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The Briton led the first practice session of the Italian GP, followed by his teammate Leclerc and the Spaniard Sainz with Williams; Paul Aron finished 20th with Colapinto's Alpine.

Without Franco Colapinto, the first official practice of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza was completed, with Ferrari topping the leaderboard as the Briton Lewis Hamilton led after setting a time of 1m20.117s, with his teammate Charles Leclerc following just 0.169 seconds behind, showing an impressive performance from the SF25s on the 5,793 meters of the legendary circuit.

Behind the two red cars was the Williams of Carlos Sainz (last year a driver for the Maranello team) at 0.533s, followed by Max Verstappen's Red Bull (0.575s), the Mercedes of local driver Kimi Antonelli (0.823s), the McLaren of Lando Norris (who completed the most laps: 28, and finished 0.904s behind), the Williams of Alexander Albon (0.956s), the Mercedes of George Russell (0.993s), and the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso (0.997s).

In this session, Paul Aron was chosen by Alpine F1 Team to drive the car usually raced by Argentine Franco Colapinto; the Estonian driver completed a total of 23 laps (10 on medium compound tires and 13 on softs), went off track without consequences at the Della Roggia chicane, and set his best lap at 1m22.153s, finishing 20th and exactly half a second behind Frenchman Pierre Gasly, who placed 18th (26 laps: 17 on mediums and 9 on softs).

Starting at 12:00, the second practice session will take place, where Colapinto will return to the A525 to focus on the rest of the weekend at the Monza circuit, the venue where he made his F1 debut last year.

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