Mercedes also in the second fastest

Author of the article: , published on June 29, 2018.

Also in the second free practice at the Spielberg racetrack, both Mercedes racers were the fastest. Lewis Hamilton was once again faster than his teammate Valtteri Bottas, the third this time was Sebastian Vettel. Mercedes brought a new aerodynamic package to Austria this weekend, and the racers took the first two places in both of today's free practice sessions. Hamilton set the fastest time of the second free practice 1:04 .579 soon at the beginning of it with the hardest hardness of tires (soft) that Pirelli brought to Austria. Although the Briton continued to use ultrasoft tires he did not improve his best time. Valtteri Bottas was 0.176 seconds behind him in second place. Sebastian Vettel was the closest to the Mercedes racers. The slowest racer of the top three teams this time was Kimi Raikkonen in sixth place. Among the others, Romain Grosjean was also the best this time, together with his teammate Kevin Magnussen in eighth place, confirming the good form of the Haas team. Also in the top ten this time were Pierre Gasly, who caused a red flag due to a trip off the track in the last turn, and Stoffel Vandoorne. Sergey Sirotkin, who left his place to Robert Kubica in the morning, was the XNUMXth totart, and his teammate Lance Stroll last.

pos Racer Chassis Motor Circles Hour The difference
1 united_kingdomLewis Hamilton Mercedes Mercedes 37 1'04.579
2 finland Mercedes Mercedes 42 1'04.755 0.176
3 Germany Ferrari Ferrari 53 1'04.815 0.236
4 australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull TAG 48 1'05.031 0.452
5 netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull TAG 48 1'05.125 0.546
6 finland Ferrari Ferrari 42 1'05.265 0.686
7 France Haas Ferrari 38 1'05.429 0.850
8 denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 41 1'05.559 0.980
9 France Toro Rosso Honda 31 1'05.758 1.179
10 belgium Stoffel vandoorne McLaren Renault 47 1'05.930 1.351
11 Spain Renault Renault 38 1'05.999 1.420
12 Monaco Charles Leclerc Clean Ferrari 30 1'06.096 1.517
13 France Force India Mercedes 43 1'06.133 1.554
14 sweden Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 29 1'06.199 1.620
15 Germany Renault Renault 42 1'06.273 1.694
16 Russia Sergey sirotkin Williams Mercedes 49 1'06.326 1.747
17 new_zealand Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso Honda 55 1'06.332 1.753
18 mexico Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 48 1'06.354 1.775
19 Spain McLaren Renault 33 1'06.429 1.850
20 Canada Lance stroll Williams Mercedes 44 1'06.626 2.047

 


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