Williams’ George Russell was the first car out on the sunny streets of the principality, which traditionally open on Thursday for F1 practice, while Sainz was first to set a reasonable lap time of 1m16.241s mediums in the Ferrari.
World champion Lewis Hamilton quickly bested Sainz’ time in the Mercedes with a 1m15.858s, before Sainz struck back with a 1m14.457s aboard the SF21.
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