P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Lewis Hamilton spearheads Ferrari one-two as Lando Norris struggles at Monza
During the practice session, McLaren’s Lando Norris struggled as he twice aborted laps on soft tyres due to clipping the gravel, ending up in sixth place, 0.904s behind the leader.
Lewis Hamilton set the pace with a time of 1:20.117s, beating Leclerc by 0.169s, and Carlos Sainz from Williams completed the top three, over half-a-second behind Hamilton.
It remains to be seen if Ferrari pushed their engines for headlines, but a positive start was made by Hamilton and Leclerc in their home race at Monza.
Hamilton, after a difficult start to his Ferrari campaign, topped the practice timesheet for the second time this year, bringing life to his season.
The session saw various drivers, including Norris and Alex Albon, setting competitive times with different strategies and tyre compounds.
Verstappen led the session before a red flag halted proceedings due to gravel at the Ascari chicane, with Hamilton ultimately setting the quickest time right before the session ended.
