Lando Norris

F1 News: Norris tops messy rain-hit FP1 for Canadian GP

Rain and hail hit the newly repaved Montreal Circuit before Practice 1 that caused a delay of practice for the Canadian GP. Just at the end of the session, McLaren’s Lando Norris on soft slick tires turned a lap of 1m24.435s to go fastest

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Norris topped the two Ferrari drivers of Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc by 0.328s and 0.871s respectively on a drying track.

Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc

Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull rounded out the top-5, but traffic impacted both of their fast laps.

Several drivers banged the concrete walls and others slid off the track with Zhou Guanyu the worse off when he slapped the wall with his left rear and broke the suspension on his Kick Sauber.

Practice 1 Times

POS NO DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 4 Lando Norris Mclaren Mercedes 1:24.435 +0.000s 8
2 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:24.763 +0.328s 11
3 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:25.306 +0.871s 11
4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.970 +1.535s 11
5 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 1:26.502 +2.067s 10
6 81 Oscar Piastri Mclaren Mercedes 1:26.754 +2.319s 7
7 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 1:27.584 +3.149s 8
8 77 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber Ferrari 1:27.670 +3.235s 11
9 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda 1:28.058 +3.623s 10
10 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:28.541 +4.106s 9
11 3 Daniel Ricciardo Rb Honda 1:28.582 +4.147s 9
12 22 Yuki Tsunoda Rb Honda 1:28.723 +4.288s 9
13 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 1:29.052 +4.617s 8
14 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari 1:32.826 +8.391s 5
15 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 1:33.411 +8.976s 4
16 2 Logan Sargeant Williams Mercedes 1:36.586 +12.151s 5
17 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 1:40.530 +16.095s 4
18 24 Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber Ferrari 4
19 61 Jack Doohan Alpine Renault 3
20 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 4