Ferrari's Charles Leclerc headed team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen to lead the first practice session of Formula 1's new era that starts at the Australian Grand Prix.<br>Leclerc's last-minute effort of 1m20.267s demoted team-mate Hamilton after a relatively uneventful first practice session of F1's new regulations era.<br>Most teams wasted little time getting up to speed in ...<a class='more' href='https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-australian-gp-charles-leclerc-leads-first-2026-practice-as-mclaren-and-aston-martin-hit-trouble/10802401/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&utm_term=News&utm_content=uk'>Keep reading</a>