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Bottas fastest as Formula 1’s Portuguese GP action begins

by Phillip Horton
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Bottas fastest as Formula 1’s Portuguese GP action begins

2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, Friday

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Valtteri Bottas led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton as Formula 1’s first Portuguese Grand Prix in 24 years got underway on Friday.

Formula 1 is competing at the Algarve International Circuit, also known as Portimao, for the first time, as part of the revised schedule implemented due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Formula 1 last raced at Portugal in 1996, when the Estoril Circuit, located close to capital Lisbon, was utilised.

Warm and sunny conditions prevailed for much of the 90-minute session.

Drivers complained about the lack of grip from the recently re-laid surface, particularly during the early stages of the session, with several suffering off-track moments.

That caused several lap times to be deleted when drivers drifted wide through Turns 1 and 4, with the FIA having warned on Thursday that there will be no tolerance.

Bottas puts Nurburgring exit aside

Bottas retired from the most recent event in Germany and Mercedes installed countermeasures to both cars in the wake of the issue, which was determined to be a fault within the Control Electronics.

After early running on the Hard compound tyres the majority of the field switched to Mediums for the second half of the session, as times gradually lowered.

Bottas finished with a time of 1:18.410s to wind up 0.339s clear of Mercedes team-mate Hamilton.

The quickest non-Mercedes driver, which was once more Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, set a time 0.781s down on Bottas’ benchmark, albeit on Hard tyres.

Leclerc displays Ferrari improvements

Ferrari has brought the final part of its recent upgrade package to Algarve, focusing on the diffuser, and Charles Leclerc showed encouraging speed by classifying fourth overall.

The youngster has displayed strong one-lap pace in recent events, qualifying as the third-fastest team at two of the last three rounds, but has yet to convert it in race trim.

Leclerc, who like Verstappen set his best time on Hard tyres, recovered from an early Turn 14 spin to finish 0.899s behind Bottas and split the Red Bull drivers, with Alexander Albon fifth.

Carlos Sainz was the lead McLaren driver in sixth, ahead of Racing Point’s Sergio Perez, while Kimi Raikkonen was one of few drivers to improve late on as he elevated himself to eighth.

Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo and AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly capped the top 10.

Stroll returns to action, problems for Ocon

Lance Stroll returned to Formula 1 action after missing the Nürburgring event prior to testing positive for Covid-19.

Having provided a negative test result on Monday he was cleared to return to the paddock and finished the session down in 15th spot.

Esteban Ocon was a low-key 19th for Renault and returned to the pits after the chequered flag with smoke pouring from the rear of his R.S.20.

Ocon was instructed not to change gear as he slowly brought the car back to the garage.

Second practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix will begin at 15:00 local time.

#DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
1V. BOTTASMercedes1:18.41035
2L. HAMILTONMercedes1:18.749+0.33935
3M. VERSTAPPENRed Bull1:19.191+0.78132
4C. LECLERCFerrari1:19.309+0.89933
5A. ALBONRed Bull1:19.365+0.95534
6C. SAINZMcLaren1:19.441+1.03142
7S. PEREZRacing Point1:19.907+1.49731
8K. RAIKKONENAlfa Romeo1:19.954+1.54435
9D. RICCIARDORenault1:20.058+1.64827
10P. GASLYAlphaTauri1:20.124+1.71429
11S. VETTELFerrari1:20.200+1.79037
12L. NORRISMcLaren1:20.207+1.79729
13D. KVYATAlphaTauri1:20.278+1.86832
14K. MAGNUSSENHaas1:20.846+2.43628
15L. STROLLRacing Point1:20.954+2.54432
16A. GIOVINAZZIAlfa Romeo1:21.009+2.59935
17R. GROSJEANHaas1:21.169+2.75931
18G. RUSSELLWilliams1:21.374+2.96431
19E. OCONRenault1:21.673+3.26331
20N. LATIFIWilliams1:22.054+3.64434
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