Our long run pace seems quite competitive compared to our closest rivals. Where we did struggle a bit was with our qualifying pace, which it is not usually the case.
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The car is working reasonably well here as we continue to understand the new parts that we have fitted over the last couple of events.
Valtteri Bottas has been handed a 3-place grid penalty following today's incident in which he spun his Mercedes in the pitlane.
Putting a lap together here is a challenge, traffic and track limits will be key topics in qualifying: but if we get everything done, we can have a good Saturday.
It's a tricky circuit to set the car up for as the track warp in the slow speed corners makes it difficult to find a consistent balance and on such a short lap, any mistake can be very costly.
Not a bad session for our cars today. We did a lot of running which is the most important thing for the guys to do at the moment.
There is room for improvement, but the race and qualifying pace is not so bad for both drivers.
Pirelli will test a new rear construction of tyre in free practice at the Austrian Grand Prix next Friday to evaluate its effectiveness to further improve robustness of the tyres.
We have made a decent start to the weekend. Our pace over one lap is looking encouraging and we think we can squeeze out more from the longer runs.
The information collected today on the medium and soft compounds will also be valuable for next week, when they become the hard and medium selections.
Overall it's been quite a good day for us and although there are a few things to look into, which is very normal for a Friday.
Max Verstappen continues to set the pace in practice for the Styrian Grand Prix as Pierre Gasly is sidelined by power unit issue.
Times from today's second free practice session for the BWT Grosser Preis der Steiermark.