2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix FP1 report and highlights: Lewis Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 during first practice in Las Vegas

As such, the Silver Arrows ended the session in a dominant one-two formation, followed by Norris, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz and Fernando Alonso, who put his Aston Martin ahead of Piastri, Gasly and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the final top-10 positions.

Approaching what look set to be his final three Grands Prix, Kevin Magnussen showed flashes of pace for Haas en route to 11th place, just in front of Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin, the lead Williams of Albon and the other Alpine of Esteban Ocon.

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Nico Hulkenberg was 15th in his VF-24, followed by Valtteri Bottas, who will take a five-place grid penalty for a new power unit component, Colapinto’s Williams, the second Kick Sauber of Zhou Guanyu and RB pair Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson, who made a low-key start to the weekend.

Drivers and teams will now regroup in the paddock to dig through the data before returning to action for second practice, which is scheduled to get under way at 2200 local time.