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Spanish Grand-Prix Free Practice 1 classification- Bottas ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton


Spanish Grand-Prix Free Practice 1 classification- Bottas ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton

07.05.2021: FORMULA 1 round 4
Aramco Gran Premio de Espana
Circuit Barcelona Catalunya
7-9 May 2021
Friday, May 7th 2021

Round 4 of 23 comes from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain

Once again it looks like Mercedes and Red Bull will be

FORMULA 1 round 4
Aramco Gran Premio de Espana
Circuit Barcelona Catalunya
7-9 May 2021
Friday, May 7th 2021

    Round 4 of 23 comes from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain

    Once again it looks like Mercedes and Red Bull will be going head to head at the front of the field

    Fernando Alonso has given himself ‘five out of ten’ so far ahead of his home race

    Lewis Hamilton has been awarded a special Laureus prize for his fight against racism


Spanish Grand-Prix Free Practice 1 classification- Bottas ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton

1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:18.504 4

2 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.033 3

3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.123 4

4 Lando Norris McLaren +0.440 6

5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.492 4

6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari +0.516 5

7 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +0.558 4

8 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +0.730 4

9 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.845 4

10 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.925 3

11 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +1.165 5

12 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing +1.190 4

13 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +1.228 6

14 Fernando Alonso Alpine +1.446 4

15 Esteban Ocon Alpine +1.452 3

16 Nicholas Latifi Williams +1.766 4

17 Roy Nissany Williams +2.196 3

18 Mick Schumacher Haas F1 Team +2.262 3

19 Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo Racing +3.383 4

20 Nikita Mazepin Haas F1 Team +3.472 3

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