George Russell takes the fastest lap in Miami Grand Prix first practice as he beats Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton… while Max Verstappen misses out on the top three places

George Russell was able to knock Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton off the top spot by two-tenths of a second to take the fastest lap in the first free practice at the Miami Grand Prix. World champion Max Verstappen ran on the hard compound tires this practice, and finished a whole tenth behind Leclerc to finish P4 – just .424 seconds behind the leaders. P5 and P6 went to Carlos Sainz of Ferrari and Pierre Gasly of Alpine – who were the last two drivers to finish less than a second behind Russell. Williams’ Alex Albon and McLaren’s Lando Norris finished P15 and P16 respectively and were the final two drivers to finish less than two seconds behind the leader. Behind him finished Alpha Tauri’s Yuki Tsunoda in P18 and Sargeant in P19. In last came Alpha Tauri’s Nyck de Vries – who ran one lap on the hard compound tire and finished four-and-a-half seconds behind Russell.

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