REPORT: Max Verstappen tops AustralianGP F1 practice, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, but spins during an incident-packed – and twice red-flagged – session 😲 Here's what happened 👇
, who rounded out the top 10 in the second Aston. Stroll was the only other leading car runner to set their personal best on the mediums.
Although he led the way, Verstappen’s session was not smooth, as he regularly missed the Turn 1 apex and at one point had to catch a big oversteer snap going through the quickly following Turn 2. In the closing stages, he climbed too far over the Turn 4 exit kerbs, while pushing on well-used softs, and spun off sideways – at the same spot wherecrashed his Aston in the 2022 race here last year after making a similar mistake.
Just past the halfway point, the session was suspended when the GPS system used by the F1 organisation, the FIA and the teams went down. Several drivers had near misses due to their squads being unable to inform them of other cars approaching with big speed differences.
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