The Finn has finished at the head of Free Practice 1 in Great Britain, ahead of Hamilton and Sainz
An incident involving Lance Stroll has anticipated the end of the first training session, which began with rain
Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) dominated the first free practice sessions for the British Grand Prix, which started this Friday under heavy rain that has eased with the passing of the minutes but has considerably altered the development of these tests. The Finnish driver has snatched the best time from Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) in the final stages of the session, with the track drier in some areas than in others, completing a better lap in a time of 1.42.249.
Behind Bottas has been local hero Lewis Hamilton, who trusts that Mercedes can make a significant leap forward with the improvements that it incorporates in its home grand prix after the problems that it has been dragging on since preseason. Provisional third was Sainz, 7 tenths away, ahead of his teammate Leclerc.
The champion and current leader of the World Max Verstappen has started at half throttle, with all the precautions, to finish last, without completing a fast lap, just like Fernando Alonsowho did not get to mount the soft tires and started in 14th position with an Alpine that presents notable updates, especially the pontoons and the floor.
In the final stretch of the sessionLance Stroll He went off the track at Copse and caused a red flag, which meant the early end of some practice sessions that are certainly not valid as a reference for this weekend.
British GP. Free 1:
1. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1’42″249
2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) at 0″532
3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) at 0″718
4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) at 1″552
5. Mick Schumacher (Haas) at 1″646
6. Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) at 3″922
7. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) at 5″912
8. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) at 8″994
9. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) at 9″124
10. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) at 16″919
11. George Russell (Mercedes)
12. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
13. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
14. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
15. Alexander Albon (Williams)
16. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
17. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri)
18. Lando Norris (McLaren)
19. Nicholas Latifi (Williams)
20. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)