Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets in first practice for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, with both McLarens struggling to find pace.
The Ferrari driver went fastest with a 1:34.80s, over one-and-a-half tenths ahead of Williams’ Alex Albon.
Yuki Tsunoda was third, four hundredths ahead of team-mate Max Verstappen, with Carlos Sainz placing the other Williams in fifth, ahead of Lando Norris.
The Brit’s fastest time was over four tenths off Leclerc’s, with Oscar Piastri a further two tenths off the pace in eighth, sandwiching the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar in seventh.
Mercedes duo George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli clocked up ninth and 10th respectively, with Lewis Hamilton 11th.
Pierre Gasly was 12th, with Liam lawson and Fernando Alonso close behind. Lance Stroll was 15th, with Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon placing their Haas cars 16th and 17th.
Nico Hulkenberg led Sauber team-mate Gabriel Bortoleto in 18th, with Franco Colapinto propping up the classification in 20th, two seconds off the fastest lap.
The cold temperatures were appearing to catch out many drivers, with a flurry of spins and lock-ups at Turn 14, the corner that truncates the fastest part of the complex.
Whilst no major incidents happened, Norris brushed the wall midway through the session, telling the team over radio that he tagged it “pretty hard”.
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