Sebastian Vettel and
Charles Leclerc swapped top place in a one-two for each practice session, with
Lewis Hamilton closely behind. But will this be the story going into the rest of the weekend?
Air and track temperatures were high on Friday and Mercedes struggled to cope with those in Austria. But the weather is meant to cool off for Saturday with some potential rain forecast which could shake things up a bit during practice and qualifying tomorrow.
If Ferrari can maintain their pace from today, then they look to be on for a front row lock out this time tomorrow. However, we all know how Mercedes can somehow just pull one out of the bag and should rain come down Hamilton will be a clear favourite.
While various
Red Bull mechanics repair
Pierre Gasly’s pretty damaged car
Max Verstappen wasn’t too far off Mercedes and Ferrari but said himself that the pace wasn’t there to challenge them. Meaning Red Bull could be stuck between the frontrunners and the midfield.
Could this be a turning point for
Haas? The team had a shocker of a race at Silverstone where both drivers crashed into each other, leaving them with punctures. But
Romain Grosjean ended both practice session in the top 10, finishing best of the rest in FP2.
Kevin Magnussen wasn’t as quick, but we could see both cars in, if not fighting for, Q3 tomorrow.
The Midfield seem to be getting closer and closer to each other, especially between
McLaren and
Renault. No doubt that will also translate into both sessions tomorrow and for the race on Sunday. Fingers crossed to see those battles.
Weather dependant the rest of the weekend could be very interesting! But how do you think the weekend will play out? Let us know in the comments below.