Max Verstappen continued to show his dominance at the Red Bull Ring as he topped the timing sheets during FP1 for the Austrian Grand Prix. Fresh off his fourth win of the season at the Styrian Grand Prix, Verstappen finished more than two and a half tenths clear of Charles Leclerc in second after setting a best lap time of 1.05.143, with the Monegasque just edging teammate Carlos Sainz into third. Mercedes, who suffered one of their worst defeats of the turbo-hybrid era last time out, did not have the ideal start to the weekend, with Valtteri Bottas fourth and Lewis Hamilton back in seventh. The presence of Pirelli test tyres perhaps hid the true pace order, but the early signs are that...
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