Team Summary:
With the start of the opening Friday practice session for the 2022 Italian Grand Prix we would see Nyck de Vries running in the Aston Martin. He would be joined by a flow of other drivers with the hard tyre been the main tyre of choice. But both Haas cars were on the soft tyre while the Williams drivers were the amongst the last to come out. Ocon was quickest with a 1m:26.690 but Perez would move ahead with a 1m:26.238. Verstappen was now quickest with a time of 1m:25.230 followed by Perez. But this would change as Ocon was second followed by Alonso, Stroll, Ricciardo, Sainz and Magnussen. The first of the Williams was in seventh dropping to tenth.

Perez was now quickest with a time of 1m:25.026 followed by Verstappen and Ricciardo. But Alonso would move to the top of the times only to see Verstappen move ahead with a 1m:23.449. Ocon was second followed by Alonso, Perez, Alex, Leclerc, Bottas and Ricciardo eighth. The second Williams was 15th. Verstappen would improve with a 1m:22.853 followed by Alonso, Ocon, Alex, Gasly, Perez, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Bottas and Stroll tenth. The second Williams of Nicholas was now 14th with twenty minutes of the session completed.

On the soft tyre Tsunoda would improve to be second with just the AlphaTauri cars running. Gasly was now fifth with the Williams pair now sixth and 14th. Both AlphaTauri cars would pit but we would see others return with most on the soft tyre including both Williams as Leclerc went quickest on the soft tyre with a 1m:22.410 while we had a Williams third after its soft tyre run. Alonso was now third followed by Ricciardo and a Williams fifth. Bottas was now fourth ahead of Ricciardo and Alex. Russell was able to move up to third behind Verstappen. Alonso was now fourth followed by Ocon, Bottas, Hamilton, Ricciardo, Alex, and Gasly tenth.

Twenty minutes remaining Sainz was able to move into second and Hamilton fourth. Verstappen was now fifth ahead of Ocon, Alonso, Tsunoda, Bottas and Ricciardo tenth. The Williams pair were now 11th and 20th. Five minutes remaining and we would have de Vries go off onto the gravel as we had the whole field running with the majority on the soft tyre. The Williams pair were on a split tyre evaluations as the session came to an end. Leclerc would remain quickest from Sainz, Russell, Hamilton, Verstappen, Ocon, Alonso, Tsunoda, Bottas and Ricciardo tenth. The Williams pair would remain in 11th and 20th as the drivers were able to complete practice starts from the grid.

Alex Albon:
Alex would be the first of the Williams drivers running on the medium and his first lap was a 1m:26.043 to be seventh. This would become tenth but with a 1m:24.882 Alex was now second dropping to fifth but with a 1m:24.323 he was again third. He would drop to be fourth and would pit after an eight lap run. After a short stop he would return on the soft tyre. He would set a 1m:23.529 to be third. Alex would comment that he felt the track was starting to grip up. Alex would drop to be fifth then ninth as he pitted after a six lap run. This would become 11th with ten minutes remaining. Alex would return using the medium tyre again. He would complete nine laps on the medium tyre ending his session completing a practice start.

Nicholas Latifi:
With five minutes of the session completed Nicholas would come out using the hard tyre. Nicholas would set a 1m:29.016 to be 18th and slowest. But Nicholas would improve to be 15th with a 1m:26.136. He would drop to 16th but with a 1m:25.734 he was now 12th dropping to 13th. Nicholas would pit after a seven lap run. Nicholas would return for a run on the soft tyre. Nicholas would set a 1m:25.734 but remained down the order in 17th. This would become 18th but with a 1m:24.941 he would return to 17th. He would pit after a seven lap run dropping to 20th. He would return this time using the hard tyre again. Nicholas would c0omplete ten laps on the hard having completed a practice start prior to pitting.