Hamilton and Bottas lead Mercedes 1-2 in opening practice

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes brought the latest Aldo Costa car upgrades to the Austrian GP – a host of aero updates – and straight off the Mercedes drivers showed great speed.

On an overcast but dry morning in the Austrian Alps, Lewis Hamilton turned the fastest lap at 1m04.839 to beat his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by 0.127s in practice 1 Friday morning.

Max Verstappen was third quick for Red Bull 0.233s back while Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) was 3/10ths behind Hamilton in 4th.

Daniel Ricciardo rounded out the top-5 in the second Red Bull 6/10ths back but on the hardest rubber this weekend.

Practice 1 Results

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.839	+0.000s	39
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:04.966	+0.127s	39
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:05.072	+0.233s	42
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:05.180	+0.341s	29
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:05.483	+0.644s	22
6	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:05.776	+0.937s	31
7	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	1:06.028	+1.189s	31
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India Mercedes	1:06.055	+1.216s	40
9	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber Ferrari	1:06.215	+1.376s	31
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso Honda	1:06.394	+1.555s	36
11	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari	1:06.400	+1.561s	32
12	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	1:06.404	+1.565s	23
13	55	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:06.427	+1.588s	29
14	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	1:06.455	+1.616s	42
15	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:06.479	+1.640s	35
16	18	Lance Stroll	Williams Mercedes	1:06.567	+1.728s	32
17	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Renault	1:06.612	+1.773s	30
18	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Renault	1:06.698	+1.859s	30
19	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso Honda	1:06.871	+2.032s	45
20	40	Robert Kubica	Williams Mercedes	1:07.424	+2.585s	38