Valtteri Bottas starts Spanish GP weekend on top of the timesheets
Valtteri Bottas led group mate and Formula One championship chief Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two in first observe for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday.
The Finn, who dropped to 3rd total within the standings after final Sunday`s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, clocked a finest time of 1 minute 16.785 seconds on a scorching morning on the Circuit de Catalunya.
The Finn additionally reported hitting a flying chook through the session.
Six occasions world champion Hamilton was 0.039 slower with Red Bull`s Max Verstappen — now second total after profitable at Silverstone to finish Mercedes` opening run of success — third quickest however 0.939 off the Finn`s tempo.
Hamilton, who has a 30-point lead over Verstappen, has gained the final three Spanish Grands Prix and goes for his fourth win in six races this season on Sunday.
Ferrari`s Charles Leclerc was fourth quickest, 1.185 slower than Bottas, with German group mate Sebastian Vettel fifth and solely 0.011 off the Monegasque`s tempo.
Vettel has a brand new chassis for the race after Ferrari discovered a crack within the one he had used final weekend.
Haas`s Romain Grosjean, whose automobile additionally has a Ferrari engine, was a shock sixth quickest forward of Racing Point`s returning Mexican Sergio Perez, who missed two races as a result of testing positive for COVID-19.
Perez was utilizing the slower medium tyres relatively than the faster softs utilized by these forward of him, nonetheless.
Briton George Russell sat out the session, handing his automobile to Israeli improvement driver Roy Nissany who was the slowest driver on monitor.
Nissany lapped 3.879 seconds slower than Bottas however solely 0.Three adrift of Williams` Canadian Nicholas Latifi.
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