Verstappen ends disrupted FP1 fastest from Leclerc

The pack headed out en masse at the start of the one-hour session – the teams’ only chance to get prepared ahead of Friday’s qualifying session and the two races to come.

All cars ran the medium tyres in the early stages, with Alpine’s Fernando Alonso setting the first place benchmark at 1m09.438s.

That was soon beaten by Verstappen’s 1m08.656s and Kevin Magnussen’s 1m08.501s before the former established himself as the frontrunner on the yellow-walled compound.

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