Ferrari on top though traffic masked Max Verstappen’s true pace in Free Practice 1 in Spain.
| Pos | Num | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Scuderia Ferrari | 27 | 1:19.828 | |
| 2 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Ferrari | 27 | 1:19.907 | +0.079s |
| 3 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 28 | 1:20.164 | +0.336s |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes-AMG F1 Team | 28 | 1:20.590 | +0.762s |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 24 | 1:20.768 | +0.940s |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG F1 Team | 27 | 1:20.811 | +0.983s |
| 7 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren F1 Team | 24 | 1:21.279 | +1.451s |
| 8 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 23 | 1:21.422 | +1.594s |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren F1 Team | 23 | 1:21.737 | +1.909s |
| 10 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 28 | 1:21.814 | +1.986s |
| 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 26 | 1:21.891 | +2.063s |
| 12 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin F1 Team | 23 | 1:21.920 | +2.092s |
| 13 | 88 | Robert Kubica | Alfa Romeo F1 Team | 20 | 1:21.975 | +2.147s |
| 14 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 16 | 1:22.089 | +2.261s |
| 15 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 21 | 1:22.146 | +2.318s |
| 16 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin F1 Team | 20 | 1:22.164 | +2.336s |
| 17 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo F1 Team | 25 | 1:22.614 | +2.786s |
| 18 | 45 | Nyck de Vries | Williams Racing | 28 | 1:22.920 | +3.092s |
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Racing | 27 | 1:23.011 | +3.183s |
| 20 | 36 | Juri Vips | Red Bull Racing | 23 | 1:24.138 | +4.310s |
