
Lewis Hamilton set the tempo within the opening follow session for the British Grand Prix, heading the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
The Ferrari driver, a nine-time winner at Silverstone, sat in direction of the highest of the instances in Free Follow 1 for almost all of the one-hour session.
His 1m 26.892s on Pirelli’s gentle tyre left him 0.023s away from Norris, with Piastri simply over one-tenth additional again because the second Ferrari of Charles Leclerc accomplished the highest 4.
Whereas there have been no stoppages throughout the session, each the Alpine of Pierre Gasly and Kick Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto suffered excessive velocity spins by Copse, earlier than rejoining unscathed.
Elsewhere Briton Arvid Lindblad completed 14th on his FP1 debut for Red Bull, simply half a second behind crew mate and reigning World Champion Max Verstappen.
To catch one of the best moments from FP1 at Silverstone, click on on the video participant above.
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