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World Championship leader Max Verstappen comfortably topped the times in Friday's first practice session for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix.

As the field got to grips with the Losail International Circuit, Red Bull driver Verstappen worked his way down to a time of 1:23.723 to finish just under half a second clear of AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly.

Mercedes, waiting on a verdict over their right of review request, were third and fourth quickest with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton respectively, as the other AlphaTauri of Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the top five.

The full results from FP1 for the Qatar GP can be seen below.

#	Driver	Team	Time	Tyre
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#	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen Red Bull	393
2	Lando Norris McLaren	331
3	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	307
4	Oscar Piastri McLaren	262
5	Carlos Sainz Ferrari	244
6	George Russell Mercedes	192

#	Team	Points
1	McLaren Norris & Piastri	593
2	Ferrari Sainz & Leclerc	557
3	Red Bull Verstappen & Pérez	544
4	Mercedes Hamilton & Russell	382
5	Aston Martin Alonso & Stroll	86
6	Alpine Gasly & Ocon	49

Race	Date
Las Vegas Las Vegas Street Circuit	24 Nov
Lusail Losail International Circuit	1 Dec
Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit	8 Dec

2021 F1 Qatar Grand Prix – Free Practice 1 results

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