Hamilton and Bottas lead Mercedes 1-2 in opening practice
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes brought the latest Aldo Costa car upgrades to the Austrian GP – a host of aero updates – and straight off the Mercedes drivers showed great speed.
On an overcast but dry morning in the Austrian Alps, Lewis Hamilton turned the fastest lap at 1m04.839 to beat his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by 0.127s in practice 1 Friday morning.
Max Verstappen was third quick for Red Bull 0.233s back while Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) was 3/10ths behind Hamilton in 4th.
Daniel Ricciardo rounded out the top-5 in the second Red Bull 6/10ths back but on the hardest rubber this weekend.
Practice 1 Results
POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:04.839 | +0.000s | 39 |
2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:04.966 | +0.127s | 39 |
3 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1:05.072 | +0.233s | 42 |
4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:05.180 | +0.341s | 29 |
5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 1:05.483 | +0.644s | 22 |
6 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:05.776 | +0.937s | 31 |
7 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1:06.028 | +1.189s | 31 |
8 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India Mercedes | 1:06.055 | +1.216s | 40 |
9 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber Ferrari | 1:06.215 | +1.376s | 31 |
10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso Honda | 1:06.394 | +1.555s | 36 |
11 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber Ferrari | 1:06.400 | +1.561s | 32 |
12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1:06.404 | +1.565s | 23 |
13 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:06.427 | +1.588s | 29 |
14 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India Mercedes | 1:06.455 | +1.616s | 42 |
15 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:06.479 | +1.640s | 35 |
16 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams Mercedes | 1:06.567 | +1.728s | 32 |
17 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren Renault | 1:06.612 | +1.773s | 30 |
18 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren Renault | 1:06.698 | +1.859s | 30 |
19 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso Honda | 1:06.871 | +2.032s | 45 |
20 | 40 | Robert Kubica | Williams Mercedes | 1:07.424 | +2.585s | 38 |