It was that old Mercedes one-two again in the first practice session for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit. The title for the second leg of the maiden Silverstone back-to-back is inspired by the first-ever F1 world championship race, at the famous circuit back in May 1950.
A 1:26.1266 puts Bottas one tenth ahead of Hamilton at the end of the opening session, again comfortably clear of Verstappen and the rest.
But this session has mostly been about understanding those soft tyres in this heat. Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc finished a solid P5 for the Maranello team, while Alex Albon was P6 for Red Bull Racing and clearly struggled with the handling of the RB16. Sebastian Vettel showed some signs of improvement from last weekend, placing P7 at the end of the session as Scuderia Ferrari try to find a more settled setup for the 4 time World Champion. He was 0.4 seconds off the pace of his teammate, and 1.3 away from the front.
Here are the complete results from the first practice (FP1) session at the Silverstone circuit, UK.
Results (Classification):
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:26.166
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.138
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.727
Nico Hulkenburg Racing Point +0.776
Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.896
Alex Albon Red Bull Racing +1.114
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari +1.332
Lance Stroll Racing Point +1.373
Daniil Kvyat Alpha Tauri +1.487
Esteban Ocon Renault +1.535
Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri +1.541
Lando Norris McLaren +1.680
Romain Grosjean Haas +1.742
Carlos Sainz McLaren +1.972
George Russell Williams +2.004
Nicholas Latifi Williams +2.060
Daniel Ricciardo Renault +2.345
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo +2.489
Robert Kubica Alfa Romeo +2.794
Kevin Magnussen Haas +3.153
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