The weekend is underway in Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix, the fifth race of the 2019 F1 season. It seems to be more of the same so far, with Valtteri Bottas topping FP1 for Mercedes. However, Ferrari were P2 and 3 with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc. Lewis Hamilton wasn't far behind in fourth, and complaining of tyre problems.
Ferrari will be desperate to get a good result this weekend to slow down the rampaging Mercedes, who could easily run away with the title if nobody gets on their level soon.
Lance Stroll's season has been a positive one so far, but he found himself in the barriers earlier this morning. Haas looked good in the first session, but what will FP2 bring? Follow down below.
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Bottas tops the opening session in Spain - FP1 summary and report
GPBlog predicts...
Here are the podium results that our writers predicted for this weekend!
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