Gasly shocks – fastest in opening British GP practice

Pierre Gasly

In a shock to the entire Silverstone paddock, and statements like someone must be cheating, Pierre Gasly has topped opening practice for the British GP by a massive 0.456s.

In reality it was a low fuel qualifying simulation run that is usually done in P3 to give the Red Bull rookie some positive PR after being shamed by his teammate all year.

Valtteri Bottas was 2nd for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen in the 2nd Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) rounded out the top-5.

A number of drivers had offs and spins including Leclerc and Verstappen, but none more embarrassing than Romain Grosjean who exited his garage and promptly spun on pit lane breaking the nose of his car. He then later spun on the track and the Frenchman looks more and more likely to lose his ride in 2020.

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