Full results FP1 Qatar | Verstappen tops meaningless practice session

Max Verstappen has finished the first and only free practice as the fastest. The Red Bull Racing driver drove a 1:27.428 on softs, three tenths faster than Carlos Sainz, who also used the red compound. It was only in the last five minutes that we saw a number of drivers choose softer rubber. Most of the practice was completed on hard tyres by everyone due to poor track conditions.

There was a lot of sand - and little rubber - on the asphalt, so it is hard to get a decent reading. It was difficult to get valuable data about the set-up and tyre wear, for example.

The weekend in Qatar contains only one free practice and so the teams are going to start qualifying later on Friday with many question marks. Parc fermé will then enter into effect and so from that moment on there are hardly any changes possible. Which team hits the mark and which team will struggle? No one has been able to learn much from FP1 and so it can still go in all directions.