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Bottas continues Mercedes dominance at Silverstone in FP1

by Phillip Horton
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Bottas continues Mercedes dominance at Silverstone in FP1

Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Mercedes AMG F1 W11. 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Friday 7th August 2020. Silverstone, England.

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Mercedes controlled proceedings during opening practice for Formula 1’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Mercedes has dominated the early stages of the delayed 2020 campaign, taking all four pole positions and victories, and once more the W11 was the class of the field on Friday morning.

Formula 1 teams trialled Pirelli’s C4 compound during the opening 90-minute session at a warm and sunny Silverstone, with the tyre nominated as the Soft for this weekend’s event.

Pirelli has gone one step softer with its three nominated compounds for the second of back-to-back events at Silverstone, with the C4s being introduced, and the C1s no longer available.

On the C4 tyre Valtteri Bottas posted a time of 1:26.166 to finish 0.138s faster than team-mate and title leader Lewis Hamilton.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen occupied his increasingly regular position as the fastest non-Mercedes participant, though still lapped seven-tenths down on the Finn.

With each driver having only two sets of the C2, the hardest tyre available, for the duration of the weekend’s action most teams stuck to the C4, of which they have eight sets.

Hulkenberg back in action

Nico Hulkenberg carried out media duties on Thursday still unsure as to whether he would be in Racing Point’s RP20 this weekend.

On Friday morning it was confirmed that Sergio Perez had returned another positive Covid-19 test and has therefore been ruled out of action at Silverstone.

It is not yet clear whether Perez will be able to return at next weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.

Hulkenberg got back in to the RP20, which failed to start last Sunday’s race at the same venue due to a sheared bolt, and took an eye-catching fourth.

The German, along with Verstappen and fifth-placed Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, were the only competitors to set a time within a second of Bottas’ best effort.

Tight in the midfield

Alexander Albon took sixth for Red Bull while seventh went to Sebastian Vettel, who has already classified higher in a session than at any point during last weekend’s struggles.

But just three-tenths of a second covered a handful of drivers who hovered around the top 10, which included Racing Point’s Lance Stroll, the AlphaTauri pair of Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly, as well as Renault’s Esteban Ocon.

Ocon was the only Renault-powered representative on the top half of the timesheets, just 0.006s clear of Gasly, as McLaren took only 12th and 14th courtesy of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr.

Daniel Ricciardo was a subdued 17th in the other R.S.20.

Kubica has another FP1 run

Robert Kubica had another outing as part of his role as Alfa Romeo’s reserve driver – but he finished 19th, ahead only of Haas’ Kevin Magnussen.

Alfa Romeo was once more the slowest car as its lead driver Kimi Raikkonen finished 2.489s off of compatriot Bottas.

Williams, last in the Constructors’ Championship, had George Russell and Nicholas Latifi in 15th and 16th respectively, as the team chases a Q2 spot for the fourth race on the bounce.

Second practice for Formula 1’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix is set for 15:00 local time.

# Drive Team Time Gap Laps
1 V. Bottas Mercedes 1:26.166   21
2 L. Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.304 +0.138 23
3 M. Verstappen Red Bull 1:26.893 +0.727 24
4 N. Hulkenberg Racing Point 1:26.942 +0.776 25
5 C. Leclerc Ferrari 1:27.062 +0.896 20
6 A. Albon Red Bull 1:27.280 +1.114 22
7 S. Vettel Ferrari 1:27.498 +1.332 21
8 L. Stroll Racing Point 1:27.539 +1.373 26
9 D. Kvyat AlphaTauri 1:27.653 +1.487 27
10 E. Ocon Renault 1:27.701 +1.535 23
11 P. Gasly AlphaTauri 1:27.707 +1.541 23
12 L. Norris McLaren 1:27.846 +1.680 26
13 R. Grosjean Haas 1:27.908 +1.742 26
14 C. Sainz McLaren 1:28.138 +1.972 28
15 G. Russell Williams 1:28.170 +2.004 24
16 N. Latifi Williams 1:28.226 +2.060 24
17 D. Ricciardo Renault 1:28.511 +2.345 23
18 K. Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 1:28.655 +2.489 24
19 R. Kubica Alfa Romeo 1:28.960 +2.794 22
20 K. Magnussen Haas 1:29.319 +3.153 17
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