F1: Colapinto shone in Spain's first practice and made the top 10 | OneFootball

Alpine’s Argentine driver got off to a strong start in the seventh round of the Formula 1 season, finishing 10th in FP1 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Colapinto posted a time of 1:17.893, comfortably outperforming his teammate Pierre Gasly, who finished 17th, 0.615 seconds slower than the Pilar native. 

The fastest drivers and the reserve drivers’ debut

Briton George Russell topped the timesheets in his Mercedes with a lap of 1:16.363. Rounding out the top three were Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).

The session was heavily shaped by compliance with FIA regulations, which require teams to hand over their seats to reserve drivers in four official sessions per year (two per car).

As a result, there were numerous driver changes on the grid: Leonardo Fornaroli drove in place of Lando Norris (McLaren), Ayumu Iwasa for Isack Hadjar (Red Bull), Fred Vesti for Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Colton Herta for Sergio Pérez (Cadillac), Dino Beganovic for Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), Luke Browning for Alex Albon (Williams), and Paul Aron for Nico Hulkenberg (Audi).

Full Classification – Free Practice 1 (Barcelona GP)

Next session in Argentina time

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