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The British driver was .356 seconds ahead of his Mercedes teammate
Valtteri Bottas on the 4.3-kilometer (2.7-mile) Red Bull Ring circuit in
Spielberg nestled at the foot of the Styrian mountains in southern Austria.
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Speilberg, Austria(Agencies): Formula
One world champion Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time on Friday in the
first practice for the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix. The British driver
was .356 seconds ahead of his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas on the
4.3-kilometer (2.7-mile) Red Bull Ring circuit in Spielberg nestled at the foot
of the Styrian mountains in southern Austria.
Red Bull driver Max
Verstappen, who has won the past two races here, was third quickest and .602
behind Hamilton in damp and overcast conditions.
Both Ferrari drivers struggled
for speed, with Charles Leclerc 10th quickest and Sebastian Vettel only 12th.
Ferrari is racing with the same car it used in preseason testing in February
and has not made any upgrades, while Mercedes and other teams have.
There is a second practice
later Friday.
Austria is hosting
back-to-back races as part of an eight-race European swing, after the season
was postponed for four months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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