George Russell fastest in Barcelona FP1

Lando Norris goes fastest! The McLaren driver edges George Russell by just 0.009s, with only 0.057s covering the top three. McLaren look firmly in the fight with Mercedes in Barcelona. #F1 #Formula1 #DRSDriven #BarcelonaGP

Settling in under Spanish sunshine ☀️ Solid session for Max, with Ayumu gaining valuable experience 💙 #F1 || #BarcelonaGP 🇪🇸

Leonardo Fornaroli is set to replace Lando for FP1 this weekend as he takes his debut rookie practice session! | #F1 #McLaren

🟢 FP1 is underway in Barcelona, with seven rookies also taking part in this session. www.planetf1.com/news/f1-live...

FP1 comes to an end in Barcelona 🇪🇸 A disappointing end to the session for Luke and the team as we continue to investigate an electrical issue on Alex’s FW48.

i feel bad for hadjar but the amount that this will piss off red bull *and* george russell is giving me life this morning

Barcelona has given us the opening line. FP1 complete with Paul Aron behind the wheel. ✨ #ARF1 #Barcelona

Plus yknow, fuck him, it's a being George Russell penalty.

It's time for the #BarcelonaCatalunyaGP, or the #SpanishGP, or whatever #F1 has decided the hashtag for this race should be! And that means: Grand Prix Gastronomy. This week, we're making fabada! grandprixgastronomy.substack.com/p/for-the-ba...

If you serve a penalty in the race it can't be rescinded (Williams won a right of review last year on this topic). So basically this is just designed to make George Russell even madder about everything than he already is.

NEW: Russell fastest as Antonelli sits out first practice session in Catalunya George Russell started the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix weekend in strong shape, leading the times for Mercedes. More:

I was convinced something was off in the race, there were too many instances for it to be realistic. I never for a second thought the stewards would change their minds though Someone check on George Russell. He's going to be livid

🚨 Race runs from FP2 in Barcelona 🚨 The longer stints: Kimi Antonelli - 21.425 (S) Charles Leclerc - 21.696 (M) George Russell - 21.788 (M) Lando Norris - 22.029 (S) Oscar Piastri - 22.336 (M) Max Verstappen - 21.818 (S) Max Verstappen - 21.911 (H) Lewis Hamilton - 22.594 (M)

We're not done with the Monaco drama and FP1 in Barcelona is starting soon...

V Unfair to George and Oscar, yep. Because they served penalties live, their track position & strategy were ruined in real-time.Under current rules, time lost during live in-race penalties cannot simply be "subtracted" post-race. They are stuck with their classifications (Piastri 5th, Russell 12th).