F1 Austrian GP: Max Verstappen quickest from upgraded Ferrari pair in sole practice
Th🌌e reigning world champion left it late to top the timesheets as he posted a 1m05.742s in his dominan♒t 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 Fe𒉰rraris.
Lewis Hamilton spent much of the s🥀ession 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 during the qualifying simulation runs.
Sergio Perez, who skipped Thursday’s media day after becoming unwell, was well enoughꦰ to drive as he finished fifth, 0.520s off his Red Bull teammat💃e on the same compound.
Sixth place went the way of Aston Martin🏅’s Lance Stroll, who pi💙pped Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and teammate Fernando Alonso.
George Russell struggled to match the pace of💜 his Mercedes teammate as he took ninth, ahead of Zhou Guanyu, who rounded out the top-10 for Alfa Romeo.
Lando Norris failed to get a soft tyre ruꦅn in at the end of the session as he finished slowest of all in 20th, despite running McLaren’s heavily-upgra♐ded MCL60.
Qualifying for Sunday's grand prix 𝕴is up෴ next and takes place at 4pm UK time.
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