SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the first practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday.
The British driver’s best lap was 0.19 seconds quicker than Verstappen, who also did well in practice for the Azerbaijan GP two weeks ago.
Hamilton’s teammate, Valtteri Bottas, was third quickest at 0.37 behind. The Finnish driver twice span his car on the tricky Turn One.
Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel, who was fourth, and Kimi Raikkonen, sixth behind Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, also had minor problems.
Vettel span after clipping the kerb at Turn One and Raikkonen headed back to the garage early on with tire problems.