George Russell dominated the time sheets during the opening training session on Friday before the Austrian Grand Prix, the Mercedes pilot continuing his good shape when he opened the path of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.
There were a few new faces that joined the action for FP1 in the Ring Red Bull as Two teams have chosen to direct a recruit; Formula 2 The head of the Alex Dunne ranking has entered Lando Norris‘ McLaren – Make him the first Irish driver to participate in an F1 weekend for 22 years when he finished an impressive fourth – while F2 driver Dino Beginovic was driving for Ferrari instead of Charles Leclerc.
Dunne was among the first to arrive on the track when the green light appeared, the aero Sporting Aero McL39 rakes to launch a weekend during which several teams brought upgrades. The Irishman was also the only pilot to operate the soft tires during the initial races, the rest of the bolling pack on the medium and hard compounds.
While Winner of the Canadian Grand Prix Russell had given the early pace during the first quarter of the session, Verstappen did not seem happy in the Red BullThe Dutchman undergoing locking in the RB21.
Verstappen resumed the problems on the radio – but on this occasion, the world champion addressed Simon Rennie rather than his usual racing engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, with “GP” taking the weekend.
Apparently in difficulty in the sister Red Bull was Yuki Tsunodawho lived a great moment when he continues in his mission to Get the car. Elsewhere, Lewis Hamilton was informed that his SF-25 had a “problem with the gearbox”, forcing the Briton to return to the stands.
The problems did not seem to have been there for Ferrari, with Begunovic’s car on the stands on the other side of the garage while the crew removed the ground. Russell, on the other hand, was seated at the top of the time leaves, having pumped a 1m 05.776 after having executed the soft tires.
A yellow flag briefly appeared after a tour for Fernando AlonsoWith the double world champion flowing on the grass thanks to a moment in the last corner. “It was the worst outside that we could do – it’s good to do it in FP1!” THE Aston Martin commented the driver.
While the majority of the field went to soft tires and the Times began to tumble – Ferrari also puts the two cars on the right track – ESTEBAN OCON triggered another yellow flag after locking and accelerated on the turn 1. Haas Driver was able to reach, although with a flat stain on its front left tire.
With Russell still opening the path of Verstappen and Piamer While the session entered her last quarter, Dunne drew attention by going fourth fourth, her time just seven hundredths of Pitri.
“A few little drops of rain,” Russell reported while the last 10 minutes of FP1 approached, clouds hovering over the Red Bull ring. But the questions on the weather did not prevent the driver of the arrows of silver from maintaining his place at the top of the time leaves, after having given the pace on a 1m 05.542.
Verstappen – which won on this trace a record four times – was 0.065s at P2 drift, while Piastri and Dunne held the third and fourth for McLaren before Alpine d’Alpine Pierre Gasly in fifth. Gabriel Bortoleto Placed in an impressive sixth for Kick Sauber, while the pair of Williams of Alex Albon And Carlos SainzHamilton and Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar finished the top 10.
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli claimed 11th – at the back of Finish his school exams – Before Kick Sauber Nico Hulkenberg (12th), Aston Martin Lance walk (13th), Alonso (14th) and racing bulls’ Liam Lawson (15th). Franco Colapinto Put his alpine in P16, while Tsunoda, Bedingovic, Ocon and Haas’ Ollie Bearman Classified P17 to P20 respectively.
The drivers and teams will now regroup in the paddock to examine their data and prepare for the second free training session on Friday, which should start at 1700 local hours.
