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Austrian Grand Prix 2021

2021 F1 Austrian Grand Prix – Free Practice 1 results

Max Verstappen was quickest in the first free practice for the 2021 F1 Austrian Grand Prix. Check out the full results of FP1 from Austria below.

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen has set the pace in the opening practice session in Austria, coming home ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

Verstappen, who leads the Drivers' Championship, went to the top of the timesheets midway through the session to go 0.266 seconds faster than Leclerc, with the second Ferrari popping into second place.

Valtteri Bottas was fourth, ahead of Yuki Tsunoda as AlphaTauri managed to get both cars into the top ten.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton finished in seventh, and appeared unhappy with his tyres during the session.

The full results from the first practice session for the Austrian GP can be seen below.

Result Free practice 1 - Austrian

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