Norris beats Verstappen to go fastest in Australian practice
MELBOURNE: McLaren’s Lando Norris overtook world champion Max Verstappen on Friday to top the timesheets in an opening practice session in Melbourne that was disrupted when Alex Albon hit a wall at high speed. Britain’s Norris powered through the Albert Park track with a best time of one minute 18.564 seconds on soft tyres. He took the lead midway through the hour-long session from Red Bull’s Verstappen, who responded with a blistering final lap to lose 0.018. Verstappen won the first two races of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, but they were overshadowed by turmoil in the Red
