Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the second free practice for the Portuguese GP, where he was one tenth of a second faster than Max Verstappen in Red Bull, which kept Mercedes at the top after the first day in Portugal.

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap in the first free practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix where he was only 0.025 seconds faster than Max Verstappen in Red Bull while his teammate Lewis Hamilton was only fifth.

Valtteri Bottas secured his first career win after he overtook both Ferraris from the third starting place and won despite the late pressure of Sebastian Vettel in Ferrari

Former Mercedes F1 team executive director Paddy Lowe has revealed that Mercedes hid the maximum power of their 2014 F1 engine for most of the first year of the hybrid era for fear that the FIA ​​would not change the rules to slow them down.

Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff has criticized his junior driver and current Williams driver George Russell for a reckless move that ruined the race for himself and Valtteri Bottas and says he has shown he still has a lot to learn.

Lewis Hamilton says he was a bit impatient when overtaking the drivers for the entire lap which led to a big mistake that could have cost him dearly if the race hadn’t been stopped, but he says he’s just a human and mistakes can happen.

Lewis Hamilton won his first pole position this season after tense qualifying session for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and Sergio Perez was slower by just 0.035 seconds and finished ahead of teammate Max Verstappen.

Lewis Hamilton i Valtteri Bottas puno su sretniji s ponašanjem Mercedesova bolida u Imoli u odnosu na prvu utrku u Bahrainu, ali upozoravaju da još nismo vidjeli najbolje od Red Bulla.

Valtteri Bottas remained the fastest driver in the second free practice for the Emilia Romagna GP where he was one hundredth faster than Lewis Hamilton while Max Verstappen drove only five laps due to an early car problem.

Valtteri Bottas opened the second weekend of the 2021 F1 season in Imola with the fastest time in the first free practice where the first three drivers were within 0.058 seconds, and training was interrupted twice due to incidents between Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon and a crash for Nikita Mazepin.