Ricciardo beat Hamilton by 0.004s in FP1

Daniel Ricciardo set the tone at the free practice session of the Formula One Grand Prix of Germany. Friday morning

The pilot Red Bull clocked just 0.004 seconds. Hamilton

Max Verstappen was the third fastest in the second Red Bull in front of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel which was only 0.271 of Ricciardo's fastest time

Valtteri Bottas finished the session in fifth place in the morning when it was revealed that he would continue with Mercedes for another season. Kimi Raikkonen completed the top six in his Ferrari .

Despite the best time, Ricciardo, who was hit by a series of penalties on the grid, should be a tough weekend.

In this session, he took his third MGU-K, which triggered a penalty of 10 places for Sunday, while a third energy store added another five and a third electronic control of five more – which means that it will start at the back of

Held under a blazing sun, the 90-minute session of Friday morning was an opportunity for the teams of become familiar with medium, soft and ultra-light tires on this 2.8-mile Hockenheim circuit. This is the first Formula 1 visit on this circuit since 2016.

The two Haas machines of Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen finish respectively seventh and eighth, while Charles Leclerc de Sauber is ninth, a place ahead of Nico Hulkenberg

Off-track moment at high-speed turn 12, running on gravel, but emerged unscathed and with just under five minutes of practice remaining. Fernando Alonso described him as "amateur" on the team's radio, after feeling that the Renault was delaying his progression in turn 2.

Two drivers made their way to test the drivers, with Antonio Giovinazzi replacing Marcus Ericsson at Sauber. take the 19th place. In addition, Nicholas Latifi took the place of Esteban Ocon at Force India, and he finished in 17th place.

Giovinazzi was slightly truncated at less than half an hour of sitting, his engine cover rising at the back of his Sauber. He returned to the pits on the next lap with the power unit Ferrari on display.

At the beginning of the practice, Pierre Gasly complained of piloting problems with his Toro Rosso and ran to turn 12, breaking a body part on the exit rim. On the radio, he said his car felt "really strange".

Running at McLaren was limited in this Friday morning session, as Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne's cars passed the majority of the FP1s in the garage with the current installation work. Vandoorne completed 14 laps, while Alonso finished 13.