What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the 2024 Australian GP

It was a messy start to the Australian Grand Prix weekend with numerous drivers getting caught out during Formula 1 Friday practice. This has masked the overall picture somewhat but it still seems encouraging for FP2 pacesetter Ferrari

A brief excursion at Turn 1 mattered little to Charles Leclerc. He was already on top of the Formula 1 pile in FP2, prior to his off towards the end of the session, having beaten Max Verstappen by almost four tenths of a second. F1's trip down under left many batting away the effects of jet lag, with a few slips prevalent throughout the Friday sessions as the drivers reacquainted themselves with the challenging Albert Park circuit in the city of Melbourne.

That said, this run omits two slower tours, one being his Turn 1 excursion that cost a few seconds of time. The order behind is altogether more intriguing, as the average runs put McLaren just behind through Norris' string of laps on the yellow-walled tyres. Unlike Leclerc's stint, outliers did not need to be deleted to underline an encouraging turn of pace in race trim, even if the team did not entirely unlock the full gamut of one-lap performance through FP2's opening phase.

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