
Mercedes also in the second fastest
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.