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13:16
Hamilton drives out
14 minutes before the end of the session, Lewis Hamilton also made it onto the track after his chassis change. He’s on a used soft.
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13:12
New best lap by Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz ensures a change at the top. With a 1:08.610, teammate Charles Leclerc is 0.050 seconds ahead.
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13:11
Vettel can improve
Now I can move Vettel into the first half of the table for the first time in the session. He is tenth. Mick Schumacher is currently in 14th place.
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13:09
Aston Martin far behind
Aston Martin is way behind in practice so far. Lance Stroll is currently 18th, Sebastian Vettel is 19th. Even if it is of course unclear how much fuel is on board, these results are certainly not what you would expect.
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13:06
New best lap by Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc sets a new best lap time with a 1.08.660. Verstappen is 0.1 seconds ahead. Behind them are the two Alpines from Ocon and Alonso.
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13:05
Hamilton is on his way
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton makes his way to his box. It could be that the repair work is slowly coming to an end.
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13:04
Leclerc with the most laps
Charles Leclerc has done the most laps in training so far. The Ferrari driver manages 24 laps. Stroll drove 23 laps. Vettel did 22 laps, Schumacher 17.
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13:03
Pit radio George Russell
“I have no grip,” reports George Russell on the radio. “I’m just sliding around.” He just traded on the medium.
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13:02
Max Verstappen’s new best lap
Max Verstappen was able to improve his best time with the medium tires again. He lapped the track in 1:08.799 minutes.
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13:01
Time is running against Hamilton
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton continues to work on the car after the chassis change. For him, the only thing that matters is maybe being able to do a few more test laps.
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13:00
halftime in training
Half of the training is over. Verstappen is ahead of Sainz and Russell. But the focus is clearly on the long runs and testing in the direction of sprints and races. Mick Schumacher has just come out again.
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12:57 p.m
Alonso takes fourth place
Fernando Alonso did his first laps in practice on the soft and is now fourth. Half a second is missing for Verstappen time.
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12:56
Alpine gets going
After 25 minutes, the two Alpine riders also went onto the track and started training. The team didn’t have any problems, they just didn’t see any reason to go out early.
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12:54
Pit radio George Russell
Russell complains that his overtake button doesn’t work, but is informed by the team that they saw no sign of him even using it. The Brit comes back to the pits to check.
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12:52
Vettel with a time
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel has also set a lap time. On used media he sits 13th after a 1:10.958.
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12:48 p.m
Russell in the top 3
George Russell made it into the top 3. The Brit is third with a 1:09.240 behind Carlos Sainz. Max Verstappen still holds the best time.
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12:47 p.m
No rush at Alpine
Alpine doesn’t seem to be in any hurry either. Both Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso have not yet gone out in the 2nd practice session. Lewis Hamilton is still screwing.
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12:46 p.m
Vettel without a lap time
Sebastian Vettel is still without a lap time. So far, the German has only touched the three types of tires briefly. Mick Schumacher is currently 12th.
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12:43 p.m
Max Verstappen’s new best lap
Max Verstappen pushed the lap time further down. He clocked a 1:08.966 on the last lap. Carlos Sainz is second ahead of Charles Leclerc.
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12:39 p.m
Russell on the Outlap
While Lewis Hamilton is still working on the car, George Russell can now steer his car onto the track and collect data for Mercedes.
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12:39 p.m
Max Verstappen’s new best lap
Max Verstappen ensures a change at the top. The Dutchman started training on a used soft and clocked a 1:09.067.
8th.
12:38 p.m
Happy tire swapping at Aston Martin
At Aston Martin, meanwhile, the happy tire swapping continues. After soft and medium were started, both riders are now on the hardest compound. Both Vettel and Stroll have not set a time yet.
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12:37 p.m
New best lap by Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc turns the Ferrari duel back in his favor. 1:09.620 comes from him.
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12:36
New best lap by Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz beats his teammate’s time with a 1:09.833 He is also currently on a used medium set. Mick Schumacher is fifth. At one time seven of the 20 pilots drove.
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12:35 p.m
New best lap by Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc sets a new best lap time with a 1:10.353. It is currently on a used media set.
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12:34
Vettel switched to medium
After Vettel had hit the soft, the German was in the pits and switched to a fresh medium. Lance Stroll has also swapped soft for medium.
3.
12:33 p.m
First lap times set
The first lap times are set. But they are still a long way from what was driven on Friday. Norris delivered a 1:11.410. There won’t be a big hunt for times anyway. The focus is on the long runs after qualifying is already history.
2.
12:31
Working at Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton is currently working on the car. After his accident in qualifying, the Brit is due to change chassis. He’s exempt from punishment. The gearbox is changed at George Russell. No punishment is to be expected there either.
1.
12:30 p.m
Fresh tires at Aston Martin
At Aston Martin, on the other hand, there are fresh tires at the start of practice. Sure, they dropped out early in qualifying yesterday and have spare tires.
1.
12:30 p.m
Start 2nd training
The traffic lights are green, the start of the 2nd training session in Spielberg has taken place. The first vehicles are already on the route. So far all on used media.
12:24
The conditions
There are a few darker clouds in the sky, but no rain is expected. The air temperature is 19 degrees, the track temperature is 31 degrees.
12:18
Aston Martin in no man’s land
It was a used day for the Aston Martin team. As in the previous weeks, it seemed like the squad just couldn’t manage to get the best setup on the car for qualifying. Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel then had no chance and were eliminated in Q1. There were no more than 17th and 20th places for the sprint line-up.
12:08 p.m
Light and shadow at Mercedes
Mercedes should look to Friday with mixed feelings. The team had visibly made a leap forward in practice and qualifying, but threw away better starting positions due to mistakes and accidents in Q3. Hamilton even needed a replacement chassis. So the Mercedes is fast but still seems difficult to control.
12:00 p.m
Qualifying already driven
Due to the sprint weekend, the drivers had to qualify yesterday, according to the rules, not much can be changed in practice today and the practice should be used primarily for long runs. In qualifying, Max Verstappen narrowly beat Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari. But Haas was also surprisingly strong on one lap.
Warm welcome!
Hello and welcome to the 2nd practice of Formula 1 in Spielberg. At 12:30 p.m. the drivers and teams have 60 minutes of practice time.