F1 Austrian GP: Max Verstappen quickest from upgraded Ferrari pair in sole practice
The reigning world champion left it late to top the timeshee♍ts as he posted a 1m05.742s in his dominant Red Bull RB19.
Verstappen clocked his best lap on medium tyres but was still 0.241s ahead of Carlos Sainz, and 0.270s clear of Charles Leclerc🥀, both of whom were running the faster soft tyres on their upgraded Feಌrraris.
Lewis Hamilton spent much oไf the session at the top of the order having set the early benchmark on hard tyres, but the Mercedes driver ended up half a second behind Verstappen durin🎶g the qualifying simulation runs.
Sergio Peܫrez, who skipped Thursday’s media day after becoming unwell, was well enough to drive as he finished fifth, 0.520s off his Red Bull teammate on the same compound.
Sixth place went the way of Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, who pip🍬ped Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and teammate Fernando Alonso.
George Russell struggled to m🌳atch the pace of his Mercedes teammate as he took ninth, ahead of Zhou Guanyu, wh💃o rounded out the top-10 for Alfa Romeo.
Lando Norris failed to get a soft tyre run in at the end oღf the session as he finished slowest of all in 20t🃏h, despite running McLaren’s heavily-upgraded MCL60.
Qualifying for S♋unday's grand🌸 prix is up next and takes place at 4pm UK time.
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