Championship chief Oscar Piastri picked up from the place he left off in Saudi Arabia by topping the only real follow session for the Miami Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver set the tempo with an effort within the closing moments of the session that was curtailed 4 minutes early when Haas’ Ollie Bearman discovered the wall at Flip 12.
FP1: Piastri leads Leclerc and Verstappen during sole Miami GP practice session
Piastri’s 1m 27.128s benchmark proved 0.356s quicker than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, whereas Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen was third – an extra 0.074s in arrears. Lando Norris might solely handle the twelfth quickest time in a session that started together with his crew sending him out on monitor with some loose tools inside the cockpit.
It proved to be a robust follow for Williams with Carlos Sainz fourth and Alex Albon fifth, forward of Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar. Mercedes’ George Russell topped the occasions early on earlier than ending up seventh with the highest 10 rounded out by Yuki Tsunoda, Kimi Antonelli and Fernando Alonso, with Lewis Hamilton down in thirteenth place.
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