Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz headed the McLaren duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in a wet practice session at Spa-Francorchamps, as F1’s Sprint format returned.
A number of drivers had off-track moments in the sole free practice session across the weekend – with qualifying for the Grand Prix due to follow later on Friday afternoon.
FP1: Sainz leads Piastri and Norris in rain-hampered practice session at Spa-Francorchamps
Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon all found themselves overrunning the first part of the chicane at Turn 18, as Zhou Guanyu skipped across the gravel at Turn 8 – while Logan Sargeant brought out the red flags after crashing at Les Combes, the American emerging unharmed from the off.
Relive the highlights from Free Practice 1 in the video up top.
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