Max Verstappen ended the opening practice session from the Australian Grand Prix weekend on top of the timesheet.
The 60-minute outing in Melbourne was scrappy, with several deep moments, spins and traffic hold-ups occurring.
A brief red flag had to be thrown in the session as the GPS session that teams rely on had to be rebooted.
READ MORE: Australian GP FP1 – Session Report
Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez, who take the race win last time out in Jeddah, was third fastest behind the leading Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso was fourth, while the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz ended the session in fifth and sixth respectively.
View the full results from the session below.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:18.790 | 17 | |||
| 2 |
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Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:19.223 | 0.433 | 20 | ||
| 3 |
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Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:19.293 | 0.503 | 19 | ||
| 4 |
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Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:19.317 | 0.527 | 23 | ||
| 5 |
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Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:19.378 | 0.588 | 16 | ||
| 6 |
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Carlos Sainz Jr | Ferrari | 1:19.505 | 0.715 | 20 | ||
| 7 |
|
Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:19.536 | 0.746 | 16 | ||
| 8 |
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Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:19.646 | 0.856 | 22 | ||
| 9 |
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George Russell | Mercedes | 1:19.699 | 0.909 | 23 | ||
| 10 |
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Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:19.766 | 0.976 | 19 | ||
| 11 |
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Alex Albon | Williams | 1:19.766 | 0.976 | 21 | ||
| 12 |
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Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:19.777 | 0.987 | 22 | ||
| 13 |
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Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 1:19.933 | 1.016 | 19 | ||
| 14 |
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Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 1:20.074 | 1.143 | 25 | ||
| 15 |
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Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:20.074 | 1.284 | 21 | ||
| 16 |
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Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:20.175 | 1.385 | 20 | ||
| 17 |
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Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:20.399 | 1.609 | 14 | ||
| 18 |
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Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:20.419 | 1.629 | 21 | ||
| 19 |
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Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:20.569 | 1.778 | 22 | ||
| 20 |
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Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:21.147 | 2.357 | 17 |
