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With that, we say goodbye to the live ticker for today. Tomorrow we will continue with the second free practice session here in Madrid at 8.30am CET. Then we'll be back for you here in the live ticker.
See you tomorrow! Have a nice evening.
The top 10 of this 1st free practice session:
1st Ticktum
2. de Vries
3rd Günther
4. Wehrlein
5th Barnard
6th Vergne
7th Mortara
8th Müller
9th Drugovich
10. Cassidy
Local hero Marti finished the session in penultimate place
The chequered flag is out and nobody was able to beat Ticktum's lap time. Even though many were able to improve their times on the last lap.
Dan Ticktum beats Vergne's lap time! He is half a second faster than the Frenchman! With a time of 1:29.403 minutes, he takes the lead and is the second driver with a lap time of 1:29 minutes.
Dan Ticktum is in the gravel in turn 1, but he is back on the track. Just slammed on the brakes.
Here is a replay of the accident involving de Vries:
De Vries into the wall in FP1 😨 pic.twitter.com/owZGwodS8p
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Most of the drivers are back in their garages. Only Di Grassi, Buemi and Günther are still out on the track.
New best time!
Jean-Eric Vergne has just set a lap time of 1:29.957 minutes.
Citroen seem to be having problems with their charger: Nick Cassidy has been given permission to use the spare booster in the FIA garage to charge his car
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The first drivers have made it into the 1:31s! Felix da Costa took the lead of the session with a lap time of 1:31.612 minutes and Nick Cassidy also managed the lap in 1:31.927 minutes. All other drivers still have a time of 1:32 minutes.
The lead is taken by Dan Ticktum. The Brit set a lap time of 1:32.019 minutes in his Cupra Kiro.
After the brief interruption, Edorardo Mortara in the Mahindra is the fastest back on track. Müller and Casidy follow him in the top 3 positions.
The drivers are back on the track.
The red flag is still out, but de Vries makes it back to his pit under his own steam. Albeit with a broken nose.
Nyck de Vries is in the wall at the chicane! The yellow flag is out followed by the red.
After 7 minutes of driving, Joel Eriksson has the fastest lap time with a time of 1:38.528 minutes.
Followed by Barnard and Drugovich.
The full course yellow test is taken briefly before continuing as normal.
The green flag waves - the first free practice session has started!
It was raining here until just now. But now it has stopped.
Hello everyone and greetings from the Jarama circuit in Madrid. The first official session of the weekend starts here in just a few minutes, with the first free practice session.
