Team Summary:
With close to ten minutes of the session completed the Williams drivers would come out for their first runs but at this time Ricciardo was quickest with a qm1;26.727 followed by Verstappen and Bottas. All three were on the hard tyre. Being a new track the times would rapidly change with Verstappen going quickest with a 1m:25.669 followed by Ricciardo and Ocon. But Bottas then Norris would go quicker while the Williams drivers were 19th and 20th but one would move up to 18th and the other 11th. As more times were set this would become 14th and 20th. At the front Verstappen had set a 1m:24.998 now followed by Norris, Bottas, Hamilton, Gasly, Leclerc, Ocon, Ricciardo, Sainz and Tsunoda tenth.

The Alpine cars were on the soft tyre and were 7th and 16th with Ocon the faster. The Williams cars were currently 12th and 18th. With thirty six minutes remaining the track would clear as drivers came in after their first runs. With soft tyre runs coming it would be Bottas quickest with a 1m:24.194 ahead of Tsunoda and Verstappen. Norris was fourth followed by Ricciardo, Vettel, Hamilton, Gasly, Leclerc, and Nicholas. The other Williams was now 14th. Verstappen would go quicker with a 1m:23.723 followed by Bottas and Hamilton. Tsunoda was now fourth followed now by Gasly, Perez, Leclerc, Norris, Sainz and Ricciardo now tenth. The Williams pair were 13th and 16th.

Gasly would move in to second as the session came to an end. The final order would be Verstappen followed by Gasly, Bottas, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Sainz, Leclerc, Perez, Ocon, and Norris tenth. For Williams their drivers were 13th and 16th. A positive start to the Qatar weekend for Williams.

George Russell:
George would follow his team-mate out except he would sue the hard for his first run. George would set a 1m:32.253 on a slow opening lap. He would set a 1m:30.969 but this would see him slowest. Even with a 1m:29.135 he would remain slowest. A 1m:27,557 would see George 18th. He would return on the soft tyre now in 19th. George would set a 1m:26.074 to move up to 15th. A 1m:26.025 would see him move up to 14th. But he would dropt o 16th now back in the pits after a seven lap run. He would return this time on hard tyres currently 16th. With the end of the session George would remain 16th after a five lap run on the hard tyre.

Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would be first out in the opening Friday practice session running on the medium. His first lap was a 1m:30.486 to be 16th. He would drop to 19th but with a 1m:27.385 would see him 11th dropping to 13th. A 1m:26.493 from Nicholas would see him 11th. He would pit after a six lap run currently 13th. Nicholas would return this time on the soft tyre and would set a 1m:26.197 to be 10th. He would set a 1m:26.036 but he would drop to 13th even so. But a 1m:25.688 would see him 10th. He would pit briefly having a completed a seven lap run. Having completed his practice pit stop he would pit with eighteen minutes remaining. With ten minutes remaining Nicholas would return this time on used medium tyres. He was currently 13th and with the end of the session had completed seven laps on the medium.