VIDEO | Crash festival in Spielberg training

The rear of last year's winner Verstappen's Red Bull was demolished, while the front wheels of Bottas' Mercedes were just dangling. “What did they have for breakfast,” wrote Formula 1 on its homepage.

The Bottas crash:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IG_NJq2mbY

The Verstappen crash:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUJgAfqcCpk

With track temperatures of over 50 degrees and increasing wind in Styria, the second free practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday afternoon racing time suddenly turned into a risky ride. Verstappen was hit first, and Bottas lost control of his car immediately after the route was opened. Vettel promptly asked via radio: “Is he okay?” Vettel can prevent crash After another interruption and the renewed clearance, Vettel veered off course in his Ferrari. The four-time world champion from Germany was at least able to avoid an impact and spared his team an extra shift in 30 degree temperatures. The tires were gone after the slide, and Vettel chugged back into the pits.

The German ultimately only finished eighth in the rankings. In the morning he took second place in the first - accident-free - hour and a half to prepare for the race this Sunday (15.10:0,144 p.m.). Vettel was only XNUMX seconds slower than defending champion Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes at his best time of the day. “It was a pretty clean day,” Hamilton commented on his training and raved about the corner speeds. But he warned: “Ferrari and Red Bull are quite fast. It will be tight, but I like that.” Leclerc was fastest in the second training session The British dominator was satisfied with fourth place in the afternoon. However, he and Bottas were also on harder surfaces than, for example, Vettel's teammate Charles Leclerc, who was fastest in the second 90 minutes. Second place still went to Bottas, who stated: “Before I took off, I had a pretty good feeling.” Pierre Gasly followed in third place in the second Red Bull.

It was difficult to assess how meaningful the ranking was. However, it became clear that the short course with its ten curves over 4,318 kilometers is full of surprises. Especially since the hot asphalt will really take its toll on the tires during the race.

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VIDEO | Crash festival in Spielberg training

Crash course at the Red Bull Ring: Sebastian Vettel was able to intercept his car at the last moment, Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen crashed their cars into the tire wall in quick succession.

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