F1 British GP: Max Verstappen half a second clear of Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez in opening practice
Pirelli has introduced a new 'tougher' specification of slick tyre at this weekend’s race at Silverstone follow🙈ing an initial ܫtest at the Spanish Grand Prix in June.
Verstappen, who sits 81 points ahead of Perez in the world championship standings, ended up 0.448s ꦦfaster than his ಞteammate after their respective soft tyre runs.
Perez hit a stray bag that found its w🎉ay onto the track at the end of the session but avoided picking up damage to his RB19.
Alꦡex Albon posted an impressive lap to put his Williams third, just 0.489s off Verstappen’s benchmark.
Astoꦫn Martin’s Fernando Alonso was fourth, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon.
The second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz was seventh, with Lando Norris, Lance Stroll and Oscar P🌳iastri completinඣg the rest of the top-10 order.
Under-pressure AlphaTauri driver Nyck d🎃e Vries fin🌳ished 11th-fastest after surviving an early trip through the gravel.
Neither Mercedes drivers opted to use the soft tyres during FP1 as Lewis Hamilton ended up ﷺ12th, two places ahead of teammate George Russell.
Both were seen struggling to keep their upgraded Mercede❀s W14’s within the white lines, with Russell reporting that “the car is all over the place in Turn 6 and 8.”
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