2024 F1 Belgian Grand Prix - Friday Practice Results

Results from Friday practice at the Belgian Grand Prix, Round 14 of the 2024 F1 world championship.

26 Jul 2024

Here are the results from F1 practice for the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix:

Second Practice

2024 F1 Belgian Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (2)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m42.260s
2	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m42.475s
3	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m42.477s
4	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	1m42.837s
5	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	1m43.098s
6	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m43.290s
7	Esteban Ocon	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m43.401s
8	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m43.485s
9	Sergio Perez	MEX	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m43.504s
10	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m43.519s
11	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m43.532s
12	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m43.538s
13	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m43.675s
14	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m43.823s
15	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m43.829s
16	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m43.846s
17	Alex Albon	THA	Williams Racing	1m43.892s
18	Logan Sargeant	USA	Williams Racing	1m44.226s
19	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m44.302s
20	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m44.348s

McLaren showed an impressive turn of pace in second practice as Lando Norris led a 1-2 at Spa-Francorchamps.

Norris was 0.215s clear of Oscar Piastri at the top of the timesheets as McLaren's strong form continues.

With Max Verstappen starting 11th on the grid, McLaren have another great opportunity to reduce Red Bull's lead in the standings.

The Dutchman was third-fastest ahead of the two Ferraris.

2024 F1 Belgian Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (1)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m43.372s
2	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m43.903s
3	Alex Albon	THA	Williams Racing	1m44.099s
4	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m44.225s
5	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m44.279s
6	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	1m44.306s
7	Sergio Perez	MEX	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m44.329s
8	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m44.415s
9	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	1m44.574s
10	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m44.699s
11	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m44.833s
12	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m44.921s
13	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m44.950s
14	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m45.155s
15	Logan Sargeant	USA	Williams Racing	1m45.311s
16	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m45.564s
17	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m45.645s
18	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m45.812s
19	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m45.995s
20	Esteban Ocon	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	No Time Set

Max Verstappen dominated the opening F1 practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix.

The three-time F1 world champion set a blistering pace on all of his runs in FP1 at Spa-Francorchamps to top the session by over 0.5s

Oscar Piastri was his nearest challenger, while Alex Albon impressed in the Williams, showing great pace down the straights.

Albon set the third best time ahead of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.

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