Antonelli tops FP1 ahead of Russell as Mercedes make strong start in Austria

[p]McLaren's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/piastri-oscar/MqKAIeUf/"]Oscar Piastri[/a] set the third-quickest time, 0.117 slower than 19-year-old ‌Italian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/antonelli-andrea-kimi/ptGu0mT1/"]Antonelli[/a] and ahead of Red Bull's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verstappen-max/UV3mgeXB/"]Max Verstappen[/a] (+0.281) ‌and Ferrari's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hamilton-lewis/tI5Vpe1h/"]Lewis Hamilton[/a] (+0.665).[/p][p]Racing Bulls' rookie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindblad-arvid/bgk1rl5a/"]Arvid Lindblad[/a] was sixth, with ‌McLaren's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/norris-lando/WSVABbVF/"]Lando Norris[/a] seventh.[/p][embed guid="d0564c1e-e24d-4c68-805d-47c32dedee0d" url="https://x.com/F1/status/2070489901536006286" social-type="twitter" /][p]Red Bull, at their home circuit, had a difficult start with ​Verstappen suffering issues with his upgraded car while teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hadjar-isack/8SAk38Ui/"]Isack Hadjar[/a]'s car needed a hurried engine change ​and he missed the first 35 minutes.[/p][p]Four-time world champion Verstappen complained that "the whole car is shaking under braking".[/p][p]"At first ⁠we had an engine ​issue on Isack's car before the beginning of the session, so we had to do a very late call to change his engine," said team boss Laurent Mekies.[/p][p]"And then on ‌Max, we also had a troubled start with a couple of software issues that got us stuck in the garage."[/p][p]McLaren also had reigning world champion Norris in the garage for the first 45 minutes as they wrestled with a hydraulics problem while Piastri complained about his car's brakes.[/p][p]Ferrari had F2 driver [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beganovic-dino/b1mNOXEK/"]Dino Beganovic[/a] in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leclerc-charles/KlCOSRub/"]Charles Leclerc[/a]'s car for the session, clocking the ninth-best time, with the ‌Monegasque returning for the later hour.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/perez-sergio/foV8RteD/"]Sergio Perez[/a]'s Cadillac brought out ​red flags with just over a minute remaining after ‌the Mexican stopped on the uphill climb, with the session then ended prematurely and no drivers able to do any practice starts.[/p][p]Japanese driver [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hirakawa-ryo/nwwvHULP/"]Ryo Hirakawa[/a] replaced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ocon-esteban/nZKY1D4O/"]Esteban Ocon[/a] at Haas for the session and knocked over ⁠one of the team ⁠mechanics when he overshot ‌his pit box, fortunately without injury.[/p]