Lando Norris continued his and McLaren’s spectacular begin to the 2025 marketing campaign by setting the benchmark in Free Follow 1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Briton posted a 1m 33.204s having fitted the mushy Pirelli tyre inside the ultimate quarter-hour, which left the present Drivers’ Championship chief simply over two tenths sooner than the Alpine of Pierre Gasly.
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Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton accomplished the highest three forward of Alex Albon, who reported a lack of energy throughout the one-hour session on the Sakhir circuit earlier than persevering with and in addition had an in depth name with the second Williams of Luke Browning, the younger rookie taking the seat of Carlos Sainz in FP1.
Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, who sits one level behind Norris, additionally sat out FP1 as his RB21 was pushed by Ayumu Iwasa, who completed the session nineteenth.
Click on play on the video above to compensate for the highlights from FP1 in Japan.
