2019 Brazilian GP, Ferrari first practice report: Sebastian P3, Charles P4. Ferrari first practice report.

Alexander Albon has topped the opening practice session of the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, however his session ended in the barriers.

The session started under very wet conditions, with teams tentative on sending their drivers out into the wet conditions. However, the water was quick to move off the racing line, with drivers switching to the intermediate tyres.

In the final moments of the session, drivers took to the circuit on slick tyres, which saw both Red Bulls spin off the track.

While Max Verstappen managed to avoid the barriers, Albon slid off the circuit and hit the wall at the final corner.

Albon’s fastest lap time was over half a second in front of Valtteri Bottas, who in turn led both Ferrari cars. Sebastian Vettel was just shy of nine-tenths down on Albon, while Charles Leclerc was fourth fastest, over a second down on the Thai-British driver.

Carlos Sainz was fifth fastest for McLaren, with the Spaniard heading the Renault duo of Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo.

Despite the wet conditions that overshadowed the opening practice session, Saturday and Sunday are expected to be dry.

Results from FP1:

1 Alexander Albon THA Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda 1m16.142s
2 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport + 0.551s
3 Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari + 0.899s
4 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari + 1.143s
5 Carlos Sainz ESP McLaren F1 Team + 1.644s
6 Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault F1 Team + 1.757s
7 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Renault F1 Team + 1.843s
8 Pierre Gasly FRA Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 1.958s
9 Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 2.132s
10 Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team + 2.417s
11 George Russell GBR ROKiT Williams Racing + 2.637s
12 Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas F1 Team + 3.105s
13 Lance Stroll CAN SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team + 3.272s
14 Kimi Raikkonen FIN Alfa Romeo Racing + 3.390s
15 Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Alfa Romeo Racing + 3.458s
16 Nicholas Latifi CAN ROKiT Williams Racing + 3.868s
17 Romain Grosjean FRA Haas F1 Team no time
18 Sergio Perez MEX SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team no time
19 Max Verstappen NED Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda no time
20 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport no time