{"id":202634,"date":"2026-06-26T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/06\/26\/antonelli-leads-russell-in-austrian-first-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:00:21","slug":"antonelli-leads-russell-in-austrian-first-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/06\/26\/antonelli-leads-russell-in-austrian-first-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonelli leads Russell in Austrian first practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Kimi Antonelli led George Russell in a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the Austrian Grand Prix.<\/b><\/p>\n<p >The Italian headed Russell by just 0.04 seconds and Oscar Piastri&#8217;s McLaren was just 0.117secs off the pace in third. Team-mate Lando Norris was seventh fastest after missing three-quarters of the session with a hydraulics problem.<\/p>\n<p >Max Verstappen, running a major aerodynamic upgrade on the Red Bull, was fourth, 0.281secs behind Antonelli.<\/p>\n<p >Lewis Hamilton, winner of the last race in Spain and with an engine upgrade in his Ferrari, was 0.665secs off the pace. The seven-time champion did not sound happy with his car in the brief radio transmission that was broadcast.<\/p>\n<p >Briton Arvid Lindblad was sixth for Racing Bulls, and behind Norris Alpine&#8217;s Franco Colapinto was eighth, ahead of Swede Dino Beganovic in Charles Leclerc&#8217;s Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p >Briton Oliver Bearman completed the top 10 in the Haas.<\/p>\n<p >The weekend is a potentially important one for Ferrari in terms of proving whether they can continue their challenge to Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p >The team have been careful to say that the engine upgrade introduced in Austria is not enough to close the gap to the Mercedes on power.<\/p>\n<p >But the question is whether, in tandem with the aerodynamic development introduced in Spain, it is sufficient to allow them to compete with Mercedes on a power-sensitive circuit such as this, on which they have not yet been competitive this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimi Antonelli led George Russell in a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the Austrian Grand Prix. The Italian headed Russell by just 0.04 seconds and Oscar Piastri&#8217;s McLaren was just 0.117secs off the pace in third. Team-mate Lando Norris was seventh fastest after missing three-quarters of the session with a hydraulics problem. 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