Carlos Sainz ended the first free practice session from the Circuit of the Americas as the fastest driver ahead of Max Verstappen.
READ MORE: US GP FP1 – Session Report
Aston Martin also showed strong pace, with Lance Stroll completing the session in fourth place.
There were a number of non-full-time drivers competing during the 60-minute outing, the fastest of which was Alex Palou in the McLaren.
Antonio Giovinazzi’s session in the Haas ended early on, after he spun into the barriers.
Check out the full results from FP1 below.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 | Carlos Sainz Jr | Ferrari | 1:36.857 | 18 | |||
| 2 |
 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:37.081 | 0.224 | 14 | ||
| 3 |
 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.332 | 0.475 | 19 | ||
| 4 |
 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:37.460 | 0.603 | 23 | ||
| 5 |
 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:37.515 | 0.658 | 18 | ||
| 6 |
| Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:37.713 | 0.856 | 24 | ||
| 7 |
| George Russell | Mercedes | 1:37.802 | 0.945 | 22 | ||
| 8 |
 | Pierre Gasly | RB | 1:37.810 | 0.953 | 23 | ||
| 9 |
| Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:37.856 | 0.999 | 22 | ||
| 10 |
 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:38.041 | 1.184 | 24 | ||
| 11 |
| Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:38.102 | 1.245 | 23 | ||
| 12 |
 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 1:38.276 | 1.419 | 20 | ||
| 13 |
 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:38.422 | 1.565 | 20 | ||
| 14 |
 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 1:38.878 | 2.041 | 22 | ||
| 15 |
| Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:38.922 | 2.065 | 20 | ||
| 16 |
 | Robert Shwartzman | Ferrari | 1:38.951 | 2.065 | 20 | ||
| 17 |
| Alex Palou | McLaren | 1:39.911 | 3.054 | 21 | ||
| 18 |
| Theo Pourchaire | Sauber | 1:40.175 | 3.318 | 19 | ||
| 19 |
 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:40.325 | 3.468 | 22 | ||
| 20 |
 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Haas | 1:43.063 | 6.206 | 4 |
