Mercedes himself was astonished after the first free practice in which Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton came no further than ninth and fifteenth respectively. Red Bull Racing responded to this on social media by sending a tweet to the German race team. The Milton Keynes-based formation informed Mercedes that VT1 went 'pretty good'. Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon managed to seize first and second place. It's the first time this season that Red Bull Racing has managed to do so in any session. At Mercedes they won't lie awake from the poor morning results. The track conditions were bad so there wasn't much to achieve. Hamilton only came out in the last twenty minutes to cover a few...
Full Story »