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Verstappen opens Austrian GP weekend on top

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Verstappen opens Austrian GP weekend on top

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB16B. Austrian Grand Prix, Friday 2nd July 2021. Spielberg, Austria.

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Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen maintained his strong form as he topped opening practice for the Austrian Grand Prix.

Formula 1 has stayed on for back-to-back events at the Red Bull Ring, marking the 26th grand prix in the calendar year since the venue kick-started the delayed 2020 season.

In a deviation from last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix Pirelli has gone one step softer with its tyre nominations, with the C3s, C4s and C5s in use.

Verstappen, who heads Lewis Hamilton by 18 points, clocked a time of 1:05.143s to finish 0.266s clear of the field up front, as Red Bull goes in search of a fifth straight win, and Verstappen a clean sweep of the current triple-header.

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Ferrari emerged as Verstappen’s nearest rival, with Charles Leclerc second, and Carlos Sainz third.

Hamilton finished the session in seventh spot, half a second behind his title rival, having been one of several drivers to lock up heavily into Turn 1.

Valtteri Bottas was fourth, having also shot wide at the first corner, ahead of AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda and Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen, who classified an impressive sixth.

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly and McLaren’s Lando Norris rounded out the top 10.

Revised rear tyres trialled

Drivers spent part of the session trialling unmarked tyres as part of Pirelli’s efforts to address any issues arising from its Baku failures.

The test sets, effectively a C4 compound, feature a revised rear construction, and they will also be available during Friday’s second session.

It will be determined in the coming days whether the revised constructions will be introduced from the British Grand Prix onwards.

Stroll suffers pair of spins

Aston Martin’s data gathering on those tyres was scuppered slightly as Lance Stroll spun wildly exiting Turn 6, wrecking the set.

It was a scruffy session for Stroll as the Canadian suffered a second spin exiting the final corner as he prepared for a hot lap.

Stroll nonetheless finished the session in 13th place, two spots ahead of Aston Martin team-mate Sebastian Vettel.

Trio of testers in action

Three test drivers were afforded the opportunity to get behind the wheel of Formula 1 machinery during the session – with a grand prix weekend debut for Alpine’s Guanyu Zhou.

Zhou, the Formula 2 championship leader, finished in 14th position, three spots behind team-mate Esteban Ocon.

Alfa Romeo’s back-up reserve Callum Ilott had his second outing of the campaign, classifying in 16th place, while Williams tester Roy Nissany was 18th.

Second practice for Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix is scheduled for 15:00 local time

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