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Formula 1 Italian GP
F1 Italian GP: Lewis Hamilton leads Ferrari 1-2 in FP1 over Charles Leclerc
The seven-time world champion topped the timings in FP1 during his first Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari
Jake Boxall-Legge
Edited: Sep 5, 2025, 1:17 PM
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Lewis Hamilton led a Ferrari 1-2 in the Italian Grand Prix's opening practice session of the weekend, topping Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc by 0.169s in the timesheets.
Hamilton fired in a 1m20.117s in the final five minutes of the session to overturn Leclerc's line-leading time, as the Monegasque had found over 0.4s over early leader Max Verstappen.
The session had been earlier interrupted by a red flag with 25 minutes remaining, as Zandvoort podium finisher Isack Hadjar dredged up gravel from the Variante Ascari onto the circuit after dipping a wheel through the middle turn.
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This came amid early soft-tyre runs, as Verstappen opened his account with a 1m20.692s on the red-walled tyre – but reported that he had no grip after failing to improve on his medium-tyre first sector.
Lando Norris bailed on soft-tyre laps twice as his McLaren looked difficult to handle in the early stages of practice, as it appeared initially difficult to dig improvements over a lap on the softs.
Leclerc did, however, following the red flag; he had earlier breathed a sigh of relief as a red flag incident was waved off, when he passed a Sauber on the exit of Curva Grande as the red flag appeared. Leclerc contended that he braked as hard as he could but was unable to slow enough to stay behind – the stewards chose not to pursue the incident any further.
Hamilton then overturned his time as the soft-tyre hot laps came to an end, and any chances for late improvements were nixed when George Russell's Mercedes came to a stop on the exit of Curva Grande after losing power – he was stuck in seventh gear.
Carlos Sainz put himself between the Ferraris and Verstappen, as Andrea Kimi Antonelli was fifth ahead of Norris. Alex Albon did not set a time on softs, but was seventh ahead of the stranded Russell, Fernando Alonso, and Hadjar to complete the top 10.
Lando Norris, McLaren
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Alex Dunne replaced championship leader Oscar Piastri and was 16th by the close of the session, while Paul Aron stepped into Franco Colapinto's Alpine.
The Estonian suffered a spin at the Variante della Roggia; he turned for the entry and lost the rear end as a consequence. He was last in the overall times, a tenth behind Ollie Bearman.
F1 Italian GP - FP1 results
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Laps Time Interval Tyres km/h 1 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44
Ferrari Ferrari 20
1'20.117
S 260.304 2 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
Ferrari Ferrari 24
+0.169
1'20.286
0.169 S 259.756 3 C. Sainz Williams 55
Williams Mercedes 25
+0.533
1'20.650
0.364 S 258.584 4 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
Red Bull Red Bull 22
+0.575
1'20.692
0.042 S 258.449 5
A. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
12 
Mercedes Mercedes 25
+0.823
1'20.940
0.248 S 257.657 6 L. Norris McLaren 4
McLaren Mercedes 28
+0.904
1'21.021
0.081 S 257.399 7 A. Albon Williams 23
Williams Mercedes 25
+0.956
1'21.073
0.052 H 257.234 8 G. Russell Mercedes 63
Mercedes Mercedes 20
+0.993
1'21.110
0.037 S 257.117 9 F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14
Aston Martin Mercedes 20
+0.997
1'21.114
0.004 S 257.104 10 I. Hadjar Racing Bulls 6
RB Honda 25
+1.041
1'21.158
0.044 H 256.965 11 G. Bortoleto Sauber 5
Sauber Ferrari 24
+1.055
1'21.172
0.014 S 256.921 12 N. Hulkenberg Sauber 27
Sauber Ferrari 26
+1.062
1'21.179
0.007 S 256.898 13 L. Lawson Racing Bulls 30
RB Honda 27
+1.084
1'21.201
0.022 S 256.829 14 Y. Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 22
Red Bull Red Bull 24
+1.175
1'21.292
0.091 S 256.541 15 L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18
Aston Martin Mercedes 26
+1.178
1'21.295
0.003 S 256.532 16
A. Dunne McLaren
89 
McLaren Mercedes 26
+1.489
1'21.606
0.311 S 255.554 17 E. Ocon Haas F1 Team 31
Haas Ferrari 22
+1.525
1'21.642
0.036 S 255.442 18 P. Gasly Alpine 10
Alpine Renault 26
+1.536
1'21.653
0.011 S 255.407 19 O. Bearman Haas F1 Team 87
Haas Ferrari 23
+1.941
1'22.058
0.405 S 254.147 20
P. Aron Alpine
61 
Alpine Renault 23
+2.036
1'22.153
0.095 S 253.853 View full results
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