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GP OF SPAIN, FP1: The first training session of BARCELONA was won by BOTTAS

Valtteri Bottas was the fastest in today's first free practice of the Spanish GP in Barcelona, ​​three hundredths of a second behind Max Verstappen, and third Lewis Hamilton was a good tenth behind his teammate.

Valtteri Bottas drove the fastest lap in the first free practice GP of Spain. The Mercedes racer has achieved time 1: 18.504 minutes, and was closely behind him Max Verstappen, which was only three hundredths of a second behind.

He was third Lewis Hamilton with a good tenth of a second behind. He left a strong impression Ferrari, at Aston Martin however, the improvements are obviously working well as well Hag is getting better and better understood with its AMR21.

result

Bottas took his best time with soft mixture tires, which he also used for his minimum lag Verstappen, who took his fastest time towards the end of training when the track offered better grip. With a good tenth of a second, he placed third Lewis Hamilton, also with a soft mixture.

Max Verstappen was only three hundredths of a second behind Bottas in second place.

The best of "Fury tof the Rest" was Lando Norris with McLarn, who took fourth place with a good four tenths of a second behind. He showed a strong performance Ferrari, because so Charles Leclerc, who was fifth as well Carlos Sainz in sixth place, they achieved their time at medium mixture gum. He won seventh place Pierre Gasly with AlphaTauri, just under two tenths of a second behind the Frenchman Sebastian Vettl with Aston Martin. They round up the top ten Sergio Perez z Red Bullto get in Lance stroll at Aston Martin.

Third Hamilton was a good tenth of a second behind his teammate.

Od eleventh place onwards, the racers were classified as follows: Yuki tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Esteban Ocon (AlpineF1), Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Fernando Alonso (AlpineF1), Nicholas latifi (Williams), Roy nissany (Williams), Mick Schumacher (Challenge), Robert Kubica (Alfa Romeo) and Nikita mazepin (Haas).

Incidents

After the bad ones five minutes training we have already witnessed yellow flags because Nikita mazepin lost the rear of his race car at the exit of turn seven. The Russian slipped in sand barrier, where he stopped, but managed to drive back into the track with reverse gear. You're in the same place Verstappen damaged the front wings. The Dutchman drove a little less gently over the curb. His teammate Laziness they were quickly informed of the danger in this turn. Aston Martin, however, did not inform Vettel, which lost part of its front wing when driving over the curb.

Apparently, Aston Martin’s improvements have made progress as Vettel feels better and better in its AMR21.

Good ones 15 minutes before the end training, and the interruption he blamed Robert Kubica. A Pole who played in the first free practice instead Chemistry Raikkonen, drove into the processed turn 10 at too high a speed, spun and landed in the sand, where he literally dug. After eight minutes, training was relaxed again.

Redesigned 10th bend

Except for the trip Cubes in the sand, but in that processed turn 10, which received many concerns, was not worth mentioning. The track became with this conversion 20 meters longer, which is why the turn is now faster. However, this conversion did not have much effect on lap times. Last year, the racers were in their first practice around two seconds faster. That’s probably the time race cars lost this year due to aerodynamic changes and new tires.

After five minutes of training, Nikita Mazepin was already in his element of rotation. He later proved to be an obstacle on the track, namely Charles Leclerc, who said that this would never change.

Technology

Barcelona is still a paradise for engineers, though large improvement packages belong to the past. Hag he could look forward to the improvement he made in Portimão had his teammate Stroll. In the team McLaren however, they tested improvements on the front wing and bottom of the car, Red Bull however, he brought new brake air channels to Catalonia. Even at AlpineF1 have brought minor improvements.

A good 15 minutes before the end of training, Robert Kubica took care of the break.

New racer

In addition Cubes he also performed in his first free practice Roy nissany, who replaced at Williams George Russell. The Israeli finished training on 17. place, after colleague Latifi. A Pole Kubica however, after his trip to the sand training ended on penultimate place.  

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