Lando Norris led Kick Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg and team mate Oscar Piastri at the top of the timesheets during the first – and only – practice session of the United States Grand Prix weekend.
With the Sprint format in play this weekend, the drivers wasted no time in venturing out at the Circuit of The Americas to get in the laps in order to fine tune their cars.
By the time the chequered flag fell Norris had posted an impressive 1m 33.294s lap to sit top of the pile, with Hulkenberg 0.255s behind in second – a strong effort right at the end of the session. Piastri was himself 0.279s behind his championship rival.
It was a challenging session for Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, who both lost lap time thanks to reliability woes, while Lewis Hamilton and Esteban Ocon also reported issues.
Catch up on the highlights from FP1 in Austin in the video player above before Sprint Qualifying gets underway at 1630 local time.
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