Lewis Hamilton set the pace in an uninterrupted opening practice session for the Italian Grand Prix, with championship rival Max Verstappen second but close to half a second back.
The Mercedes driver set his time of 1:20.926 on the Medium tyre, benefitting from a small slipstream from AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda to take top spot.
Valtteri Bottas finished with the third fastest time while Lance Stroll Ricciardo and Pierre Gasly rounded out the top five.
The full results from the first practice session for the Italian GP can be seen below.
Result Free practice 1 - Italian
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