Motor racing-Sainz leads Ferrari one-two in final Austrian practice | The Mighty 790 KFGO

(Reuters) – Formulation One’s latest winner Carlos Sainz led Ferrari group mate Charles Leclerc 1-two in remaining apply for the Austrian Grand Prix, forward of Saturday’s dash race.

The Spaniard, 3rd on the grid for the 24-lap race driving Purple Bull’s pole-sitting down championship chief Max Verstappen and Leclerc, lapped the scenic Red Bull Ring in 1 minute 08.610 seconds.

Leclerc was .050 slower with Verstappen .168 powering.

Renault-owned Alpine’s Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, who remaining the pits only in the second 50 % of the hour-extended session, were an amazing fourth and fifth ahead of Sergio Perez in sixth.

The Mexican, Verstappen’s crew mate, will start off the dash from 13th put following currently being demoted for exceeding track restrictions in qualifying.

Mercedes had been again in action right after Lewis Hamilton and George Russell crashed in the remaining phase of Friday’s qualifying, with the workforce carrying out in depth repairs.

Russell, who emerged from the pits a minor in excess of 10 minutes into the session, was seventh fastest. Hamilton, who switched to a spare chassis, was on monitor with 13 minutes to go and did 14 laps with the ninth speediest time.

Russell is set to commence the sprint from fourth with his 7-occasions planet champion workforce mate ninth.

Verstappen leads the standings by 34 details from Perez and is 43 obvious of third-positioned Leclerc. The Austrian Grand Prix marks the midway level of the 22-race time.

The Dutch 24-12 months-aged, bidding to return Pink Bull to the major of the podium after Sainz ended their 6-race winning streak with his initially win very last Sunday at Silverstone, gained each races at the initial dash event of the season in Imola.

The format built its debut last calendar year, with qualifying on Friday choosing the grid for a shorter 100km race on Saturday that also features details.

The results on Saturday then set the starting off order for Sunday’s grand prix.

(Reporting by Abhishek Takle, enhancing by Clare Fallon)