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Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 with late Miami GP FP1 improvements
Sat 06, May, 2023
Source: The Race

George Russell led a Mercedes one-two in the opening Formula 1 practice session at the Miami Grand Prix as Nico Hulkenberg caused a red flag when he crashed his Haas at Turn 3.


Key moments:

> Russell and Hamilton lead with late laps

> Leclerc third ahead of Verstappen

> Perez only 11th

> Hulkenberg crashes at Turn 3


Around 35 minutes into FP1, Hulkenberg made it through the opening corner normally but ran wide at Turn 2 and entered Turn 3 off-line, losing control of his VF-23 and ending up backwards against the Turn 3 barriers.

That ended Hulkenberg’s session while he was second in the order behind championship leader Max Verstappen, and brought out the sole red flag of the session.