The seven-time world champion unleashed encouraging pace from his Mercedes during the soft tyre runs to produce the fastest time around Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya on Friday, with a 1m13.264 seconds.It was enough to put Hamilton top of the timesheet by just 0.022s from Ferrari’s Sainz, while FP1 pacesetter Lando Norris was only 0.055s adrift as he took third in his McLaren.Reigning world champion Max Verstappen was fifth-fastest, 0.
Charles Leclerc was only sixth in the second Ferrari, ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, Mercedes’ George Russell, Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and Valtteri Bottas, who completed the top-10 for Sauber. Sergio Perez, who is carrying a three-place grid penalty into the Barcelona weekend, and struggling amid a recent form slump, was only 13th-fastest on the soft tyres - over half a second slower than Red Bull teammate Verstappen.
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