Max third in Silverstone FP1

Published on 14 July 2017 by Stefan Meens

Max Verstappen started his British Grand Prix weekend with a third place in FP1. Mercedes set the pace with Lewis Hamilton lapping the Silverstone circuit quickest, followed by his team mate Valtteri Bottas. Max’s Red Bull Racing colleague Daniel Ricciardo set the fourth fastest time.

At the start of the session, Sebastian Vettel showcased the new ‘shield’ on his Ferrari. It is the latest idea developed for cockpit protection and FP1 saw the premiere of the feature out on track for a handful of laps.

The session follows the usual first practice session routine with most of the drivers completing their installation laps before venturing on longer runs. After forty minutes, when the teams hand in their first set of tyres, Mercedes heads the field, ahead of the two Red Bulls.

With half an hour left on the clock, the Red Bulls head out for a stint on the super-soft Pirellis. Both Max and Ricciardo improve their lap times and cement their positions behind the two Mercedes but in front of the Ferraris, the same positions the sextet would occupy at the end of the session.

After a troubled first half of the season, McLaren showed encouraging pace around the Northamptonshire track with Fernando Alonso in seventh and Stoffel Vandoorne in ninth.

British Grand Prix - Silverstone - Friday 14 July 2017

FREE PRACTICE 1 RESULTS

01 77 Valtteri Bottas     Mercedes                    1:29.106          29
02 44 Lewis Hamilton      Mercedes                    1:29.184 +0.078s  29
03 33 Max Verstappen      Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:29.604 +0.498s  26
04  3 Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:29.942 +0.836s  19
05  7 Kimi Raikkonen      Ferrari                     1:30.137 +1.031s  19
06  5 Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari                     1:30.517 +1.411s  19
07 26 Daniil Kvyat        Toro Rosso                  1:30.895 +1.789s  21
08 14 Fernando Alonso     McLaren Honda               1:30.993 +1.887s  20
09 19 Felipe Massa        Williams Mercedes           1:30.999 +1.893s  26
10  2 Stoffel Vandoorne   McLaren Honda               1:31.041 +1.935s  27
11 55 Carlos Sainz        Toro Rosso                  1:31.200 +2.094s  24
12 31 Esteban Ocon        Force India Mercedes        1:31.210 +2.104s  32
13 11 Sergio Perez        Force India Mercedes        1:31.297 +2.191s  34
14  8 Romain Grosjean     Haas Ferrari                1:31.610 +2.504s  24
15 18 Lance Stroll        Williams Mercedes           1:31.684 +2.578s  24
16 50 Antonio Giovinazzi  Haas Ferrari                1:32.031 +2.925s  24
17 27 Nico Hulkenberg     Renault                     1:32.171 +3.065s  19
18 30 Jolyon Palmer       Renault                     1:32.450 +3.344s  16
19 94 Pascal Wehrlein     Sauber Ferrari              1:33.029 +3.923s  23
20  9 Marcus Ericsson     Sauber Ferrari              1:33.399 +4.293s  26

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