Max Verstappen opened up the Australian Grand Prix weekend at the top of the timesheets, the Red Bull driver setting the fastest lap in FP1, a session twice disrupted by the red flag, once for a "GPS issue" and then when the Williams of Logan Sargeant ground to a halt in the closing minutes of the first practice. Verstappen who set his quickest time on the soft tyre edged the also soft shod Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton who popped up into the runner-up spot in the closing seconds of the session. Half a second adrift, Sergio Perez completed the top-three. Australian GP Free Practice 1 - Results There were mixed predictions on the weather front ahead of the Melbourne weekend, but the...
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