F1: Bottas tops wet opening practice for British GP
Rain showers hit the Silverstone circuit for opening practice for the British GP that resulted in limited running on Intermediate Pirelli tires.
Hence the times were essentially irrelevant unless it stays wet for Practice 2 and qualifying. Race day is expected to be dry.
Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas turned the fast lap with a time of 1m42.249s
That time was 0.532ss faster than Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes
Carlos Sainz Jr and Charles Leclerc were 3rd and 4th for Ferrari.
Mick and Schumacher rounded out the top- 5 for Haas
World Champion Max Verstappen never bothered to put up a time in his Red Bull.
Some drivers tried the soft red Pirellis at the end of the session
The session ended a minute early when Lance Stroll spun into the pea gravel at Copse running on red slicks
Frustratingly for the teams, and the eagle-eyed fans among you, is the fact that we didn’t get much of a read on the various upgrades thanks to adverse conditions in FP1, with limited mileage – Hamilton topping the lap count with 10.
Practice 1 Results
POS | DRIVER | NAT. | TEAM | TIME | BEHIND |
1 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Alfa Romeo Ferrari | 1m42.249s | +0.000s |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1m42.781s | +0.532s |
3 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m42.967s | +0.718s |
4 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m43.801s | +1.552s |
5 | Mick Schumacher | GER | Haas Ferrari | 1m43.895s | +1.646s |
6 | Guanyu Zhou | CHN | Alfa Romeo Ferrari | 1m46.171s | +3.922s |
7 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | Haas F1 Team | 1m48.161s | +5.912s |
8 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant | 1m51.243s | +8.994s |
9 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 1m51.373s | +9.124s |
10 | Sebastian Vettel | GER | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant | 1m59.168s | +16.919s |
11 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas | No Time Set | No Time Set |
12 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing | No Time Set | No Time Set |
13 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | No Time Set | No Time Set |
14 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | BWT Alpine F1 Team | No Time Set | No Time Set |
15 | Alexander Albon | THA | Williams Racing | No Time Set | No Time Set |
16 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | No Time Set | No Time Set |
17 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Scuderia AlphaTauri | No Time Set | No Time Set |
18 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | No Time Set | No Time Set |
19 | Nicholas Latifi | CAN | Williams Racing | No Time Set | No Time Set |
20 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing | No Time Set | No Time Set |