2024 F1 Italian Grand Prix - Friday Practice - As it happened

A recap of what happened in Friday practice at the Italian Grand Prix

Connor McDonagh

30 Aug 2024

13:26

Verstappen on top now

A 1m21.676s for the Red Bull driver puts him 0.2s ahead of Leclerc.

13:20

Into the final 10 minutes

Leclerc on top currently ahead of Norris, Sainz, Bottas and Piastri.

13:19

Leclerc storms to the top

A 1m21.904s puts Leclerc top of the order, 0.013s ahead of Norris. Bottas is now 0.223s off in third.

13:17

Leclerc up to second

Leclerc moves to within a tenth of Bottas' top time to slot into second overall in the Ferrari.

13:06

Current top 10

Bottas, Hamilton, Albon, Norris, Sainz, Gasly, Zhou, Perez, Colapinto and Verstappen.

13:03

Bottas takes to the top

Another strong lap from Bottas to go clear of Hamilton. After an abysmal Dutch Grand Prix, that will be a welcome boost with Mattia Binotto in attendance.

12:58

Bottas lowers the benchmark

It's now a 1m22.416s for Bottas, who sets the pace for Sauber. He's 0.2s ahead of Albon; 0.4s ahead of Norris.

12:56

Session back underway

Verstappen heads straight back out and pops in the fastest lap so far. Verstappen sets a 1m23.088s to go 0.3s ahead of Hamilton.

12:53

Current order

Hamilton, Norris, Bottas, Antonelli, Albon, Gasly, Tsunoda, Verstappen, Sainz and Ricciardo.

12:46

A hefty shunt for Antonelli

Antonelli into the wall! 💥

It's a high-speed spin into the barrier at Parabolica for the youngster, who reports over the radio that he's OK.

The red flags are out 🔴#F1 #ItalianGP pic.twitter.com/aQQQPqjaeb
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 30, 2024

12:43

Wolff's reaction

"Kimi, all good, Kimi, all good," Wolff tells Antonelli over team radio.

12:41

Big crash for Antonelli

Antonelli has crashed at Parabolica. Red flag is out there.

12:40

A few off moments already

Verstappen has been through the run-off at Turn 1 a couple of times already. A tricky start for the reigning world champion.

Hamilton leads the times currently though, less than a tenth clear of Norris.

12:35

First time on the board from Antonelli

A 1m23.955s for the Italian on the soft tyres. He's 0.4s ahead of Norris in this early phase of practice.

12:29

FP1 is underway

All of the attention will be on Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes in FP1. Another driver change - for the rest of the season though - at Williams - with Franco Colapinto replacing Logan Sargeant.

12:14

Antonelli's big moment

An Italian driving at the Italian GP in practice. Antonelli is expected to be driving for Mercedes in 2025 as he replaces Hamilton.

An announcement could be as early as this weekend. FP1 will give him his first taste of an official F1 weekend, driving the W15.