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Leclerc heads Sainz in opening Spanish GP practice

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Leclerc heads Sainz in opening Spanish GP practice

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari F1-75. Spanish Grand Prix, Friday 20th May 2022. Barcelona, Spain.

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Charles Leclerc led Carlos Sainz during the opening practice session for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.

It marked a return to the venue where the championship’s 2022 cars debuted during pre-season testing in late February.

Leclerc set a time of 1:19.828s to finish a mere 0.079s up on home representative Sainz in hot and sunny conditions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

World Champion Max Verstappen was third, three-tenths behind title leader Leclerc, during a relatively sedate session.

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Mercedes drivers finished fourth and sixth respectively, George Russell ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with Fernando Alonso fifth for Alpine.

Several teams began on-track assessment of their upgrade packages through the course of the 60-minute session, with many having brought revised components to the sixth round of the season.

There was also off-track intrigue with similarities drawn between Aston Martin’s heavily revised AMR22 and Red Bull’s RB18. The FIA confirmed during the session that the legality of Aston Martin’s upgrade package was checked, in line with regulations concerning reverse engineering and potential IP transfer, and subsequently approved.

There were grand prix weekend debuts at Williams and Red Bull for Nyck de Vries and Jüri Vips respectively.

Reigning Formula E champion de Vries finished in 18th position, a tenth clear of regular racer Nicholas Latifi, as he had his first experience behind the wheel of Williams’ FW44.

Vips, replacing Sergio Perez, finished at the foot of the 20-driver field but his run plan did not include a legitimate timed effort on Soft tyres.

Veteran Robert Kubica ran for Alfa Romeo, in place of Zhou Guanyu, and finished 13th overall.

Second practice for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix is scheduled for 17:00 local time

Position Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:19.828 27
2 Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari 1:19.907 0.079 27
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:20.164 0.336 28
4 George Russell Mercedes 1:20.590 0.762 28
5 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:20.768 0.940 24
6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:20.811 0.983 27
7 Lando Norris McLaren 1:21.279 1.451 24
8 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:21.422 1.594 23
9 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:21.737 1.909 23
10 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:21.814 1.986 28
11 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:21.891 2.063 26
12 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:21.920 2.092 23
13 Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo 1:21.975 2.146 20
14 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:21.089 2.261 16
15 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:22.146 2.318 21
16 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:22.164 2.336 20
17 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:22.614 2.786 25
18 Nyck de Vries Williams 1:22.920 3.092 28
19 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:23.011 3.183 27
20 Yuri Vips Red Bull 1:24.138 4.310 23

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