Max Verstappen topped the sole practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix as teams prepared for this afternoon’s qualifying session.
Teams spent the vast majority of the session completing long runs on the hard and medium tyres in an attempt to maximise the hour of running before a final soft run at the end of the session.
Read More: F1 2023 Austrian GP – FP1 Report
Verstappen’s fastest time of 1:05.742 on the medium compound was 0.241s clear of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz who set his best time on the softs. Charles Leclerc was third fastest.
Lewis Hamilton’s race pace on the hard tyre looked strong with the Brit faster than Verstappen before the switch to softs. His time of 1:06.251 saw him fourth fastest ahead of Sergio Perez.
The next Formula 1 track action comes at 17:00 local time with qualifying for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.
Position
Driver
Team
Time Gap
Laps
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:05.742
30
2
Carlos Sainz Jr
Ferrari
1:05.983 0.241
32
3
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:06.012 0.270
33
4
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:06.251 0.509
34
5
Sergio Perez
Red Bull
1:06.262 0.520
32
6
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:06.340 0.598
29
7
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
1:06.497 0.755
27
8
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:06.656 0.914
31
9
George Russell
Mercedes
1:06.696 0.954
28
10
Guanyu Zhou
Alfa Romeo
1:06.780 1.038
33
11
Alex Albon
Williams
1:06.794 1.052
23
12
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1:06.809 1.067
36
13
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas
1:06.846 1.104
30
14
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo
1:06.847 1.105
33
15
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
1:06.985 1.243
34
16
Nyck de Vries
AlphaTauri
1:07.017 1.275
36
17
Logan Sargeant
Williams
1:07.018 1.276
25
18
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
1:07.202 1.460
30
19
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
1:07.287 1.545
28
20
Lando Norris
McLaren
1:07.368 1.626
20
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