Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen at the close of the 1st Free Practice at Zandvoort, in mixed track conditions, from wet to dry. The youngster from McLaren left his mark on the last attempt, which the local could not improve on aboard his Red Bullleaving the audience waiting for the second rehearsal of the day to get a joy from the leader of the orange sea in the Dutch GP. The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton He was third and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz ranked fourth.
With this activity, Formula 1 returned from the European summer and the changing surface of Zandvoort welcomed them with humidity, wind and some sand. Extreme rain tyres were seen at the start, with little activity on the track that went from 1m26s1 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) at the start until the 1m12s322 which closed the round with Norris first.
For the second half of the session, the wet or intermediate tyres were fitted, with times dropping to around 1m20s on the lap that was beginning to show dry marks. The final ten minutes saw the appearance of the soft tyres on dry roads, where Norris showed that he is up to the task of a fast lap on the still slippery track. He beat Verstappen by two tenths and Hamilton by six in the session that saw Robert Shwartzman on track on a Stake, which he usually handles Valtteri Bottas.
F1 – Zandvoort – Netherlands – 1st Practice
Pos.
Pilot
Equipment
Time
Dif
Vt
1º
L. Norris McLaren 1’12″322 16
2º
M. Verstappen
Red Bull
1’12″523
+0″201
12
3º
L. Hamilton
Mercedes
1’13″006
+0″684
11
4º
G. Russell
Mercedes
1’13″142
+0″820
16
5º
A. Albon
Williams
1’13″159
+0″837
13
6º
O. Piastri McLaren 1’13″230 +0″908 13
7º
N. Hulkenberg
Haas
1’13″763
+1″441
15
8º
C. Leclerc
Ferrari
1’14″306
+1″984
12
9º
Y. Tsunoda RB 1’14″418 +2″096 11
10º
C. Sainz
Ferrari
1’14″973
+2″651
10
11º
S. Perez
Red Bull
1’15″158
+2″836
9
12º
L Sargeant
Williams
1’15″605
+3″283
10
13º
F. Alonso
Aston Martin
1’15″693
+3″371
10
14º
L. Stroll
Aston Martin
1’15″737
+3″415
12
15º
K. Magnussen Haas 1’15″788 +3″466 11
16º
D. Ricciardo
RB
1’16″231
+3″909
13
17º
E. Ocon
Alpine
1’16″400
+4″078
12
18º
G. Zhou
Stake
1’18″108
+5″786
12
19º
R. Shwartzman
Stake
1’18″253
+5″931
13
20º
P. Gasly
Alpine
1’22″036
+9″714
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