After a setback at the Japanese Grand Prix, McLaren is hoping to get back on top of Formula 1 in Bahrain this week.

Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris to top a McLaren 1-2 in Formula 1's second practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Piastri's qualifying simulation halfway through the one-hour night-time session was enough to usurp his team-mate by a tenth and a half as the pair comfortably cleared third-placed George Russell.

McLaren driver Lando Norris led the way in opening practice for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix. Norris led Alpine driver Pierre Gasly and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on a jumbled timesheet as teams diverged on run plans in the Bahrain daytime heat.

Formula 1 championship leader Lando Norris put McLaren top of the Bahrain Grand Prix practice timesheets on Friday in an otherwise unrepresentative first session packed with young drivers gaining experience.

McLaren's Lando Norris sets the pace in a largely unrepresentative first practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Lando Norris ended first practice for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix fastest. His time of 1min33.204sec was 0.238sec faster than Alpine’s Pierre Gasly with Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari nearly six-tenths off Norris’s pace in third.