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Verstappen comfortably clear in opening Styria practice

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Verstappen comfortably clear in opening Styria practice

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB16B. Steiermark Grand Prix, Friday 25th June 2021. Spielberg, Austria.

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Championship leader Max Verstappen opened the Styrian Grand Prix weekend atop the timesheets, ahead of Red Bull stablemate Pierre Gasly.

Teams racked up mileage in warm and overcast conditions at the Red Bull Ring on Friday amid forecasts pointing to wet weather later in the day.

Verstappen, who holds a 12-point lead in the championship, clocked a time of 1:05.910s to finish a comfortable 0.256s clear of AlphaTauri driver Gasly.

Verstappen previously claimed victory at the Red Bull Ring in 2018 and 2019.

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Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas classified third and fourth respectively, four-tenths of a second behind Verstappen.

Tsunoda highlights AlphaTauri speed

Yuki Tsunoda underlined AlphaTauri’s speed by classifying fifth, close behind the Mercedes drivers, at a venue where he has vast experience from Formula 2.

Alpine’s usual practice prowess came to the fore once again with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon sixth and seventh respectively.

Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll classified eighth, with Antonio Giovinazzi clocking a promising time for Alfa Romeo in ninth, ahead of the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

Close times as a short circuit

Austria’s Red Bull Ring is one of the shortest circuits, with the quickest lap times, on the entirety of the calendar – meaning there was little to separate the field.

Several high-profile names sat outside the top 10, with Daniel Ricciardo 12th, ahead of Sergio Perez, Sebastian Vettel and Lando Norris.

They nonetheless all classified within a second of pacesetter Verstappen, with Norris – in 16th – within six-tenths of third-placed Hamilton.

Williams’ George Russell got amongst the midfield order in 15th spot while team-mate Nicholas Latifi classified 17th.

Kubica returns to F1 machinery

Robert Kubica had his second practice outing of the campaign in his role as Alfa Romeo reserve drive.

Kubica spun early on through Turn 3 but recovered to finish 19th, in-between the Haas drivers.

Mick Schumacher took 18th, six-tenths clear of team-mate Nikita Mazepin.

Second practice for the Styrian Grand Prix is scheduled for 15:00 local time

Position Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:05.910 34
2 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:06.166 0.256 32
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:06.332 0.422 32
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:06.386 0.476 34
5 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:06.397 0.487 36
6 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:06.519 0.609 35
7 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:06.551 0.641 35
8 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:06.584 0.774 33
9 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:06.614 0.704 29
10 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:06.629 0.719 36
11 Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari 1:06.630 0.720 33
12 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:06.669 0.759 38
13 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1:06.696 0.786 33
14 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:06.708 0.798 32
15 George Russell Williams 1:06.708 0.938 31
16 Lando Norris McLaren 1:06.848 0.951 35
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:07.180 1.270 31
18 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:04.477 1.563 30
19 Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo 1:07.823 1.913 30
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:08.081 2.171 31

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