George Russell had gone the fastest after the first points with a round of 1m 29.674, putting him 0.306 before Norris, while Max Verstappen followed in third. Carlos Sainz continued to move Norris in second position after a passage to soft tires, the Spanish apparently more comfortable with the Williams while he continues to adapt to his new car.
The attentions then began to turn to the strongholds in screens in screens for many others, Norris quickly put a new reference via his effort of 1m 29.246 – three tenths before Russell and four tenths away from his teammate Piastri.
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Gasly subsequently made a stir by firing at the top of the time leaves by only seven billion Norris, the Frenchman who arrived in the weekend after having scored the first Alpine points of the season with a P7 result in Bahrain.
There was a moment for Sainz when the Williams pilot met a slow Ferrari on the track, the quadruple winner of the race expressing his concerns about the radio incident. The Racing Bulls, on the other hand, left their races of soft tires until the end of the session, with Isack Hadjar unhappy after having had to abandon his initial effort in the middle of traffic on the circuit.
