Overview
- Alex Dunne will drive McLaren in FP1 at Monza, taking over Oscar Piastri’s car for the session.
- Alpine will run reserve Paul Aron in FP1 in the A525, with the Estonian replacing Franco Colapinto for that hour.
- Piastri will have 60 minutes less practice than Lando Norris as McLaren meets its requirement to run rookies in Friday sessions.
- Dunne impressed in his Austria FP1 debut, finishing 0.224 seconds off the fastest time.
- Alpine says Aron will receive two further Friday outings this year and he previously completed FP1s for Sauber at Silverstone and Budapest.