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F1 Belgian GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP1 & FP2
Minute-by-minute updates of Formula 1 Friday practice at Spa-Francorchamps
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Verstappen is 1.2s quicker than nearest rival Perez now. Can anyone get near Max?
Verstappen goes even faster. He dips into the 1m45s with a 1m45.905s. The Red Bull driver is sending some messages here. Rapid pace.
Raikkonen has clouted the wall on the entry to pit lane. He makes it to his Alfa Romeo garage for repairs.
Hamilton is running a bigger rear wing compared to Bottas, while the Red Bulls have been running skinnier wings.
Verstappen is 0.744s faster than nearest rival Perez as Red Bull hold a nice 1-2 for now.
Verstappen sets another purple Sector 2 and goes faster with a 1m46.423s. He is on it.
Meanwhile, Hamilton is down in P13, his Mercedes team-mate Bottas sits P11 as we enter the second half of the session.
Sainz moves to P2 with 1m47.189s. Strong start for Ferrari with Leclerc in P8.
Verstappen is the first driver to dip into the 1m46s.
Verstappen fires in a 1m46.879 to go top by some 0.3s. Impressive stuff.
Verstappen starts his first timed lap.
The top eight have posted times in the 1m47s bracket.
Stroll appears to impede George Russell. Verstappen is out on the hard tyres.
Ricciardo now slots into P2 briefly before Gasly responds. Ocon's 1m47.250s is the time to beat.
Ocon improves and is the first man into the 1m47s bracket. Leclerc follows suit and climbs to P2.
Schumacher, Mazepin and Verstappen are yet to post timed laps.
Ocon leads Vettel, Gasly Hamilton and Perez. That is the top five.
Ocon goes fastest after pumping in a 1m48.087s effort.
Gasly back to P2 just 0.099s slower than Vettel.
Vettel back to the top now with a 1m48.119s. Times are tumbling.
Stroll moves to P2 before Ricciardo sets a new session best with 1m49.060s.
Vettel has lowered the benchmark with a 1m49.324s.
Yuki Tsunoda has now produced a carbon copy of that spin.
Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) had a quick spin at La Source that will be the reason for the yellow flag.
Verstappen has ventured out on track but he is on inters. Interesting.
Yellow flag
Brief yellow flag in sector 1. We are back to green running.
We should get a flurry of times coming in now.
And there we go that's the first timed lap in the books. Norris clocks a 1m50.191s in the McLaren.
Norris is on a timed lap running the medium compound tyres.
We are not expecting any more rain for the morning according to the forecasts but this is Spa so anything can happen.
Only Norris out on track at the minute.
Verstappen is now strapped into his Red Bull and getting ready for his first laps of the weekend.
We are yet to see a timed lap. Installation laps are very much the plan at the minute. Slicks are being fitted in the pitlane now.
Norris, Latifi, Mazepin, Verstappen and Russell are yet to complete an exploratory lap.
It looks pretty dry in most sections of the track. It is too dry for inters.
A flurry of cars are leaving the pitlane. Half the field are on track now including Bottas and Ricciardo.
It appears the track is fairly wet in the pit lane and some areas but dry in most. The Ferraris have gone out on inters.
Both Ferraris are the first to venture out on the track.
Here we go FP1 is officially underway. But everyone remains in the garages.
FP1 is about to begin.
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