Valtteri Bottas topped opening observe for the Spanish Grand Prix with Mercedes’ Finnish driver ending Friday’s morning session 0.033sec faster than the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Championship chief Lewis Hamilton was on the tails of the entrance two with the Briton who’s focusing on his a centesimal pole this weekend 0.123s off his Mercedes teammate. Lando Norris’s brilliant begin to the season continued for McLaren with the fourth quickest time at the Montmelo circuit forward of the 2 Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
Two drivers spun off: Haas’ Russian rookie Nikita Mazepin on his first flying lap, and Robert Kubica, Aston Martin’s reserve driver, halfway via the session prompting a purple flag interuuption as his automotive was retrieved from the gravel.
Hamilton leads the drivers standings by eight factors from Verstappen forward of this fourth spherical of the championship.
The vehicles can be again out on the observe for second observe beginning at 1300GMT.
Spanish Grand Prix first observe occasions:
Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 1min 18.504sec (25 laps), Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull-Honda) 1:18.537 (19), Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1:18.627 (22), Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) 1:18.944 (24), Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 1:18.996 (25), Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Ferrari) 1:19.020 (22), Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri-Honda) 1:19.062 (26), Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 1:19.234 (24), Sergio Pérez (MEX/Red Bull-Honda) 1:19.349 (17), Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 1:19.429 (25), Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri-Honda) 1:19.669 (22), Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault) 1:19.681 (25), Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA/Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 1:19.694 (23), Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes) 1:19.732 (24), Fernando Alonso (ESP/Alpine-Renault) 1:19.950 (25), Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) 1:20.270 (25), Roy Nissany (ISR/Williams-Mercedes) 1:20.700 (23), Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas-Ferrari) 1:20.766 (23), Robert Kubica (POL/Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 1:21.887 (13), Nikita Mazepin (RUS/Haas-Ferrari) 1:21.976 (22)
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