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Formula 1’s first representative practice session of 2024 featured an unusual final classification, with Mercedes locking out the top-two spots, four different constructors’ in the top-five and the best Red Bull only sixth. But how much can we read into any of that?

Ferrari topped the timesheets on the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain – but it was Red Bull that had everyone talking after they completed another silky-smooth day that left their rivals in no doubt they remain the ones to beat in 2024. But did Day 3 give us any signs the chasing pack can give the reigning world champions some grief across a record-breaking 2024 calendar?

Chris Medland takes a look at the different pit stop and tyre options that are available to the teams on race day at the Yas Marina Circuit...

Formula 1 teams have a lot of work ahead of them overnight on Friday in Abu Dhabi after a disrupted day that saw very limited running in representative conditions. For the final time in 2023, here’s what we learned after practice at Yas Island.

After 18 months of waiting, Las Vegas’s famous neon lights provided the backdrop for practice for the Las Vegas Grand Prix – with the drivers hitting the track at 2.30am local on Friday for an extended 90 minutes of running. Ferrari set the pace, with the leading Red Bull only fourth – but does this mean the Prancing Horses are the ones to beat?

Chris Medland takes a look at the different pit stop and tyre options that are available to the teams on race day at Interlagos...

One practice and one qualifying session does not large quantities of data make, as the old saying goes. But there’s still some useful nuggets that we can gather from Friday’s running at Interlagos to build a picture of how the rest of the weekend – featuring the Sprint Shootout, Sprint and Sao Paulo Grand Prix – could go. Let’s start crunching the data.

Chris Medland takes a look at the different pit stop and tyre options that are available to the teams on race day at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez...

While Max Verstappen stole the show once more in Mexico, overall Formula 1 witnessed one of its tightest fields of the season in Friday practice to suggest not only could every segment of qualifying be tight but the race might be a humdinger, too. But who looked like they had the edge after two hours of practice? And who might spring a surprise?

The Circuit of The Americas delivered another belter of a qualifying session as Ferrari emerged as the surprise frontrunner with Charles Leclerc taking pole. But does he have the pace to convert it into a win come Sunday and how are things looking ahead of Saturday’s Sprint Shoot-out and Sprint?