Hamilton set a New Scintillating Pace Record

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set a scintillating pace in first practice at the Austrian Grand Prix as he left title rival Sebastian Vettel trailing.

He was 0.449 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Vettel despite using the slowest soft tyre and Vettel the faster super-soft.

The German was fourth fastest, behind red bull’s Max Verstappen and the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.

Vettel is 14 points ahead of Hamilton as f1 resumes two weeks after their controversial collision in Baku.