Residence hero Lewis Hamilton tops first follow at Silverstone

It could have solely been the primary follow session, however Lewis Hamilton proved his Silverstone superiority lives on at Ferrari because the nine-time British Grand Prix winner set the quickest lap.

Hamilton received right here final yr for Mercedes however has been struggling for kind since making the change to the Scuderia, bar profitable the Shanghai dash race earlier this season.

The seven-time world champion despatched the adoring house followers into raptures as his effort of 1m26892s was sufficient to maintain compatriot and title challenger Lando Norris at bay.

Norris pipped McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to second as Charles Leclerc put the sister Ferrari fourth to proceed one thing of an upturn in efficiency for the crew in pink.

George Russell had displaced Hamilton from the highest of the timing sheets earlier in FP1 however needed to accept fifth, with the Haas of Oliver Bearman – the fourth full-time house driver within the subject – down in 18th.

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen was down in tenth, with Arvin Lindblad – who was on his first F1 outing following the particular dispensation given to the 17-year-old – not far adrift within the second Pink Bull, just a little over .500s away from the Dutchman’s finest effort.

With the climate in Northamptonshire seemingly set honest for the day, there was loads of working up and down the sector, and even a few bushy moments into Copse.

Firstly, Pierre Gasly spun his Alpine a full 360 levels and was fortunate to maintain going with none injury, earlier than Gabriel Bortoleto – contemporary from scoring his first F1 factors in Austria final weekend – adopted go well with as he misplaced it on the curb and took a visit over the grass earlier than persevering with on.

With Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber loved a double factors end on the Pink Bull Ring final day out, however the latter sat out FP1 at Silverstone and was changed by Alpine loanee Paul Aron, who was seventeenth following his short-term change. 

F1 British GP outcomes – FP1

Photographs from British GP – Follow