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Spielberg (Austria) (AFP) – Lewis Hamilton on Friday thanked his Mercedes team after leading Valtteri Bottas twice during a brace at the Grand Prix of Austria
. The Finnish teammate was the fastest during both test sessions on the debut of his improved aerodynamic package just a week after introducing a revised engine.
"It was a good day – no problem." Sebastian Vettel, the closest to Ferrari, won 14 points in the title race
"There are not many turns here in Austria, it's a very fast track and very close to all the tires. seems to be the best for me. And it's really great to see the updates here – the guys from the factory have worked so hard to bring quality components.
"The car feels better in certain areas of the track which is already a step forward.I feel good overall and I will continue to push, trying to get the best out of it. party. "
Five days after his triumph at the Grand Prix de France last Sunday at Le Castellet, the 33-year-old scored the best result The lap time is one minute and 4.579 seconds in the second Afternoon session on the Red Bull Ring circuit
was 0.176 seconds faster than Bottas and 0.236 seconds faster than fellow Vettel.
Bottas also congratulated Mercedes, who has won all races in Austria since she joined the calendar in 2014.
"The initial feeling is that they work well, l" Team did a very good job – Every person on the team worked very hard on them. "
Vettel, who has not yet passed the times in a session on Friday this year, has said: "It's pretty close.I think Mercedes had the advantage today, they seemed very fast in all conditions, but I think it was a difficult Friday. "We did a lot of tricks, which was good, and we should be well prepared for tomorrow.
Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who turns 29 on Sunday, was fourth ahead of Max Verstappen, his Red Bull teammate, and Kimi Raikkonen sixth in the second Ferrari.
Verstappen revealed that he had finished the session. "
" Something broke inside the floor, so during my second test session I had to run with a slightly cut floor, let's say like that.
it was an old floor. We will have a new one tomorrow, but we were a bit limited by that. "
Frenchman Romain Grosjean was seventh ahead of Haas team-mate Kevin Magnussen, Pierre Gasly of Toro Rosso and Stoffel Vandoorne, Fernando Alonso, two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota two weekends ago, was 19th of the second McLaren
The session was interrupted by a red flag – four minutes – when Gasly ran on the curbs of the "sausage" at the last corner of the small power-driven circuit.
"J & # 39 broke the suspension on the vibrators, "he said.
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