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Training before the sprint: Verstappen beaten by Ferrari duo
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz set the fastest lap in free practice before the sprint race. Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP/dpa
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Carlos Sainz turned the fastest lap on the Red Bull Ring in free practice ahead of the Formula 1 sprint race in Spielberg.
Carlos Sainz turned the fastest lap on the Red Bull Ring in free practice ahead of the Formula 1 sprint race in Spielberg.
The Spanish Silverstone winner relegated his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc to second place by 50 thousandths of a second. Third went to world champion Max Verstappen, who had secured pole position for the sprint race in the Red Bull the day before. Mick Schumacher finished 15th in the Haas, while Sebastian Vettel in the Aston Martin was two places ahead.
Record world champion Lewis Hamilton drove his Mercedes onto the track in the one-hour unit with a long delay one day before the Austrian Grand Prix. Work continued on his Silver Arrow after he and teammate George Russell crashed into the barriers during qualifying on Friday.
It looked in the garage “as if someone had dropped a Lego car,” said team boss Toto Wolff. Hamilton was ninth in free practice, Russell was seventh.
Verstappen leads the classification with 181 points, teammate Sergio Perez is second with 147 points, Leclerc third with 138 points ahead of Sainz (127).