© Getty ImagesFree Practice Update - British Grand Prix 2021We're at Silverstone for a new look Grand Prix weekend.
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In 2020 we raced here twice in the British Grand Prix and the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, the latter seeing Max pick up the win and his first of that season.
This weekend we'll see a new format of F1, with the introduction of Saturday's F1 Sprint, which will be a short and fast-paced race over 100km, approximately 17 laps of Silverstone. The main race on Sunday will be 52 laps long and giving a race distance of 306.198km.
British Pre-Race Programme© Red Bull Racing Honda
We'll only see two practice sessions this weekend, Free Practice One, taking place on Friday afternoon, and Free Practice Two, which will be on Saturday afternoon.
With fans watching on, we got the weekend underway with FP1. Max had a strong session finishing in P1, with a best time of 1:27.035. The Dutchman completed 23 laps. Checo ended practice in P8, with his fastest time a 1:28.163. He managed a total of 25 laps.
Saturday's midday FP2 session, lasting an hour, saw Max continue his practice form by topping the timesheets. The Dutchman posted a fastest lap time of 1:29.902, with a total of 23 laps. Checo ended his session in P5, with a best time of 1:30.800. He completed 27 laps of the Silverstone circuit.
British Grand Prix 2021: Free Practice
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Patiently Awaiting Perez© Getty Images
Perez On The Hards In Practice© Getty Images
Great To See So Many Fans© Getty Images
Testing Out The Softs© Getty Images
All Set For Practice© Getty Images
Heading Round The Final Corners© Getty Images
Getting Set For Silverstone's First Session© Getty Images
Bringing Back The Bull© Getty Images
Position | Driver | Team | Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Max Verstappen | Lando Norris | Lewis Hamilton | Charles Leclerc | Valtteri Bottas | Carlos Sainz | Sebastian Vettel | Sergio Pérez | Daniel Ricciardo | Esteban Ocon |
Red Bull Racing Honda | McLaren | Mercedes | Ferrari | Mercedes | Ferrari | Aston Martin | Red Bull Racing Honda | McLaren | Alpine |
1.27.035 | 1.27.814 | 1.27.815 | 1.27.828 | 1.27.897 | 1.27.923 | 1.28.062 | 1.28.163 | 1.28.211 | 1.28.415 |