Lewis Hamilton put Ferrari on top at home in the first practice session for the Italian Grand Prix.

He set a best time of 1’20.117 to head the times as Charles Leclerc completed a one-two for the team.

The quickest McLaren was only sixth fastest at the end of the opening hour of running. Lando Norris abandoned two attempts to set a flying lap on soft tyres and ended up nine tenths of a second behind Hamilton.

Championship leader Oscar Piastri sat out the session while McLaren’s junior driver Alexander Dunne took over his car. Dunne, who was fourth on his previous appearance for the team in Austria, could only manage 16th today, having been badly held up by Oliver Bearman at Lesmo 2 on one of his runs.

Williams looked in good shape during the first session. Carlos Sainz Jnr set the third-fastest time behind his former team’s cars. Alexander Albon was seventh in the other FW47.

Max Verstappen set the fourth-quickest time but was unhappy about his car’s “instability” on the soft tyres. “I just have no grip,” he told race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase. “I just slide a lot. Too much moving on the tyres.”

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who made his debut as an F1 driver in this session last year, set the fifth fastest time. However his team mate George Russell, eighth fastest, came to a stop shortly before the session was due to end, with an apparent technical problem on his Mercedes.

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The session was interrupted by a single red flag due to the amount of gravel scattered onto different points of the circuit, notably by Isack Hadjar at Ascari. Leclerc briefly overtook Nico Hulkenberg as the red flag came out but there was a significant speed difference between the cars at the time and the stewards resolved to take no action.

Hadjar ended the session in tenth behind Fernando Alonso. Paul Aron, who made his third practice session appearance, this time at Alpine, was slowest overall after a spin at the Roggia chicane.

2025 Italian Grand Prix first practice result

P. # Driver Team Model Time Gap Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari SF-25 1’20.117 20
2 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-25 1’20.286 0.169 24
3 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams-Mercedes FW47 1’20.650 0.533 25
4 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 1’20.692 0.575 22
5 12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes W16 1’20.940 0.823 25
6 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 1’21.021 0.904 28
7 23 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes FW47 1’21.073 0.956 25
8 63 George Russell Mercedes W16 1’21.110 0.993 20
9 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 1’21.114 0.997 20
10 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 1’21.158 1.041 25
11 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber-Ferrari C45 1’21.172 1.055 24
12 27 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari C45 1’21.179 1.062 26
13 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 1’21.201 1.084 27
14 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 1’21.292 1.175 24
15 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 1’21.295 1.178 26
16 89 Alexander Dunne McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 1’21.606 1.489 26
17 31 Esteban Ocon Haas-Ferrari VF-25 1’21.642 1.525 22
18 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault A525 1’21.653 1.536 26
19 87 Oliver Bearman Haas-Ferrari VF-25 1’22.058 1.941 23
20 61 Paul Aron Alpine-Renault A525 1’22.153 2.036 23

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