George Russell overtakes Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton throughout moist closing apply for the British Grand Prix.
It rained closely at Silverstone within the morning, however it stopped in time for apply and Mercedes instantly seemed sturdy within the chilly and moist circumstances.
Russell is simply 0.035 seconds forward of Hamilton, with Friday’s quickest driver, Lando Norris, 0.185 seconds behind on his pre-qualifying benchmark time of 1:37.529. Dwell on Sky Sports activities F1 and Sky Showcase at 3pm.
Behind the three Britons, six-tenths separated Carlos Sainz in fourth, whereas championship chief Max Verstappen was 0.864 seconds adrift of Russell.
Verstappen spun early within the race and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly additionally misplaced management of the automotive however grounded it on the gravel and triggered a short pink flag.
Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri and Fernando Alonso accomplished the highest eight.
Rain disrupts the pecking order
In the course of the first half of the race, there was no rain and the monitor continued to get sooner, with the drivers opting to solely use a set of intermediate tires throughout apply.
A number of drivers swapped first place, however Russell beat Hamilton because the Mercedes workforce was instructed the place to search out lap instances on the radio and used completely different strains.
Mercedes have historically carried out strongly within the rain, so hopefully the moist circumstances will proceed into qualifying in a while.
The one race qualifying session this 12 months that was fully moist was dash qualifying in China, the place Norris beat Hamilton for pole place.
After putting high in each apply classes on Friday, Norris stated he was open to rain and seemed sturdy within the moist.
Verstappen typically excels when it issues most, so that may’t be dominated out. Nonetheless, in all circumstances Pink Bull checked out an obstacle in comparison with McLaren, and within the rain, Pink Bull checked out an obstacle in comparison with Mercedes.
Sky Sports activities F1’s stay British Grand Prix schedule (all F1 occasions on Sky Showcase)
Saturday, July 6
1.10pm: F2 dash
2.15pm: British Grand Prix qualifying preparations
3pm: British Grand Prix qualifying
5pm: Ted’s Qualification Pocket book
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This is what you possibly can anticipate on this weekend’s British Grand Prix protection
Sunday, July 7
8:15 am: F3 Particular Race
9:50am: F2 Particular Race
11:50 AM: Porsche Tremendous Cup
1:30pm: Sunday Grand Prix – British Grand Prix preparations
3pm: British Grand Prix
5pm: Checkered flag: British Grand Prix response
6pm: Ted’s Pocket book
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