{"id":2886,"date":"2023-07-28T12:48:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:48:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:48:22","slug":"31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain","title":{"rendered":"Belgian Grand Prix – Free Practice 1: Sainz ahead of the McLarens in a session disrupted by rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The only free practice session of the weekend begins on a wet track with rain falling on the circuit. The drivers take off on the blue “full wet” tyres, even though most of them prefer to wait in their garage. In the first 15 minutes, only the Mercedes, AlphaTauri, Albon and Zhou have ventured out to test the tyres and weather conditions.<\/p>\n

As the mid-session approaches, the drivers come out to set up their cars for wet conditions: the conditions are not expected to change for this Friday and Saturday. Some drivers venture out on intermediate tires, like Gasly or the McLarens. While the Frenchman struggles with them, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris set the best times of the session. Carlos Sainz, in turn, achieves the best time on intermediates. With less intensive rain, these tires are working well.<\/p>\n

At the halfway point of the session, the red flag is deployed: Logan Sargeant is stopped after hitting the wall at the end of an endless aquaplaning. But during the red flag, the rain starts pouring heavily again.<\/p>\n

Despite the resumption of the session with still twenty minutes remaining, no one goes out to drive due to the heavy rain falling. Max Verstappen decides to go out on intermediates with 10 minutes left in the session but immediately returns to the pits. The Aston Martins then go out as well.<\/p>\n

Carlos Sainz is ahead of the McLaren cars of Piastri and Norris, but no one was able to truly push during this session. Logan Sargeant, Lance Stroll, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, and Max Verstappen did not set any lap times.<\/p>\n

The ranking of free practice session 1<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
N\u00b0<\/th>\nDriver<\/th>\nTeam<\/th>\nTimes<\/th>\nGap<\/th>\nLaps<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nSainz<\/td>\nScuderia Ferrari<\/td>\n2:03.207<\/td>\n<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nPiastri<\/td>\nMcLaren F1 Team<\/td>\n2:03.792<\/td>\n+0.585<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nNorris<\/td>\nMcLaren F1 Team<\/td>\n2:04.484<\/td>\n+1.277<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nLeclerc<\/td>\nScuderia Ferrari<\/td>\n2:08.148<\/td>\n+4.941<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nPerez<\/td>\nOracle Red Bull Racing<\/td>\n2:08.240<\/td>\n+5.033<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nAlbon<\/td>\nWilliams Racing<\/td>\n2:08.394<\/td>\n+5.187<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTsunoda<\/td>\nScuderia AlphaTauri<\/td>\n2:09.067<\/td>\n+5.860<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nMagnussen<\/td>\nMoneyGram Haas F1 Team<\/td>\n2:09.229<\/td>\n+6.022<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nRicciardo<\/td>\nScuderia AlphaTauri<\/td>\n2:09.319<\/td>\n+6.112<\/td>\n7 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nH\u00fclkenberg<\/td>\nMoneyGram Haas F1 Team<\/td>\n2:10.042<\/td>\n+6.835<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nAlonso<\/td>\nAston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team<\/td>\n2:10.283<\/td>\n+7.076<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nHamilton<\/td>\nMercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport<\/td>\n2:10.299<\/td>\n+7.092<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nRussell<\/td>\nMercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport<\/td>\n2:10.475<\/td>\n+7.268<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nBottas<\/td>\nAlfa Romeo F1 Team Stake<\/td>\n2:12.085<\/td>\n+8.878<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nGuanyu<\/td>\nAlfa Romeo F1 Team Stake<\/td>\n2:14.002<\/td>\n+10.795<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nSargeant<\/td>\nWilliams Racing<\/td>\npas de temps<\/td>\n<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nStroll<\/td>\nAston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team<\/td>\npas de temps<\/td>\n<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nGasly<\/td>\nBWT Alpine F1 Team<\/td>\npas de temps<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nOcon<\/td>\nBWT Alpine F1 Team<\/td>\npas de temps<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nVerstappen<\/td>\nOracle Red Bull Racing<\/td>\npas de temps<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a session disrupted by rain, Saine secured the fastest time on intermediate tires ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Many drivers are venturing into the unknown before qualifying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":33308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[16,325,474],"class_list":["post-2886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-16","tag-essais-libres","tag-grand-prix-de-belgique"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBelgian Grand Prix - Free Practice 1: Sainz ahead of the McLarens in a session disrupted by rain - Motorsinside English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belgian Grand Prix - Free Practice 1: Sainz ahead of the McLarens in a session disrupted by rain - Motorsinside English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a session disrupted by rain, Saine secured the fastest time on intermediate tires ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Many drivers are venturing into the unknown before qualifying.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Motorsinside English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-28T12:48:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marius Druart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marius Druart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain\",\"name\":\"Belgian Grand Prix - Free Practice 1: Sainz ahead of the McLarens in a session disrupted by rain - Motorsinside English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/1500_edito_09DTWWmoc_yze2oM6091nw1IreHeLJp4bL3LFBDQrdXrkXXqp3g=.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-28T12:48:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10d87183fd3d5226407ffeb240ba0c77\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/1500_edito_09DTWWmoc_yze2oM6091nw1IreHeLJp4bL3LFBDQrdXrkXXqp3g=.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/1500_edito_09DTWWmoc_yze2oM6091nw1IreHeLJp4bL3LFBDQrdXrkXXqp3g=.webp\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Motorsinside English\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10d87183fd3d5226407ffeb240ba0c77\",\"name\":\"Marius Druart\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b30829f9679c868a0a143b2e624aad6ffe4c513b2d70f3dcb563ef85404e123b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b30829f9679c868a0a143b2e624aad6ffe4c513b2d70f3dcb563ef85404e123b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Marius Druart\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/author\/mdruart\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Belgian Grand Prix - Free Practice 1: Sainz ahead of the McLarens in a session disrupted by rain - Motorsinside English","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Belgian Grand Prix - Free Practice 1: Sainz ahead of the McLarens in a session disrupted by rain - Motorsinside English","og_description":"In a session disrupted by rain, Saine secured the fastest time on intermediate tires ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Many drivers are venturing into the unknown before qualifying.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain","og_site_name":"Motorsinside English","article_published_time":"2023-07-28T12:48:22+00:00","author":"Marius Druart","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marius Druart","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain","name":"Belgian Grand Prix - Free Practice 1: Sainz ahead of the McLarens in a session disrupted by rain - Motorsinside English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/1500_edito_09DTWWmoc_yze2oM6091nw1IreHeLJp4bL3LFBDQrdXrkXXqp3g=.webp","datePublished":"2023-07-28T12:48:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10d87183fd3d5226407ffeb240ba0c77"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/31228-belgian-grand-prix-free-practice-1-sainz-ahead-of-mclarens-in-session-disrupted-by-rain#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/1500_edito_09DTWWmoc_yze2oM6091nw1IreHeLJp4bL3LFBDQrdXrkXXqp3g=.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/1500_edito_09DTWWmoc_yze2oM6091nw1IreHeLJp4bL3LFBDQrdXrkXXqp3g=.webp","width":1500,"height":1000},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/","name":"Motorsinside English","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10d87183fd3d5226407ffeb240ba0c77","name":"Marius Druart","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b30829f9679c868a0a143b2e624aad6ffe4c513b2d70f3dcb563ef85404e123b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b30829f9679c868a0a143b2e624aad6ffe4c513b2d70f3dcb563ef85404e123b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Marius Druart"},"url":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/author\/mdruart"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}