16:41
Start of Q2!
16:35
The Mercedes of Russell and Hamilton finished 3rd and 4th. The French Gasly and Ocon are respectively 8th and 10th while Sainz took the 12th time.
16:33
Leader of this Q1 less than a minute before the arrival of the last competitor, Perez has however fallen back to 16th place in the eliminatory round! Tsunoda, Zhou, De Vries and Magnussen are the other drivers who therefore do not pass the cut.
16:32
Norris finished in the lead ahead of Leclerc!
16:32
In less than a minute we saw more than ten changes of leader! Verstappen fell to 10th place before moving up to 5th place after a convincing last lap.
4:30 p.m.
Almost every second the hierarchy changes. This Q1 is amazing!
16:27
More than a minute after the restart, Verstappen and the two Aston Martins are barely out of the paddock because of traffic jams.
16:26
Here we go again for 3:11 in this Q1!
16:25
Verstappen’s wing has been repaired, the race will resume in less than a minute.
16:24
Funny image, Verstappen’s wing broke when leaving the garage! The mechanics are busy replacing it.
16:21
The drivers are in the starting blocks at the pit exit. There are 3:11 left in this Q1 where everything is possible given the incessant ranking changes.
16:19
Ocon is 7th while Gasly is in 12th position. A little further back, we find the Red Bull of Perez, 14th.
16:18
At 3:11 from the end of this Q1, Verstappen leads the dance ahead of Alonso and the Ferraris of Leclerc and Sainz. Behind this duo we find that of the Mercedes of Hamilton and Russell.
16:17
After a slight exit from the road, Magnussen’s single-seater did not respond at all.
16:16
Red flag! Magnussen is completely stopped in the middle of the track.
16:16
New best time for Verstappen 1:30.719! Alonso and Leclerc follow in order.
16:14
Piastri came back to the pits and almost collided with De Vries who was coming out. More fear than harm in the end.
16:13
Leclerc stole 3rd place from Russell and Ocon is 5th. Verstappen remains at the top ahead of Alosno.
16:12
Perez rose timidly to 12th place while Ocon is 13th. Gasly for his part occupies the 9th position while there remains a little more than 6:30 in this Q1.
16:11
The lap times multiply and the hierarchy varies almost every second. Verstappen (1:30.719) leads ahead of Alonso and Russell.
16:10
Russell takes control of this Q1 ten minutes from the end (1:31.414). The surprise comes for the moment from Perez, 19th.
16:09
Leclerc, 4th at first, moved up to second place, just ahead of Verstappen. Ocon is virtually 4th.
16:07
The Aston Martins successively set better times than Verstappen, Alonso took the lead in this Q1 ahead of Stroll (1:31.437).
16:06
New canon time signed by Verstappen (1:33.535).
16:04
One of the locals at this stage of the season, Russell, set the first reference time in 1:35.257.
16:01
Start of Q1! So off we go for 18 minutes of happiness at Silverstone.
4:00 p.m.
Victim of an electrical problem, Leclerc (Ferrari) did not have time to make his mark. As for Hamilton (Mercedes), he only took the 15th time in practice.
15:56
The French from Alpine, Gasly and Ocon, respectively signed the 8th and 13th times.
15:53
Sainz (Ferrari) did well by completing these tests just 22 thousandths behind his competitor at Red Bull. Albon (Williams) created a pleasant surprise by moving into 3rd place, just ahead of the other Red Bull, that of Perez.
15:50
Unsurprisingly, World Championship leader Verstappen dominated both free practice sessions.
08:40
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