Chequered flagpublished at 13:32 BST
First practice comes to an end in the midst of the red flag that was caused by Sergio Perez's Cadillac giving out.
Kimi Antonelli in his Mercedes sets the fastest time of the session with his 1:07.796 coming on the soft tyre.
That seems to be the tyre to be on however the hot temperatures seem to have given the teams plenty to think about.
George Russell is just 0.040 behind with Oscar Piastri looking racey with a 1:07.913 in third fastest.
Max Verstappen, who had two false starts, is fourth with the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton fifth.


