Norris shows two fingers after topping both Friday practice sessions for the 2024 British GP

F1 News: Norris leads McLaren 1-2 in 2nd British GP Practice

McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri dominated 2nd practice for the British GP at Silverstone Friday afternoon.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

While some drivers never did a low-fuel run, Norris put up a lap of 1m26.549s to beat his teammate by 0.331s – a big gap.

Norris also topped Practice 1.

Sergio Perez was third quick for Red Bull, 0.434s behind Norris – a more promising time than he has had of late.

Nico Hulkenbern was with fourth in the upgraded Haas, 0.441 behind.

Charles Leclerc rounded out the top-5 for Ferrari, 0.601s behind Norris.

Sandbagging Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were 6th and 7th for Mercedes and Red Bull respectively.

How do we know Verstappen was sandbagging? There is no way he is 1/4 second slower than his teammate Perez.

Rain hit the Silverstone circuit a few minutes before the session ended.

Well that’s built up the excitement for tomorrow – there’s every chance we could have another real battle for pole once we get to qualifying. Lando Norris’s weekend has got off to the best possible start today, but Red Bull will definitely have more to show.

There’s also plenty more questions we will hope to get answers to. Where are Mercedes and Ferrari relative to those top two teams? Are Aston Martin back on form? Is RB’s ‘hybrid’ package working? Is Hulkenberg’s P4 an indication Haas could go well here? That’s just some of them.

2024 British GP Practice 2 Results

POS NO DRIVER Team Time GAP LAPS
1 4 Lando Norris McLaren F1 Team 1m26.549s +0.000s 26
2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren F1 Team 1m26.880s +0.331s 24
3 11 Sergio Perez Oracle Red Bull Racing 1m26.983s +0.434s 25
4 27 Nico Hulkenberg MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 1m26.990s +0.441s 26
5 16 Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari 1m27.150s +0.601s 27
6 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1m27.202s +0.653s 26
7 1 Max Verstappen Oracle Red Bull Racing 1m27.233s +0.684s 21
8 55 Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari 1m27.249s +0.700s 31
9 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team 1m27.274s +0.725s 21
10 63 George Russell Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1m27.294s +0.745s 26
11 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team 1m27.372s +0.823s 25
12 77 Valtteri Bottas Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber 1m27.381s +0.832s 16
13 23 Alexander Albon Williams Racing 1m27.645s +1.096s 26
14 10 Pierre Gasly BWT Alpine F1 Team 1m27.732s +1.183s 24
15 31 Esteban Ocon BWT Alpine F1 Team 1m27.743s +1.194s 19
16 22 Yuki Tsunoda Visa Cash App RB F1 Team 1m27.745s +1.196s 26
17 2 Logan Sargeant Williams Racing 1m27.809s +1.260s 24
18 24 Zhou Guanyu Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber 1m27.813s +1.264s 19
19 3 Daniel Ricciardo Visa Cash App RB F1 Team 1m27.916s +1.367s 25
20 20 Kevin Magnussen MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 1m28.122s +1.573s 20