George Russell sets pace in FP1 after Alex Albon and Ollie Bearman collide.
The key moment of FP1 occurred when Albon suffered a snap on corner entry through the esses and spun his Williams, collecting Bearman’s Ferrari before slamming violently into the Turn 10 barriers.Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inboxBoth drivers escaped the accident unhurt and after a lengthy delay, it was Mercedes’ Russell who lit up the timesheet on soft tyres to outpace Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz by 0.317 seconds.
Nico Hulkenberg was fifth for Haas, ahead of McLaren's Oscar Piastri, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas. Liam Lawson and home hero Sergio Perez rounded out the top-10 for RB and Red Bull. Antonelli, who crashed on his Mercedes FP1 debut at Monza last month, caused an early red flag when he hit a piece of stray debris on the main straight.
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