Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc started Ferrari’s home grand prix with a 1-2 in first practice, the teammates giving the Tifosi something to celebrate.

One team not celebrating was Mercedes with George Russell suffering an late breakdown as he reported he had “lost power”.

Ferrari 1-2 at Monza

Skies of blue, a sea of red and Tifosi in their thousands to watch Lewis Hamilton’s first practice session at the Italian Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver set the stage for FP1 at Monza.

The drivers queued at the end of the pit lane with Nico Hulkenberg leading out the field, including McLaren reserve driver Alex Dunne who was in for championship leader Oscar Piastri. “We need to put the headrest pads on when I come back,” he reported to McLaren.

Hamilton went quickest on his opening lap, a 1:2

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