George Russell led a Mercedes 1-2 after FP1 at the Miami Grand Prix, marking an encouraging start for the Brackley-based squad.
Nico Hulkenberg caused the only red flag of the session after spinning his Haas car into the wall.
READ MORE: F1 2023 Miami GP – FP1 Report
Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen were third and fourth respectively, with Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly following the duo.
Position | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | |||
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1 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:30.125 | 18 | ||||
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.337 | 0.212 | 24 | |||
3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:30.449 | 0.324 | 23 | |||
4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30.549 | 0.424 | 22 | |||
5 | Carlos Sainz Jr | Ferrari | 1:30.724 | 0.599 | 23 | |||
6 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:31.104 | 0.979 | 20 | |||
7 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:31.231 | 1.106 | 24 | |||
8 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:31.337 | 1.212 | 24 | |||
9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 1:31.392 | 1.267 | 14 | |||
10 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:31.542 | 1.417 | 27 | |||
11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:31.566 | 1.441 | 22 | |||
12 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:31.810 | 1.685 | 24 | |||
13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:31.853 | 1.728 | 25 | |||
14 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 1:31.902 | 1.777 | 24 | |||
15 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:31.903 | 1.778 | 25 | |||
16 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:31.997 | 1.872 | 23 | |||
17 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 1:32.134 | 2.009 | 22 | |||
18 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 1:32.169 | 2.044 | 28 | |||
19 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:32.619 | 2.494 | 27 | |||
20 | Nyck de Vries | RB | 1:34.637 | 4.512 | 10 |