Bottas initially in the lead in Barcelona - Hamilton faster than Vettel

Barcelona (SID) At the start of the Race of Truth in Spain, Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas (Finland) initially left behind World Cup favorites Lewis Hamilton in the second Silver Arrow and Ferrari star Sebastian Vettel in free training. Bottas set the fastest lap in the morning's first training session in 1:18:148 minutes, followed by World Championship leader Hamilton (1:18:259/Great Britain). Vettel (1:18:585), who is aiming for his 50th Grand Prix victory in Barcelona, had to settle for fifth place. Vettel described the training as "okay", the biggest problem was the tires newly produced for Barcelona: "There's a bit of slipping, but that was the case for many people." The Red Bull duo Daniel Ricciardo (1:18:392) and Max Verstappen (1:18:533) were faster than the Heppenheimer. Nico Hülkenberg from Emmerich (1:20:183) only ended up in 13th place in the Renault. Hamilton leads the World Cup standings by four points over Vettel, who had a lot of bad luck after his two victories at the start in China and Baku. So far, Ferrari has had the most powerful car in the still young season. Spain is now seen as the benchmark for the rest of the year. In Formula 1 they say: Whoever is fast on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is also fast in the rest of the world. The appearance of Williams replacement driver Robert Kubica in the morning was followed with a lot of interest. The highly gifted Pole still has severely limited mobility in his right hand after a rally accident in 2011. On Friday he was in action at a Grand Prix weekend for the first time since 2010. Kubica was still a little faster than regular driver Sergej Sirotkin.

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Bottas initially in the lead in Barcelona - Hamilton faster than Vettel

Mercedes surprisingly dominated the first free practice session for the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Spain.

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