F1 results: Spanish Grand Prix, who was fastest in practice?

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The Mercedes duo were almost a second clear of their rivals in the opening 90-minute session, with Bottas lapping in 1m16.785s, 0.039s quicker than points leader Hamilton. 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen was third fastest for Red Bull, 0.939s slower than Bottas.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel were next up in FP1, with the latter seemingly much happier with his new SF1000 chassis after his recent struggles. Romain Grosjean was a surprise sixth fastest for Haas, ahead of the returning Sergio Perez (Racing Point) – who is now Covid-negative.

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In the second session, held in warmer weather conditions, Hamilton set the pace with a time of 1m16.883s, a tenth away from what Bottas achieved earlier but 0.287s faster than the Finn in this period.

Verstappen was again third fastest, 0.821s off the pace, with Daniel Riccardo fourth quickest for Renault and also within a second of the Mercs. Grosjean was again rapid, fifth fastest ahead of Leclerc in FP2.

F1 Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 1 results

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	33	1'16.785			218.245
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	29	1'16.824	0.039	0.039	218.134
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Honda	26	1'17.724	0.939	0.900	215.609
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari	27	1'17.970	1.185	0.246	214.928
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	27	1'17.981	1.196	0.011	214.898
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	29	1'18.291	1.506	0.310	214.047
7	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	Mercedes	31	1'18.471	1.686	0.180	213.556
8	Alex Albon	Red Bull	Honda	27	1'18.606	1.821	0.135	213.189
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Ferrari	28	1'18.620	1.835	0.014	213.151
10	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	Mercedes	31	1'18.643	1.858	0.023	213.089
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	Renault	33	1'18.733	1.948	0.090	212.845
12	Esteban Ocon	Renault	Renault	31	1'18.736	1.951	0.003	212.837
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	Renault	32	1'18.744	1.959	0.008	212.816
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Honda	26	1'18.888	2.103	0.144	212.427
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	24	1'18.917	2.132	0.029	212.349
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	24	1'18.981	2.196	0.064	212.177
17	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	Honda	21	1'19.145	2.360	0.164	211.737
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	Renault	31	1'19.230	2.445	0.085	211.510
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Mercedes	30	1'20.334	3.549	1.104	208.604
20	Roy Nissany	Williams	Mercedes	25	1'20.664	3.879	0.330	207.750
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F1 Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 2 results

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	37	1'16.883			217.967
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	38	1'17.170	0.287	0.287	217.156
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Honda	33	1'17.704	0.821	0.534	215.664
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	Renault	34	1'17.868	0.985	0.164	215.210
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	29	1'18.133	1.250	0.265	214.480
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari	35	1'18.147	1.264	0.014	214.442
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	Renault	33	1'18.214	1.331	0.067	214.258
8	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	Mercedes	39	1'18.293	1.410	0.079	214.042
9	Esteban Ocon	Renault	Renault	40	1'18.303	1.420	0.010	214.014
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Honda	40	1'18.312	1.429	0.009	213.990
11	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	Mercedes	39	1'18.357	1.474	0.045	213.867
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	36	1'18.404	1.521	0.047	213.739
13	Alex Albon	Red Bull	Honda	35	1'18.491	1.608	0.087	213.502
14	Lando Norris	McLaren	Renault	38	1'18.506	1.623	0.015	213.461
15	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	Honda	39	1'18.642	1.759	0.136	213.092
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Ferrari	36	1'18.761	1.878	0.119	212.770
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	42	1'18.900	2.017	0.139	212.395
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	40	1'18.964	2.081	0.064	212.223
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Mercedes	32	1'19.155	2.272	0.191	211.711
20	George Russell	Williams	Mercedes	38	1'19.391	2.508	0.236	211.081
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