hamilton stayed at +0.212.
Charles Leclerc finished third, followed by Max Verstappen, while the Mexican was displaced to tenth position.
The positions of the first practice of the Miami GP
- George Russell.
- Lewis Hamilton.
- Charles Leclerc.
- Max Verstappen.
- Carlos Sainz.
- Pierre Gasley.
- Fernando Alonso.
- Lance Stroll.
- Nico Hulkenberg.
- Esteban Ocon.
- Sergio “Checo” Perez.
- Oscar Piastri.
- Kevin Magnussen.
- Valtteri Bottas.
- Alexander Albón.
- Lando Norris.
- Zhou Guanyu.
- Yuki Tsunoda.
- Logan Sergeant.
- Nick deVries.