F1 Spanish GP updates – Norris top of FP1 times over Verstappen, Hamilton | Live text

Live Commentary By: Jake Boxall-Legge That’s all from us for now – we’ll be back for FP2, as Ocon and Albon return to their cars. Hirakawa ended the session 17th, with Martins 19th over Colapinto. Practice starts ahoy – we’ve got a few drivers keen to get a bit of a headstart with their systems for Sunday’s grid. Photo by: Jake Boxall-Legge Lawson, Bearman, Hadjar, Tsunoda, and Gasly completed the top 10, as Russell did a lengthy 18-lap run on mediums for 11th as he didn’t touch the soft tyre over the session. Pierre Gasly, Alpine Photo by: Sam Bagnall / Motorsport Images via Getty Images FP1 comes to an end at Barcelona The first hour of running at this year’s Spanish Grand Prix is now in the books – Norris topped the order with a 1m13.718s, 0.367s clear of Max Verstappen. Hamilton, Leclerc, and Piastri complete the top five. Just a couple more minutes, then – most are just circulating on older tyres now, attempting to get a bit more data for the teams to number-crunch ahead of FP2.  We’ve had DRS disabled and enabled, and a couple of brief yellows. No indications as to why so far, but
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