Lewis Hamilton's maiden visit to the Red Bull Ring culminated with the Briton emerging top dog in practice on Friday. Situated in the Styrian mountains, the circuit - owned by billionaire energy drinks magnate Dietrich Mateschitz - is an old-school track complemented by modern-day facilities following a £60million revamp. The circuit itself, last used in F1 in 2003, has remained unaltered since that visit 11 years ago, much to the delight of the drivers. Leading the way: Lewis Hamilton ended the afternoon on top of the timesheets from Nico Rosberg Top dog: The Briton was fastest at the Red Bull Ring as he bids to get his championship charge back on track
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Mercedes led the way on Friday with Rosberg 0.377secs adrift of Hamilton
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Fernando Alonso was best of the rest ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa
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Formula One is back in Austria for the first time since 2003
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Hamilton starts the weekend 22 points adrift of Rosberg in race for the title
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Coming into this weekend half the field had sampled the circuit via one form or another, be it in @placeholder many years ago, a junior formula or a track day.