So, ol’ Charles Leclerc burns rubber and grabs the top spot in Qatar practice with 1m 23.702s on hard tires. He left Verstappen and Gasly eating his dust by a couple of tenths. Two McLaren dudes, Norris and Piastri, did some fast laps and made themselves known. Carlos Sainz was somewhere in the mix, still trying to sort his stuff out. And let’s not forget George Russell, fresh outta Vegas, still trying to cash in on that winner’s luck.
