Imola, Italy /
pilots Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton they managed to Mercedes the first two positions in the first free training session a The Grand Prize of Emilia Romagna from Formula One. Meanwhile, the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez of Red Bull he had to give up because of an accident with Esteban Ocon, which ended with a red flag.
With a time of 1: 16.564, Valtteri Bottas established himself at the top of the standings, with a margin of 41 thousandths compared to his teammate and the leader of the World Cup, Lewis Hamilton.
Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) was third, 0.058 seconds behind Bottas.
Monaco Charles Leclerc, French Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Spaniards Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and his compatriot Fernando Alonso (Alpine) were distributed in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in a session marked by two incidents.
Clash of Checo and Ocon
With 22 minutes left, Free Practice 1 was interrupted momentarily after an accident in which the Frenchman was involved. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and the Mexican Sergio Perez (Red bull).
With the clock already at zero, the Russian left the track. Nikita mazepin. Driver Haas hit the wall after stepping on the clay in the entrance area of the pit lane.
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