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Formula 1 British GP
British GP: Bottas beats Hamilton by 0.047s in FP2
Valtteri Bottas stayed on top in second practice for the British Grand Prix, beating Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by only 0.047 seconds.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Jul 14, 2017, 1:46 PM
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Bottas' benchmark from FP1 was toppled around 15 minutes into the afternoon session at Silverstone, as Hamilton posted a 1m28.780s on soft tyres before quickly improving to a 1m28.543s.
That put Hamilton a full six tenths clear of the field, led by Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, until Bottas switched from mediums to supersofts at the 30-minute mark and set a new best of 1m28.496s.
Hamilton likewise equipped the red-marked rubber, but ran off the track at Chapel and told his engineers he feared he had damaged the car in the process.
With teams shifting their focus towards longer runs for the latter half of the session, Bottas' best effort stood as the quickest time of the day, 0.047s clear of Hamilton's best time on softs.
Raikkonen was third-quickest, going 0.338s slower than compatriot Bottas on his supersoft run and 0.128 faster than the second Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel.
There was late drama for Raikkonen, however, when the Finn suffered a moment of snap oversteer at Becketts and spun into the gravel, although he got going again without outside assistance.
Max Verstappen was best of the Red Bull drivers in fifth, 0.602s off the pace on supersofts, while teammate Daniel Ricciardo was sixth, nearly half a second down on the Dutch driver on the same tyre.
Nico Hulkenberg, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon completed the top 10, all using supersofts, with Williams driver Massa spinning at Chapel late in the session after setting his best time.
The Brazilian also attracted the attention of the stewards for impeding Verstappen, Massa having passed the Red Bull driver around the outside at Club while both drivers were on long runs.
Carlos Sainz had a major off-track excursion at the Maggotts/Becketts complex at the very start of the session, which consigned the Toro Rosso driver to the pits until the final 40 minutes of the session.
He set the 11th-quickest time, ahead of teammate Daniil Kvyat in 12th.
Renault's Jolyon Palmer also had a spin at Brooklands, ending up 18th ahead of only the two Saubers.
Practice results:
Pos.DriverChassisEngineLapsTimeGap 1 
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Mercedes 31 1'28.496 2 
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Mercedes 35 1'28.543 0.047 3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Ferrari 36 1'28.828 0.332 4 
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Ferrari 36 1'28.956 0.460 5 
Max Verstappen Red Bull TAG 32 1'29.098 0.602 6 
Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull TAG 35 1'29.586 1.090 7 Nico Hulkenberg Renault Renault 37 1'29.936 1.440 8 
Felipe Massa Williams Mercedes 36 1'30.006 1.510 9 
Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 28 1'30.238 1.742 10 
Esteban Ocon Force India Mercedes 42 1'30.383 1.887 11 Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso Renault 26 1'30.555 2.059 12 
Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso Renault 34 1'30.562 2.066 13 
Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 43 1'30.624 2.128 14 Romain Grosjean Haas Ferrari 33 1'30.661 2.165 15 
Lance Stroll Williams Mercedes 37 1'30.695 2.199 16 
Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 31 1'30.782 2.286 17 
Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 33 1'30.835 2.339 18 Jolyon Palmer Renault Renault 25 1'30.879 2.383 19 
Marcus Ericsson Sauber Ferrari 27 1'31.616 3.120 20 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber Ferrari 30 1'31.929 3.433
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