Piastri second in FP2, Antonelli tops times in Austria
Antonelli set a 1:07.014 lap and beat Piastri by 0.237 seconds as Mercedes led both Friday practice sessions.
- On Friday, championship leader Kimi Antonelli dominated both practice sessions at the Austrian Grand Prix, clocking a fastest lap of 1:07.014 at the Red Bull Ring.
- With temperatures in the Styrian Alps reaching 49 degrees Celcius, drivers managed the 'heat hazard' while Antonelli held a 41-point lead over Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in the title race.
- Trailing Antonelli by 0.237sec, McLaren's Oscar Piastri finished second, while teammate Lando Norris took third for the team.
- Mercedes driver George Russell ended the final run in sixth, while Hamilton finished fifth, struggling to match Antonelli's pace on the Austrian track.
- Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished fourth while complaining his seat felt 'just crazy,' with his future remaining under scrutiny despite a contract running until 2028.
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Italian Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) was once again the fastest on Friday at the second free practice session of the Austrian Grand Prix, 8th round of the Formula 1 World Championship, at the Red Bull Ring (4,326 km) in Spielberg bei Knittelfeld. ...
Antonelli scores ‘double top’ for Mercedes as Russell warns of McLaren threat
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli competes in a practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg. (EPA Images pic) SPIELBERG: Championship leader Kimi Antonelli swept to a perfect ‘double top’ for Mercedes in Friday’s practice at the Austrian Grand Prix to boost his hopes of extending his lead in the title standings on Sunday. After retiring from the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix two weeks ago, the 19-year-old Italian has a 41-point advan…
After a two-week break, Formula 1 racers are back on the track. This time, the venue for the queen of motorsport is the Spielberg circuit in our northern neighbors, Austria, which is considered the shortest on the Formula 1 calendar. Friday's opening event went to Kimi Antonelli, who won both free practice sessions. In the second, the Italian was closest to the two McLaren drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastra.
The Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) continues to demonstrate why he is the leader of the Formula 1 world championship by marking the best time this Friday in the second free training for the Austrian Grand Prix. At the best of his 31 laps, Antonelli covered, with the soft tire, the 4,318 meters of the stretch track in one minute, seven seconds and fourteen thousandths. He did so leaving behind the McLaren. 237 thousand less than the Aus…
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