2020 F1 70th Anniversary GP practice results

Mercedes dominated the first practice session, with Bottas outpacing Hamilton by 0.138s. His 1m26.166s was 1.2s faster than Max Verstappen’s fastest FP1 time last week, although Pirelli is using softer compound tyres this weekend – including the C4 as the soft, which wasn’t in use last time.

Verstappen was 0.727s off the pace for Red Bull, ahead of Nico Hulkenberg – in again for the Covid-positive Sergio Perez at Racing Point. The Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel sandwiched the second Red Bull of Alex Albon. Robert Kubica made another FP1 appearance for Alfa Romeo, and was 0.3s off teammate Kimi Raikkonen.

In the second session, Hamilton and Bottas again battled it out for the fastest time, with Hamilton working down to 1m25.606s on the soft tyre, with Bottas 0.176s behind. They were half a second quicker in this session.

Daniel Ricciardo produced the third-fastest time, 0.815s off the pace, pipping Verstappen and the Racing Points of Lance Stroll and Hulkenberg.

Leclerc was seventh, ahead of the McLarens, but appeared to suffer some serious tyre blisters on his long run on the medium. Clearly struggling in FP2 were Albon, down in 11^th, and Vettel in 14^th.

Vettel's session ended prematurely when his car expired, Vettel suggesting either engine or gearbox, and dumped a huge amount of fluids on the track between Woodcote and Copse.

The session was red flagged when Antonio Giovinazzi stopped his Alfa Romeo at Becketts.

F1 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix Free Practice 1 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	21	1'26.166			246.124
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	23	1'26.304	0.138	0.138	245.731
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	24	1'26.893	0.727	0.589	244.065
4	Nico Hulkenberg		Racing Point	Mercedes	25	1'26.942	0.776	0.049	243.928
5	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	20	1'27.062	0.896	0.120	243.591
6	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	22	1'27.280	1.114	0.218	242.983
7	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	21	1'27.498	1.332	0.218	242.378
8	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	26	1'27.539	1.373	0.041	242.264
9	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	27	1'27.653	1.487	0.114	241.949
10	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	23	1'27.701	1.535	0.048	241.817
11	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	23	1'27.707	1.541	0.006	241.800
12	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	26	1'27.846	1.680	0.139	241.417
13	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	26	1'27.908	1.742	0.062	241.247
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	28	1'28.138	1.972	0.230	240.618
15	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	24	1'28.170	2.004	0.032	240.530
16	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	24	1'28.226	2.060	0.056	240.378
17	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	23	1'28.511	2.345	0.285	239.604
18	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	24	1'28.655	2.489	0.144	239.214
19	Robert Kubica		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	22	1'28.960	2.794	0.305	238.394
20	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	17	1'29.319	3.153	0.359	237.436
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F1 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix Free Practice 2 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	22	1'25.606			247.734
2	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	22	1'25.782	0.176	0.176	247.226
3	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	29	1'26.421	0.815	0.639	245.398
4	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	15	1'26.437	0.831	0.016	245.353
5	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	24	1'26.501	0.895	0.064	245.171
6	Nico Hulkenberg		Racing Point	Mercedes	26	1'26.746	1.140	0.245	244.479
7	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	32	1'26.812	1.206	0.066	244.293
8	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	26	1'26.867	1.261	0.055	244.138
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	24	1'26.918	1.312	0.051	243.995
10	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	25	1'26.928	1.322	0.010	243.967
11	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	25	1'26.960	1.354	0.032	243.877
12	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	33	1'27.002	1.396	0.042	243.759
13	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	31	1'27.128	1.522	0.126	243.407
14	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	30	1'27.198	1.592	0.070	243.212
15	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	28	1'27.294	1.688	0.096	242.944
16	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	31	1'27.320	1.714	0.026	242.872
17	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	30	1'27.535	1.929	0.215	242.275
18	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	28	1'27.582	1.976	0.047	242.145
19	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	32	1'27.683	2.077	0.101	241.866
20	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	26	1'27.955	2.349	0.272	241.118
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