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McLaren's Lando Norris set the pace on Friday ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix.

McLaren enjoyed a strong start to the Austrian Grand Prix weekend after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri set the pace during Friday’s second practice session.

Max Verstappen has explained what it was like to work with a different race engineer instead of Gianpiero Lambiase during the opening day of action at the Austrian Grand Prix, a day in which the Dutchman ended up in P3 on the timesheets.

Alex Dunne has hailed his Formula 1 practice debut as "something pretty special" after finishing only fractionally slower than the sister McLaren of Oscar Piastri ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix.

Lando Norris led McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri at the top of the times in the second practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix.

Toto Wolff has insisted that “everything is normal” in terms of George Russell’s contract discussions, though the Mercedes boss also admitted that some talks “you just need to have” amid Russell’s suggestion that the squad are having “conversations” with Max Verstappen.

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Jonathan WHEATLEY (Kick Sauber), Laurent MEKIES (Racing Bulls)

McLaren driver Lando Norris topped the timesheets during Friday afternoon’s second practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix, leading the way from team mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull rival Max Verstappen.

Nikola Tsolov was at his dominant best as the Campos Racing driver took a second pole position of the season, thanks to a scintillating performance in Spielberg.

Live coverage of the second Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.

George Russell set the pace in the opening practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver less than one-tenth ahead of Max Verstappen.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen will be guided by a different race engineer at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, with Gianpiero Lambiase unavailable.

George Russell has topped the timesheets during Friday’s opening practice session ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver continuing his run of good form as he led the way from Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.

Live coverage of the first Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.

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Lando Norris has complained previously that he could not feel the front of the McLaren in the same way he could with last year’s machine, as the team seek to help him.

McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris look set to continue their title battle this weekend in Austria, despite collision last time out in Canada

Formula 1 heads back to Europe this weekend as the paddock sets up at the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix, with the race for the world title showing no signs of slowing down...

Lewis Hamilton says that he is "grateful" for his current struggles at Ferrari in order to build a solid foundation with the team, and that "there are a lot of changes that need to be made that we're working towards".