After a long time and thanks to Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes conquered the pole position on the first practice organized by the finally returning Formula-1.
In an ever-changing weather, but mostly on a dry ring, the Bavarian brand dominated the events – Bottas landed first, followed by Hamilton. Scuderia Ferrari had a suspiciously weak start, not so the Racing Point, in case of which Sergio Perez showed a little teaser about the presumed abilities of the pink Mercedes he was driving. McLaren, Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris had a similar start and both landed on the first six positions. Red Bull finished the practice with a few good laps, due to which Max Verstappen landed third.
The sleepy snail-paced practice’s only dynamic components were Max Verstappen’s drifting in the first turn and the contact between George Russel and Daniil Kvyat on a straight section on which Daniil Kvyat lost control.
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m04.816s |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 0.356s |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Honda | 0.602s |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | McLaren/Renault | 0.615s |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point/Mercedes | 0.696s |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Renault | 0.805s |
| 7 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull/Honda | 0.885s |
| 8 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1.044s |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 1.091s |
| 10 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1.108s |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point/Mercedes | 1.258s |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1.261s |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1.454s |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1.544s |
| 15 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1.549s |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri/Honda | 1.588s |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams/Mercedes | 1.679s |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams/Mercedes | 2.090s |
| 19 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri/Honda | 2.127s |
| 20 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 41.545s |
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