Check driver statements after Friday of the 2025 Austrian GP F1
The first day of activities Formula 1 no Austrian GP , 11th stage of the 2025 season, ended with the McLaren at the top again. After losing the TL1 to give place to Alexander Dunne , novice from Woking's base, Lando Norris craved 1min04s580 on the stopwatch to overcome Oscar Piastri by 0s157 in TL2 pull the 1-2 papaya.
Max Verstappen showed up again in the main fight and completed the top-3 with the Red Bull . The fourth place was taken by a surprising Lance Stroll , da Aston Martin , enquanto Charles Leclerc — who also was left out of the first activity, but to make way for Dino Beganovic — put it there Ferrari in the top five.
George Russell , Yuki Tsunoda , Gabriel Bortoleto — who ranked in the top-10 in both sessions —, Fernando Alonso e Lewis Hamilton They will close the first page. Third place. Canadian GP , Andrea Kimi Antonelli suffered with the W16 and ended up in 11th.
Franco Colapinto disappointed once again with the Alpine He finished in the last position, almost 0.6 seconds behind. Pierre Gasly , team mate and 14th in today's activities" Red Bull Ring .
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Check the pilots' statements:
Lando Norris, first: Norris sees McLaren "on the right path" in Austria, but fears Verstappen's approach
Oscar Piastri, second: Piastri praises McLaren's "very good pace" in Austria, but warns: "Verstappen is close"
Max Verstappen, third: Verstappen evaluates "quiet" Friday in Austria, but laments: "Car is pushing wide"
Lance Stroll, fourth: Stroll rates "good car" in Austria, but says: "It's still too early to say where we stand."
Charles Leclerc, fifth: Leclerc criticizes Ferrari for lack of qualifying pace in Austria: "I'm not satisfied"
George Russell, sixth: Russell sees Mercedes with "real pace for top-5" in qualifying for the Austrian GP
Yuki Tsunoda, seventh: Tsunoda sees "good approach" from Red Bull in Austria and admits: "I am gaining confidence"
Gabriel Bortoleto, eighth: Bortoleto praises "great work" from Sauber and hopes for "fighting for Q3" in Austria
Fernando Alonso, ninth: Alonso says the car "didn't seem good" in FP2, but hopes to be "competitive" in Austria
Lewis Hamilton, tenth: Hamilton says "frustrating" gearbox issue in Austria FP1 affected race simulation
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, 11th: Antonelli praises race pace and admits "mistakes here and there" in quick laps in Austria
Liam Lawson, 12th: The grid will be very close this weekend — it’s a very short lap here, which leads to very tight times, and given the closeness of the grid throughout the season, qualifying is going to be extremely competitive. Our car is in a reasonable position, but like the others, we are still looking for improvements. For now, we are within a more than adequate window and we have time to find more speed. Traffic in Q1 will be a challenge, so managing tire temperature and start procedure will be crucial. We need to work as best as possible, and hopefully this will translate into good results.
Isack Hadjar, 13th: The first and second free practice sessions were quite similar. I felt a bit more comfortable during FP2, but here at the Red Bull Ring, all margins on the track are extremely tight. With just a few hundredths of a second more, you can gain more than one position. It won't be easy to reach Q3 tomorrow — it seems the Aston Martins are faster than us at the moment — but obviously, it will be important to find the key to everything and give 100% to try and improve.
Pierre Gasly, 14th: It was a day of highs and lows for us, and we definitely have some improvements to find. Every Friday we comment on how tight the time table is, and in a short turnaround like this one, it becomes even more evident. The difference between 0s1 or 0s2 seems to be the gap between six or seven positions, so this shows how important it is to get the lap right and maximize every detail. Overall, I was quite satisfied with my laps in FP1 and FP2. We have some things to adjust overnight, and it was good to evaluate what works and what doesn’t. We suffered some damage to the floor during FP2. I was having trouble driving towards the end of the session, and now we know why. We’ll see what we can improve before tomorrow.
Esteban Ocon, 15th: Today was just practice — we'll see tomorrow — and usually our race pace is better than our qualifying pace. Everything is going in the right direction, we are improving the car step by step, which is the most important thing, and I feel we gained a reasonable performance from FP1 to FP2. We need to take another step tomorrow, as the pack is extremely close from start to finish, and it will be even closer here because there are only ten corners.
Alexander Albon, 16th: Yes, we are also a bit confused. The feeling on the track isn't terrible, but it's also not fantastic. We need to understand the change in wind. We know that we don't like certain winds, which may have affected us unfavorably. Additionally, we are still good with the harder compounds. It seems that when we put on the soft tires, we lose performance. We need to understand why. We will need to experiment a bit in TL3, and we always manage to recover to some extent. The track should be much warmer tomorrow, which kind of resets everything anyway. For tomorrow, I am confident that if we can get the tire to work, we will have the car and we have the race pace, so let's see.
Carlos Sainz, 17th: Overall, I think our performance was encouraging, despite the times after the TL2. We clearly had some issues closing a good lap with the soft tire, but with the medium and hard tires I felt very competitive on track. Compared to other teams, we are having difficulty maintaining grip throughout the lap with the soft tire. We will analyze this closely tonight. Our race pace seems good, so let's try to find answers for the softer compound and improve over the weekend.
Oliver Bearman, 18th: It was a somewhat difficult day, lacking rhythm. Everyone is very close on a track like this, with a very short lap, so we definitely have work to do tonight. From my part, I really wasn't driving as I should, so I also have a bit to improve. Our performance at high speed was a little below, so that's the main point we want to improve for tomorrow. It's not yet cause for alarm, since our recent trend has been to improve from Friday to Saturday, and we took a step forward from FP1, so I hope that continues.
Nico Hülkenberg, 19th: Hülkenberg disagrees with Bortoleto and says that updates "did not pay off" in Austria
Franco Colapinto, 20th: Colapinto calls for Alpine to improve qualifying pace in Austria: "Details matter"
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