Summary

  • Max Verstappen quickest in first practice at Belgian Grand Prix

  • Lewis Hamilton second and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc third

  • Second practice starts at 16:00 BST

  • Lando Norris will have 10-place grid penalty at Spa because of new battery

  • Isack Hadjar will also drop 10 places for exceeding permitted number of engines

  • Kimi Antonelli leads drivers' championship by 25 points

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Tasnim Chowdhury

  1. Report: Verstappen on top as Hadjar takes grid penalty

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent at Spa-Francorchamps

    Max VerstappenReuters

    Red Bull's Max Verstappen headed Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton at the top of the times in first practice at the Belgian Grand Prix.

    Verstappen was 0.145 seconds clear of Hamilton, with the seven-time champion's team-mate Charles Leclerc third fastest.

    The second Red Bull of Isack Hadjar was fourth fastest, 0.252secs slower than Verstappen, as it emerged that he Frenchman will have a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his permitted number of engines.

    Hadjar is the second driver to receive a grid penalty for engine-related issues this weekend - world champion Lando Norris, who was seventh fastest, will also drop 10 places for using too many batteries.

    Read the full report here

  2. See you at 15:45 BST

    Time for a break!

    Go sit in the sunshine, get some lunch, but be back here for 15:45 for build-up to second practice.

    Max Verstappen was the fastest driver in FP1, can he continue his form into the next session?

    Or will Mercedes show their speed?

    FP2 goes green at 16:00 BST.

    See you then!

  3. And the rest

    11. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

    12. Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)

    13. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

    14. Alex Albon (Williams)

    15. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

    16. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

    17. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

    18. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

    19. Sergio Perez (Cadillac)

    20. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

    21. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

    22. Jak Crawford (Aston Martin)

  4. Hadjar handed 10-place grid penalty

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent at Spa-Francorchamps

    The second Red Bull of Isack Hadjar will have a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix for exceeding his permitted number of engines.

    Hadjar is the second driver to receive a grid penalty for engine-related issues this weekend - world champion Lando Norris will also drop 10 places for using too many batteries.

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    My dad once forgot me at a tennis club when he drove home. I watched a couple of matches and he came back 30 minutes later after my mum had asked him where I was when he walked through the front door.

    Richard K, Chichester

    Passport - airport, nuff said I think

    Andy, London

    Richard, my dad did the same thing once. Forgot to pick me up from an after school club. I was fuming!

  6. Top 10

    1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:47:070

    2. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

    3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    4. Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)

    5. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

    6. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

    7. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    8. George Russell (Mercedes)

    9. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)

    10. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)

  7. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    That is the first practice session done.

    Max Verstappen is the fastest driver in FP1, he will be happy with that.

    The two Ferraris, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, make up the top three.

  8. Rebecca Clancy
    F1 journalist on Sports Extra 2

    Oscar Piastri is at the other end of the circuit, so McLaren will want that car back asap. They will not want to wait until the end of the session and for a recovery truck. They'll want to start work on it immediately for FP2.

  9. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Oh dear, Oscar Piastri's McLaren has slowed down but the Australian hasn't stopped and manages to continue to drive slowly around the track to get his car back to the pits.

  10. Everyone out on track have got the red soft tyres bolted on for the last few laps of the session.

  11. George Russell has returned to the Mercedes garage. It looks like his session is done.

    The constructors' leaders have been a little quiet in FP1.

    Russell is eighth and Kimi Antonelli is sixth.

  12. Get Involved - what important item have you forgotten?

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    Away camping this weekend and one of my friends has somehow forgot their tent! Thankfully realised before we'd got too far where I'd refuse to turn around, so we could go and get it!

    George, Newcastle

    Is your friend called Tony by any chance?

  13. 21 cars out on the track at the moment. It is just Gabriel Bortoleto who is back in the garage.

  14. Get Involved - what important item have you forgotten?

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    We went on a camping trip once and forgot the tent.

    Tony, Hampshire

    Was keeping wicket in a cricket game, having not kept for some years. Took me about 15 overs to realise I'd left my pads in the changing room. Given I'd already taken one on the shin in the warm up...

    Matt H, London

  15. There's just 10 minutes left of this session.

    Max Verstappen has made himself comfortable at the top of the leaderboard.

  16. Rookie Jak Crawford is in Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin for this session.

    The American has a lap time of 1:54.560 and has completed 14 laps so far.

  17. Oscar Piastri completes a lap and puts his car up into fifth.

    The TV camera has zoomed in on a little teddy bear dressed as a marshall sat at the end of the pit wall.

    Teddy is putting in a hell of a shift today.

  18. The two Ferraris have moved up on the leaderboard now.

    Lewis Hamilton is second and Charles Leclerc third.

    They have both won a race each, in Barcelona and Silverstone - can one of them take the chequered flag on Sunday?

  19. Max Verstappen takes a quick trip to the pits and gets some medium tyres bolted on. Also on the mediums are Kimi Antonelli, Oscar Piastri, Oliver Bearman, Esteban Ocon and the two Aston Martins.

    Franco Colapinto is the only driver with the hard tyres on. Everyone else has the red softs bolted on for FP1.

  20. Spa future races

    After the 2026 season, the race in Spa will be in rotation with Barcelona on the F1 calendar, until at least 2032.

    For fans of Spa-Francorchamps, the race will be on the calendar in 2027, 2029, and 2031.

    And the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix will be held in 2028, 2030, and 2032.

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