Last update on. From the section Formula 1Second practice will be live on 5 Live Sports Extra at 14:00 BST and on the BBC Sport websiteRed Bull's Max Vertappen was the fastest in the Austrian Grand Prix's first practice, while Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes came in seventh.In a session that was not representative of the Pirelli teams, Verstappen finished 0.266 seconds faster than Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was third, ahead of Valtteri Bottas from Mercedes and Yuki Tsunoda from Alpha Tauri.Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen, was sixth fastest ahead Hamilton.After the high-speed crashes suffered by Verstappen's Lance Stroll and Aston Martins Lance Stroll at last month's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the Pirelli rear tire has a new construction.Each driver must complete at least 12 laps with the new tyre over the course of Friday's sessions. Pirelli will then analyze the data and, if satisfied, will introduce the new tyre at the British Grand Prix.Verstappen won the Styrian Grand Prix at the same track last weekend and said that he felt immediately at ease with Red Bull after his first run on Friday morning.Mercedes spent three days trying to figure out what they could do to improve their car's performance to be more competitive in this weekend's race.Although the weather is cooler this weekend, Pirelli has provided a softer tyre selection with three of its softest compounds for the second race.The top 10 were completed by Hamilton, Red Bull's Sergio Perez from Red Bull, Alpha Tauri's Pierre Gasly, McLaren's Lando Norris and McLaren.Three cars had reserve drivers: Chinese Guanyu Zhou placed 14th in Alpine, Briton Callum Ilott was 16th in Alfa Romeo, and Roy Nissany was 18th in Williams.Aston Martin's Lance Stroll experienced a few high-speed spins at Turn Six and the last corner, but no crashes during the hour-long session.
