Mercedes have managed to pick up right where they left-off in preseason testing with a Lewis Hamilton-Valtteri Bottas 1-2 in the first practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday. Leading the way with a time of 1:04.816, Hamilton was 0.356 seconds up on teammate Bottas, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen a further 0.246s back. The class of the running in Barcelona, the Silver Arrows' performance came as no surprise, particularly as it was confirmed that their secret weapon, Dual Axis Steering (DAS), was indeed on the car. At the same time, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner hinted on the Sky Sports F1 that a protest could be incoming, and indeed they might have little choice...
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