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