2020 F1 British GP practice results: Stroll fastest as Albon crashes

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time in the first session using soft tyres, almost half a second clear of world championship-leader Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, who set his time on the medium rubber.

Stroll was third quickest in FP1, with new Racing Point teammate Nico Hulkenberg, making his F1 return in place of the Covid-positive Sergio Perez, in ninth place, just over a second off the pace.

Sebastian Vettel suffered a troubled first session for Ferrari, with a broken intercooler restricting him to just a handful of laps.

In the second session, despite hotter weather conditions, Stroll went quicker than the FP1 pace at 1m27.274s, 0.09s faster than Red Bull’s Alexander Albon.

Valtteri Bottas was third fastest for Mercedes, while Hamilton had a moment at Brooklands on his soft-tyred run and didn’t maximise his potential, ending the session fifth behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.

Meantime, Verstappen’s flying lap on softs was ruined when he came across Romain Grosjean’s touring Haas at Becketts. That led to an amusing sequence of angry radio messages, after Verstappen slowed down and gestured at the Frenchman. Verstappen ended the session down in 14th.

The session was halted halfway through, as Albon crashed his Red Bull at Stowe – slamming into the barriers after “losing the rear end” midway around the fast right-hand bend.

Hulkenberg was seventh fastest in FP2, 0.636s off the pace. Vettel suffered more lost track time, as the pedals came loose inside his cockpit, and he was only 18th fastest. 

F1 British Grand Prix Free Practice 1 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	27	1'27.422			242.588
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	27	1'27.896	0.474	0.474	241.280
3	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	22	1'28.004	0.582	0.108	240.984
4	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	24	1'28.129	0.707	0.125	240.642
5	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	22	1'28.221	0.799	0.092	240.391
6	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	29	1'28.519	1.097	0.298	239.582
7	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	26	1'28.559	1.137	0.040	239.474
8	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	22	1'28.575	1.153	0.016	239.430
9	Nico Hulkenberg		Racing Point	Mercedes	23	1'28.592	1.170	0.017	239.385
10	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	21	1'28.868	1.446	0.276	238.641
11	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	24	1'28.909	1.487	0.041	238.531
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	24	1'28.988	1.566	0.079	238.319
13	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	22	1'28.990	1.568	0.002	238.314
14	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	23	1'29.532	2.110	0.542	236.871
15	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	25	1'29.576	2.154	0.044	236.755
16	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	24	1'29.746	2.324	0.170	236.306
17	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	23	1'29.899	2.477	0.153	235.904
18	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	17	1'29.925	2.503	0.026	235.836
19	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	20	1'30.703	3.281	0.778	233.813
20	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	2
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F1 British Grand Prix Free Practice 2 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	29	1'27.274			243.000
2	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	13	1'27.364	0.090	0.090	242.749
3	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	30	1'27.431	0.157	0.067	242.563
4	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	30	1'27.570	0.296	0.139	242.178
5	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	27	1'27.581	0.307	0.011	242.148
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	35	1'27.820	0.546	0.239	241.489
7	Nico Hulkenberg		Racing Point	Mercedes	28	1'27.910	0.636	0.090	241.242
8	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	31	1'27.997	0.723	0.087	241.003
9	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	30	1'28.112	0.838	0.115	240.689
10	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	35	1'28.159	0.885	0.047	240.560
11	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	26	1'28.169	0.895	0.010	240.533
12	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	35	1'28.219	0.945	0.050	240.397
13	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	31	1'28.256	0.982	0.037	240.296
14	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	23	1'28.390	1.116	0.134	239.932
15	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	29	1'28.426	1.152	0.036	239.834
16	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	27	1'28.564	1.290	0.138	239.460
17	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	26	1'28.771	1.497	0.207	238.902
18	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	23	1'28.860	1.586	0.089	238.663
19	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	27	1'28.898	1.624	0.038	238.561
20	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	35	1'29.958	2.684	1.060	235.750
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F1 British Grand Prix Free Practice as it happened