Verstappen from a strong fright with the engine in first gear

Max Verstappen I took best time in free practice 1 Austrian Grand Prix, surpassing 0.2 to Oscar Piastri and 0.3 to Charles Leclerc. Carlos Sainz was fourth with just 0.073. his teammate, but there are many unknowns to be resolved in this afternoon’s sprint qualifying.

To start. Lewis Hamilton At first, during the 50 minute session, he did not want to set up a soft set and preferred to keep the set until the end of the weekend. Your partner, Russellwas stopped by a traffic jam on a successful attempt and Lando Norris which improved Max’s results, crashed onto the gravel in the second sector. All three will participate in the auction. for the minifield this afternoon, that’s for sure.

Ferrari seems a little further away but they are an unpredictable team in almost everything, and with a good engine map they usually win big when it comes down to it. They can’t be ruled out just yet, especially with the track temperatures rising.

Alonso 10th

Fernando Alonso and Lance Walk At times they covered the net with a hard compound. In the soft final minute, Stroll finished seventh in a surprise finish. Or withwhile the Asturian had no net return and He finished tenth, 0.918 behind Verstappen. Given Formula 1’s shortest track time, it doesn’t look like they’ll be in Q3 this afternoon.

Fernando predicted that It might be a “track worse than Barcelona”. and his intuition did not deceive him, although we still have to wait for qualifications to check this.

Verstappen red flag!!!

Behind first engine failure in Canada, what honda already said irrevocablethis morning A second engine failure is planned for Max Verstappen’s RB20. With 29 minutes left, the car began to slow down and stopped at the same finish line, causing a red flag.

In the box they looked like drama, after 7 minutes they reset the systems and he was able to return to the asphalt almost immediately. False alarm.

Red Bull immediately stated that it was “a minor problem that we have fixed and don’t have to worry about”.

Hamilton and Russell, start!

In the case of harder compounds, these two Mercedes They were again the best in Free Practice 1, which became the norm for a couple of months. Behind Verstappenwith average at 0.3 Lewis, I thought the speed was a little off.

Things were worse with Ferrariwith difficulty, but now more than half a second(Charles the sixth), Bye Alonso He was 17th, 1.6 seconds behind Mercedes. At first, after half an hour of action, it seemed bad news for both teams.

Was a small incident between Hulkenberg and Leclerc, which the German called “llorica”. He’s not the only one online who feels the same way.

After the first half hour

1st L. Hamilton Mercedes (Z) 1’06″254 14

2nd G. Russell Mercedes (D) 1’06″386 +00″132 11

3rd place M. Verstappen Red Bull 1’06″645 +00″391 11

4° N. Perez Red Bull 1’06″783 +00″529 10

5° L. Norris McLaren 1’06″880 +00″626 12

6° C. Leclerc Ferrari (W) 1’06″901 +00″647 13

7th place Carlos Sainz Ferrari (Z) 1’06″987 +00″733 12

8° K. Magnussen Haas 1’07″179 +00″925 11

…17th Fernando Alonso Aston Martin (M) 1’07″905 +01″651 12