Less than a week from Silverstone Grand Prix back on track at the Red Bull Ring track in Austria. At Red Bull, the sun is high and the wind is king. Fundamental session that of FP1, in which the teams will immediately have to find the ideal set-up with which to face the qualifying session at 17:00. Second Sprint of the year after that of Imola, where Verstappen won.
Red Bull develops and Verstappen commands
Verstappen prints the first half in 1:06.302. the Dutchman has already won four times on this track and will attempt a fifth success to further extend his lead in the championship. Perez he finished fourth after a good part of the session spent in the pits.
The leading team of both world championships is confirmed fast right away. Adrian Newey keeps rolling out updates, bringing a entrance of the Venturi channels revisited, And a new engine hood with an opening in the stern in order to benefit from the cooling of the power unit.
Ferrari fights with Verstappen: Austria for redemption
Charles Leclerc he chases Verstappen by just two and a half tenths, positioning himself second. Fresh Monegasque chat in Monaco with Mattia Binotto he confirms his confidence in the team. The new winner Carlos Sainz closes in seventh position. The Spaniard complained about understeer, which is normal on a green track that hasn't yet been rubberized. The Scuderia has not brought any developments on the occasion of stage number eleven of the world championship. The F1-75 is doing well in the third sector, while it is second to Red Bull in the first two; the top speed of the redhead is not bad, a only 3 km/h from the RB18.
Mercedes is not far away. Silverstone 2.0 in Austria?
George Russell he crosses the finish line with the third fastest time despite the use of the medium tyre. The English pilot he said he was concerned about the performance of the W13 in Austria, a circuit with a different layout from the English one, even if from this first session it doesn't seem like that Mercedes both in the ball. Hamilton is in fifth position.
The rest of the top 10: Bene Haas
Not bad her Haas, Magnussen is sixth while Schumacher ninth. In eighth position there is a argumentative Fernando Alonso, who criticized the FIA for decisions in last Sunday's race. Tenth tsunoda, the mate gasly it is sixteenth.
McLaren problems and Bottas penalties
The papaya team is not in shape: Lando Norris (last) stops at the side of the track for causing trouble Red flag, and Ricciardo (17th) returns to the pits for problems with the DRS. High seas for the Woking team.
He will start last in Sunday's race Valtteri Bottas (14th in FP1), the driver ofAlfa Romeo changed the Power Unit, mounting the fourth seasonal unit. Comrade Guanyu is back on track Zhou (18th) after the horrific accident at Silverstone.
Eleventh and thirteenth the Aston Martin, with Stroll before Hag. Or with is twelfth. 15th Albon and penultimate Latifs.
