Team Summary:
The opening Friday practice for the 2021 Austrian GP would see all the drivers get down to business very quickly with a rush of drivers including both Williams out running. Quite a few drivers were running Pirelli's new rear tyres that the teams were required to test. The times would come quickly with Verstappen going quickest with a 1m:06.640 on the soft tyre. Already times were been deleted as we has Perez second followed by Leclerc and Sainz. Both Ferrari's were on the hard tyre. Gasly on the medium would set a 1m:06.054 to be quickest with Perez now second. On the soft tyre Verstappen would set a 1m:06.007 to again be quickest. The Williams drivers were currently 13th and 15th with ten minutes completed.

Quite a few drivers had completed their initial runs and had changed to the Pirelli test tyre including both Red Bull cars. Perez was second followed by Gasly, Tsunoda, Raikkonen, Ocon, Stroll, Leclerc, Ricciardo, and Sainz tenth. Using the test tyre Verstappen would set a 1m:05.558 to remain quickest. Other drivers would find pace on the test tyres including Gasly who was now second followed by Tsunoda, and Perez. On the same test tyre Sainz would move up to be third. The Williams drivers were now 13th and 17th. Both Mercedes had been using the test tyres but weer currently slowest. But Hamilton on the soft tyre would move up to third behind Gasly.

The top ten was Verstappen from Gasly, Hamilton, Sainz, Tsunoda, Perez, Leclerc, Bottas, Stroll, and Ocon tenth. Tsunoda had gone quickest only to see Verstappen set a 1m:095.143 to again be quickest. With soft tyre runs completed the Williams drivers were currently 15th and 19th. More drivers were running on the soft tyre which seemed to support the view that most drivers will try to get through Q2 in qualifying on the medium tyre. On the soft tyre Leclerc was now second followed by Sainz and Tsunoda. With fifteen minutes remaining there were only two cars running including one of the Williams. But the track would again get busy and with the end of the session Verstappen would remain quickest from Leclerc, Sainz, Bottas, Tsunoda, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Perez, Gasly, and Norris tenth.

With the end of the session the drivers would again be allowed to complete practice starts on the grid. This would include both Williams drivers. With the end of the session they were 18th and 19th with Roy leading Nicholas. Overall it was a session where it was hard to draw conclusions over the Williams performance given the change in tyres and the fact that the team was also required to complete the Pirelli test.

Roy Nissany:
Roy would follow his team-mate out also on the medium tyre. A 1m:11.049 would see Roy 18th. He would improve to be 16th with a 1m:09.656, dropping to 17th. A 1m:07.917 would see Roy 15th. Roy was now 16th and would pit after a twelve lap run. Roy would return this time using the soft tyre with thirty minutes remaining been currently 18th. He would set a 1m:06.772 to be 13th dropping to 14th. A 1m:16.06.683 from Roy as he continued his run. He would drop to 15th and he would pit after a eight lap run on the soft. As the session drew to a close Roy would return this time on used medium tyres having dropped to 18th. But would pit briefly returning to complete a practice start.

Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would be first out in the opening Friday practice. He was running on the medium tyre. Nicholas would set a 1m:08.414 to currently be 11th. A 1m:07.233 would see Nicholas 7th dropping to 8th. He would pit after a seven lap run currently 13th. With forty five minutes remaining Nicholas would return on used medium tyres. But this would only be a for a short run switching to the soft tyre. He would improve with a 1m:07.018 to be 13th. A 1m:06.978 was an improvement but remained 13th. He would pit after a five lap run. He would return with twenty five minutes remaining back on used medium tyres. He was down in 19th as he continued to lap on the medium. He would pit switching to the Pirelli test tyres. He would pit after a ten lap run. Nicholas would return with the end of the session to complete a practice start.