Mercedes Formula One world championship leader Lewis Hamilton smashed the track record in Turkish Grand Prix practice on Friday while Red Bull rival Max Verstappen was out of sorts and off the pace.
Verstappen was second in the morning session at Istanbul Park, 0.425 behind his Mercedes rival, and only fifth in the afternoon when he was slower than Mexican team mate Sergio Perez.
The seven times world champion lapped with a best time of one minute 23.804 seconds after leading in the morning with 1:24.178. "We've got a little bit of a balance mish-mash at the moment," Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told Sky Sports. "It's going to be a busy night tonight, burning the midnight oil with the engineers and no doubt back in Milton Keynes as well ... we know we've got a good car so it's just a matter of getting into that window. I don't think we hit that today."Red Bull were debuting a one-off, mostly white, livery to honour departing engine partner Honda on what would have been the Japanese manufacturer's home race weekend at their Suzuka circuit.
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