Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest lap time during Friday's first free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix, ending up almost half a second clear of Red Bull rival Max Verstappen. It was a busy hour of running at Monza, as F1 trials the new 'Sprint' format for only the second time, with drivers and teams in a hurry to gather as much information as possible before qualifying later in the day. Around 40 minutes of the session was dedicated to longer runs on a mixture of the Hard (C2) and Medium (C3) compound tyres. In the closing stages, a selection of teams, including Red Bull, made the switch to the Soft (C4), but Mercedes opted...
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