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
