F1: Gp Austria, Russell First in the Free Wet From the Rain

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Verstappen 2nd. The young Beganovic 18th with Ferrari (ANSA)

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This Friday's free practice sessions allowed Mercedes F1 to work on a program loaded with the three types of tires, in order to better understand the general balance before the weekend. During the EL1, the team focused on learning the track behaviour of C3 Dur and C5 Tendre compounds. C4 Medium and C5 Tendre compounds were then used in EL2. Russell achieved the best time in EL1 before falling to sixth place in the EL2. "We had to (...)

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The British Mercedes scored the best time of the Austrian GP EL1 this Friday, ahead of Max Verstappen's Red Bull and Oscar Piastri's McLaren. Pierre Gasly placed fifth, Isack Hadjar in the tenth, while Esteban Ocon is more in the back with his Haas.

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George Russell signed the best time of the first free practice session in Austria ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri. It was first a complicated start to the session for Ferrari since Lewis Hamilton was the victim of a gearbox problem. On the other side of the garage, Dino Beganovic, who was replacing Charles Leclerc, was also blocked in the box with a flat background change. In the end, Hamilton ranked only ninth in EL1, far ahead of Beg…