Leclerc was quickest in both FP1 and FP2, ahead of Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s reigning world champion Max Verstappen across the two one-hour sessions.
Spanish Grand Prix FP1 results: Leclerc fastest from Sainz
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 27 | 1'19.828 | ||
| 2 |  Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 27 | 1'19.907 | 0.079 | 0.079 |
| 3 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 28 | 1'20.164 | 0.336 | 0.257 |
| 4 |  George Russell | Mercedes | 28 | 1'20.590 | 0.762 | 0.426 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 24 | 1'20.768 | 0.940 | 0.178 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 27 | 1'20.811 | 0.983 | 0.043 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 24 | 1'21.279 | 1.451 | 0.468 |
| 8 |  Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 23 | 1'21.422 | 1.594 | 0.143 |
| 9 |  Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 23 | 1'21.737 | 1.909 | 0.315 |
| 10 |  Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 28 | 1'21.814 | 1.986 | 0.077 |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 26 | 1'21.891 | 2.063 | 0.077 |
| 12 |  Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 23 | 1'21.920 | 2.092 | 0.029 |
| 13 |  Robert Kubica | Alfa Romeo | 20 | 1'21.975 | 2.147 | 0.055 |
| 14 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 16 | 1'22.089 | 2.261 | 0.114 |
| 15 |  Mick Schumacher | Haas | 21 | 1'22.146 | 2.318 | 0.057 |
| 16 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 20 | 1'22.164 | 2.336 | 0.018 |
| 17 |  Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 25 | 1'22.614 | 2.786 | 0.450 |
| 18 | Nyck de Vries | Williams | 28 | 1'22.920 | 3.092 | 0.306 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 27 | 1'23.011 | 3.183 | 0.091 |
| 20 |  Jüri Vips | Red Bull | 23 | 1'24.138 | 4.310 | 1.127 |
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What happened in Spanish GP Free Practice 1?
After early running on the hard tyres, Sainz set the bar on softs at 1m19.907s. That looked set to be toppled by Verstappen, who set the fastest first two sectors when he came across a huge amount of traffic towards the end of the lap.
Verstappen still managed 1m20.164s to go second to Sainz but then Leclerc beat them both with a session-topping 1m19.828s effort to make it a Ferrari 1-2.
Russell was best of the rest for Mercedes, lapping 0.762s off the pace on 1m20.590s. He later had a big moment when he came across the second Red Bull, driven for the first time in FP1 by F2 racer Juri Vips.
Fernando Alonso made it two local heroes in the top five, lapping his Alpine in 1m20.768s, just ahead of the second Mercedes of Hamilton – who almost had to go off track when he caught Alonso before the final corner sequence.
Both Alonso and Vips were later handed reprimands by the FIA stewards.
McLaren and AlphaTauri shared the rest of the top 10 spots, with Lando Norris ahead of Pierre Gasly, Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda.
Robert Kubica also got an outing for Alfa Romeo, setting the 13th fastest time, with Nyck de Vries making his Williams debut and just outpacing Nicholas Latifi to 18th.
Spanish Grand Prix FP2 results: Leclerc fastest from Russell
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 29 | 1'19.670 | ||
| 2 | George Russell | Mercedes | 27 | 1'19.787 | 0.117 | 0.117 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 26 | 1'19.874 | 0.204 | 0.087 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 31 | 1'19.990 | 0.320 | 0.116 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 27 | 1'20.006 | 0.336 | 0.016 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 26 | 1'20.203 | 0.533 | 0.197 |
| 7 |  Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 30 | 1'20.632 | 0.962 | 0.429 |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 31 | 1'20.703 | 1.033 | 0.071 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 27 | 1'20.745 | 1.075 | 0.042 |
| 10 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 25 | 1'20.757 | 1.087 | 0.012 |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 28 | 1'20.917 | 1.247 | 0.160 |
| 12 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 24 | 1'21.013 | 1.343 | 0.096 |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 32 | 1'21.249 | 1.579 | 0.236 |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 29 | 1'21.285 | 1.615 | 0.036 |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 22 | 1'21.385 | 1.715 | 0.100 |
| 16 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 3 | 1'21.828 | 2.158 | 0.443 |
| 17 |  Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 30 | 1'21.866 | 2.196 | 0.038 |
| 18 |  Alex Albon | Williams | 31 | 1'22.319 | 2.649 | 0.453 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 25 | 1'23.197 | 3.527 | 0.878 |
| 20 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 6 | 1'23.388 | 3.718 | 0.191 |
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What happened in Spanish GP Free Practice 2?
Teams ran medium tyres at the beginning of this session, with Verstappen leading the way on 1m20.932s, 0.046s ahead of Sainz and 0.063s quicker than Leclerc – the latter suffering a scruffy end to his lap.
Sebastian Vettel was the first to set a time on softs in his updated Aston Martin, which has been the talk of the paddock today, setting the bar at 1m20.703s. That was soon beaten by Verstappen on 1m20.006s.
Sainz pipped Verstappen’s time by 0.016s on 1m19.990s, before Leclerc convincingly beat them both with 1m19.670s.
Russell then got to within 0.117s of Leclerc’s fastest time on 1m19.787s, with Hamilton two tenths off the pace in third.
Alonso was sixth in this session, ahead of Sergio Perez (back in the second Red Bull), Vettel, Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Mick Schumacher (Haas).
Sainz and Alex Albon (Williams) had a spat after Turn 1, which stewards will investigate after the session. Lando Norris and Albon both had big moments and ran wide at Turn 9.
Valtteri Bottas was an early casualty when “something broke” on his Alfa Romeo, forcing him to stop at Turn 1.
