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Spielberg, FP1: Hamilton fastest, an oil leak for Bottas

Ferrari 2nd and 4th

By Franck Drui

28 June 2019 - 12:37

The first free practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix has just ended with Lewis Hamiton fastest in 1’04’’838.

Sebastian Vettel sets the second fastest time in 1’04”982, while Charles Leclerc was fourth in 1’05”141, just behind Valtteri Bottas.

The Finnish driver had to start the day with the Spec 1 engine, as an oil leak discovered on his car just before FP1 prompted a quick swap in the Mercedes garage

Both Ferrari SF90s were fitted with some test items to evaluate and compare, while in terms of tyres, the both the German and Monegasque drivers only ran the Medium. Sebastian did 21 laps, while Charles did 24.

Verstappen and Gasly were 5th and 6th for Red Bull.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time	Laps
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes W10	1:04.838	32
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF90	1:04.982	21
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes W10	1:04.999	35
04	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari SF90	1:05.141	24
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Honda RB15	1:05.260	30
06	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Honda RB15	1:05.378	30
07	Carlos Sainz	McLaren Renault MCL34	1:05.502	32
08	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS19	1:05.846	25
09	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari VF-19	1:05.876	25
10	Lando Norris	McLaren Renault MCL34	1:06.125	27
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari VF-19	1:06.135	20
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso Honda STR14	1:06.272	27
13	Alex Albon	Toro Rosso Honda STR14	1:06.285	30
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault RS19	1:06.383	30
15	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point Mercedes RP19	1:06.457	34
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Ferrari C38	1:06.708	28
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Ferrari C38	1:06.729	23
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point Mercedes RP19	1:06.756	27
19	George Russell	Williams Mercedes FW42	1:06.805	28
20	Robert Kubica	Williams Mercedes FW42	1:07.665	28