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F1 Grand Prix practice results: Sainz fastest in British GP on Friday
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fastest during British Grand Prix practice on Friday, ahead of the Mercedes of Silverstone’s hero Lewis Hamilton.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 1, 2022, 7:33 PM
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas was fastest in a wet FP1, while Sainz topped FP2 in much dryer weather conditions. Hamilton, McLaren’s Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen were next up.
British Grand Prix FP1 results: Bottas fastest from Hamilton
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 9 1'42.249 207.411 2 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 10 1'42.781 0.532 0.532 206.337 3 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 8 1'42.967 0.718 0.186 205.965 4 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 7 1'43.801 1.552 0.834 204.310 5 Mick Schumacher
Haas 3 1'43.895 1.646 0.094 204.125 6 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 4 1'46.171 3.922 2.276 199.749 7 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 3 1'48.161 5.912 1.990 196.074 8 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 5 1'51.243 8.994 3.082 190.642 9 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 5 1'51.373 9.124 0.130 190.419 10 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 5 1'59.168 16.919 7.795 177.963 11 George Russell
Mercedes 2 12 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 3 13 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 2 14 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1 15 Alex Albon
Williams 1 16 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 4 17 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 3 18 Lando Norris
McLaren 4 19 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1 20 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 3 View full results
What happened in British GP Free Practice 1?
Rain at the start of the session soaked half of the circuit but the other side of the track remained dry, which severely limited running across the hour.
Sainz set the bar at 1m42.967s on intermediate tyres, ahead of Bottas on 1m43.437s and teammate Leclerc on 1m43.801s.
Hamilton was the first to take slicks with just over five minutes remaining, as Bottas improved to P1 on 1m42.249s on inters.
Hamilton set 1m42.781 – the only driver to set a time on slicks – to take P2, 0.532s off Bottas’s pace. Sainz and Leclerc finished third and fourth, ahead of Mick Schumacher’s Haas.
Lance Stroll beached his Aston Martin after spinning at Copse, causing a red flag that halted the session prematurely.
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British Grand Prix FP2 results: Sainz fastest from Hamilton
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 28 1'28.942 238.443 2 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 21 1'29.105 0.163 0.163 238.006 3 Lando Norris
McLaren 29 1'29.118 0.176 0.013 237.972 4 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 18 1'29.149 0.207 0.031 237.889 5 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 25 1'29.404 0.462 0.255 237.210 6 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 19 1'29.695 0.753 0.291 236.441 7 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 17 1'29.753 0.811 0.058 236.288 8 George Russell
Mercedes 29 1'29.799 0.857 0.046 236.167 9 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 26 1'29.902 0.960 0.103 235.896 10 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 17 1'29.942 1.000 0.040 235.791 11 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 29 1'30.000 1.058 0.058 235.640 12 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 20 1'30.057 1.115 0.057 235.490 13 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 12 1'30.238 1.296 0.181 235.018 14 Alex Albon
Williams 14 1'30.263 1.321 0.025 234.953 15 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 27 1'30.271 1.329 0.008 234.932 16 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 29 1'30.338 1.396 0.067 234.758 17 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 27 1'30.480 1.538 0.142 234.389 18 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 28 1'30.510 1.568 0.030 234.312 19 Mick Schumacher
Haas 29 1'30.609 1.667 0.099 234.056 20 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 27 1'31.326 2.384 0.717 232.218 View full results
What happened in British GP Free Practice 2?
In dry and sunny conditions, Verstappen set the early pace at 1m31.438s on medium slicks. It was quickly beaten by Leclerc on 1m30.786s, on the same compound, who was 0.094s faster than teammate Sainz.
Sainz improved to 1m29.962s on a second push lap, with Verstappen over half a second shy. Leclerc took P1 back with 1m29.639s, and then improved to 1m29.462s. Sainz did likewise to take P2, 0.081s in arrears, ahead of Verstappen who was over four tenths off in third.
Norris then enjoyed an early glory run on soft tyres in front of his home fans, taking the fastest time with 1m29.118s. Sainz had a big moment at Copse, setting a new P1 time at 1m29.014s despite this, before producing a 1m28.942s on a second push lap to extend his advantage at the top.
Hamilton went P2 with 1m29.105s, 0.163s down on Sainz but just clear of Norris.
Verstappen only managed 1m29.149s for fourth, two tenths off the pace. Leclerc had a poor first soft-tyre run, and languished in fifth, over four tenths away from his teammate’s best time.
Read Also:
- British GP: Sainz leads dry FP2 from Hamilton, Norris
- Perez "miles off" in British GP F1 practice due to aero issue
- Hamilton: Mercedes made “small step forwards” despite “harsh” bouncing
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