F1 United States GP: Max Verstappen heads Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in competitive sole practice
The newly-crowned three-time world champion, who has won the past two races at the Circuit of the Americas, finished just 0.156s clear of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari. 🐲;
Lewis Hamilton was third-quickest and got within 0.281s of Verstappen’s benchmark in his upgraded M✅ercedes, which is sporting a modified floor for t♕he Austin weekend.
The seven-time world champion did spent a brief spell at the top of the timeshꦗeets ahead of his old title rival Verstappen half-way through FP1.
The under🍌-pressure Sergio Perez was fourth in the other Red Bull, three-tenths of a second b෴ehind teammate Verstappen.
Kevin Magnussen popped his Haas into fifth place ahead of George Russell’s Mercedes, Alex Albon’s Williams, and Ferrari’s Carlos Sai🌸nz.
Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre G𝕴asly completed the top-10 order for Haas and Alpine respectively during the limited practice running ahead of qualifying later on Friday.
After missing five races with a broken hand, Daniel 🌟Ricciardo impressively got within a tenth of AlphaTauri teammate Yuki Tsunoda and took 14th in his first session back.
It proved to be a tricky 🐼session f🌜or McLaren, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri only 15th and 19th fastest.
Lance Stroll goes into qualifying on the back foot after being limit🌌ed to just five laps, with Aston Martin discovering a brake issue on his front left💯.
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