F1 Results Today: Max Verstappen faster than Lewis Hamilton as F1 car catches fire

Antonelli, Hamilton, Verstappen — Photo: © IMAGO

F1 Austrian Grand Prix

F1 Results Today: Max Verstappen faster than Lewis Hamilton as F1 car catches fire

All the times from F1 Austrian Grand Prix practice at the Red Bull Ring

Chris Deeley Editor

Experienced sports writer covering F1 and other motorsports since 2023

Friday 26 June 2026 18:08 Updated: 22:32

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Friday afternoon's Austrian Grand Prix FP2 was broadly uneventful outside of some reliability issues for Cadillac, with Sergio Perez stopping out on track with the same issue which plagued him in FP1 before the floor of Valtteri Bottas' car caught fire.

Kimi Antonelli set the fastest time in both sessions on Friday, with Ferrari's engine upgrades unable to allow them to mix it at the top of the timing boards.

FP1 had been eventful in the pitlane at least, as Max Verstappen's car stopped twice in the pit lane and had to be rolled back to the garage early in the hour-long session, while a hydraulic issue for reigning champion Lando Norris meant that he failed to make it out of the garage until the dying minutes.

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Verstappen and team-mate Isack Hadjar both had some issues with their Red Bulls but did eventually make it out on track for some laps, with Norris' late emergence meaning that every driver set a time – including the six rookies stepping in for their more experienced colleagues.

Those rookies didn't all have completely smooth sessions though, with Haas' Ryo Hirakawa hitting one of his pit crew earlier in the session (the crew member in question was not injured).

The timesheets looked jumbled for much of the session below the Mercedes pair of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell at, with teams trying to figure out how the tyres will deal with the extremely high temperatures this weekend.

Austrian Grand Prix FP2 times

Austrian Grand Prix FP2 results
Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:07.014
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.237s
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.325s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.550s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.597s
6	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.623s
7	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	+0.744s
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.841s
9	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.221s
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.286s
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.362s
12	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.364s
13	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+1.518s
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.545s
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+1.816s
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.817s
17	Alex Albon	Williams	+1.824s
18	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.117s
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+3.530s
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+3.684s
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+4.293s
22	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	NO TIME

Austrian Grand Prix FP1 times

Austrian Grand Prix FP1 results
Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:07.796
2	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.040s
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.117s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.281s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.665s
6	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+0.930s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.077s
8	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.166s
9	Dino Beganovic	Ferrari	+1.258s
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+1.275s
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.369s
12	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	+1.685s
13	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+1.725s
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.750s
15	Ayumu Iwasa	Racing Bulls	+1.841s
16	Alex Albon	Williams	+1.848s
17	Paul Aron	Audi	+1.850s
18	Luke Browning	Williams	+2.183s
19	Ryo Hirakawa	Haas	+2.697s
20	Jak Crawford	Aston Martin	+3.406s
21	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.487s
22	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+3.537s