2024 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX – FREE PRACTICE 1 F1 RESULTS

The first practice session at Spa-Francorchamps is complete, with a familiar name out front as the FIA’s new technical directive came into effect.

With air temperatures in the low 20s and track temperatures in the high 30s, a relatively cool Spa-Francorchamps circuit awaited the drivers for the first practice hour ahead of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen sets the pace in first practice

After a few race weekends in which Red Bull has struggled for outright pace relative to its immediate competition, the first practice session on Friday was more reminiscent of the 2023 season as Max Verstappen set the pace with a large deficit back to the rest.

All eyes were on which teams had been selected to run the new FIA cameras aimed to monitor front-wing flex with the governing body introducing a new technical directive for the weekend in Belgium.

Red Bull, McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg, and the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll, were the cars selected to run the extra cameras.

Minus the cooling cannons that Red Bull introduced to the RB20 in Hungary, Verstappen put in a 1:43.372 on the soft tyre compound to go half a second clear of Oscar Piastri as the Australian enjoyed the start to on-track life as a Grand Prix winner.

Alex Albon was third for Williams, ahead of the two Mercedes drivers of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.

There were issues for Alpine and its new Deadpool x Wolverine livery, as a suspected water leak curtailed Esteban Ocon’s track time to just a single lap.

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2024 Belgian Grand Prix first practice (FP1) results

  1. 1. Max Verstappen

    Red Bull 1:43.372

  2. 2. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.531
  3. 3. Alex Albon Williams +0.727
  4. 4. George Russell Mercedes +0.853
  5. 5. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.907
  6. 6. Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.934
  7. 7. Sergio Perez Red Bull +0.957
  8. 8. Lando Norris McLaren +1.043
  9. 9. Carlos Sainz Ferrari +1.202
  10. 10. Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1.327
  11. 11. Pierre Gasly Alpine +1.461
  12. 12. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +1.549
  13. 13. Daniel Ricciardo VCARB +1.578
  14. 14. Valtteri Bottas Sauber +1.783
  15. 15. Logan Sargeant Williams +1.939
  16. 16. Yuki Tsunoda VCARB +2.192
  17. 17. Nico Hulkenberg Haas +2.273
  18. 18. Kevin Magnussen Haas +2.440
  19. 19. Zhou Guanyu Sauber +2.623
  20. 20. Esteban Ocon Alpine No time

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