Vettel and his Canadian teammate Lance Stroll are making their debut in a heavily revised Aston Martin that looks strikingly similar to the Red Bull. An investigation by the FIA comes to the conclusion that everything is legal after a request from Red Bull.
Sebastian Vettel is 16th in the Aston Martin.
The Austrians hardly changed their RB18 for the Spanish GP on the outside, but lost another four kilos. “My car was a bit too fat, it had to lose weight,” laughs Verstappen. The Red Bull should now have reached the minimum weight of 798 kilos.
In contrast to Red Bull, Ferrari presents itself with a completely new underbody and wants to expand the recently shrunken lead over Verstappen. Before the sixth round of the season on Sunday (3 p.m. / Sky), Leclerc leads the defending champion by 19 points.
Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix
1. Free Practice
2. Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spain) – Ferrari +0.079s
3. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) – Red Bull +0.336
4. George Russell (Great Britain) – Mercedes +0.762
5. Fernando Alonso (Spain) – Alpine +0.940
6. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) – Mercedes +0.983
7. Lando Norris (Great Britain) – McLaren +1.451
8. Pierre Gasly (France) – Alpha Tauri +1.594
9. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) – McLaren +1.909
10. Yuki Tsunoda (Japan) – Alpha Tauri +1.986
11. Esteban Ocon (France) – Alpine +2.063
12. Lance Stroll (Canada) – Aston Martin +2.092
13. Robert Kubica (Poland) – Alfa Romeo +2.147
14. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) – Haas +2.261
15. Mick Schumacher (Gland/Switzerland) – Haas +2.318
16. Sebastian Vettel (Heppenheim) – Aston Martin +2.336
17. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) – Alfa Romeo +2.786
18. Nyck de Vries (Netherlands) – Williams +3.092
19. Nicholas Latifi (Canada) – Williams +3,183
20. Jüri Vips (Estonia) – Red Bull +4.310
