Sergio Perez a été le plus rapide de la première séance d’essais libres en vue du Grand Prix de Styrie (Autriche). Max Verstappen a fait le 2e temps devant les Mercedes et Lance Stroll.
| Pos | No | Pilote | Équipe | Temps | Écart | Tours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | 1:04.867 | 32 | |
| 2 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:04.963 | +0.096s | 31 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:05.089 | +0.222s | 31 |
| 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:05.120 | +0.253s | 29 |
| 5 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | 1:05.396 | +0.529s | 36 |
| 6 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:05.483 | +0.616s | 28 |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren Renault | 1:05.602 | +0.735s | 40 |
| 8 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:05.698 | +0.831s | 27 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:05.769 | +0.902s | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:05.770 | +0.903s | 25 |
| 11 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:05.815 | +0.948s | 28 |
| 12 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:05.837 | +0.970s | 28 |
| 13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:05.874 | +1.007s | 35 |
| 14 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Renault | 1:05.908 | +1.041s | 25 |
| 15 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:06.441 | +1.574s | 23 |
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1:06.446 | +1.579s | 31 |
| 17 | 40 | Jack Aitken | Williams Mercedes | 1:06.768 | +1.901s | 35 |
| 18 | 88 | Robert Kubica | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:06.797 | +1.930s | 31 |
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | 1:09.598 | +4.731s | 6 |
| 20 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 3 |