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Dominant Fastest Lap: Hamilton Fastest in Silverstone Practice

The Silverstone record winner sets a dominant fastest lap in the sole free practice session for the Grand Prix in Silverstone.

Dominant Fastest Lap: Hamilton Fastest in Silverstone Practice Photo: © IMAGO / Ricardo Larreina Amador

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the sole practice session in Silverstone.

The Ferrari driver posted the quickest time of 1:29:260 min, relegating Andrea Kimi Antonelli (+0.213) and teammate Charles Leclerc (+0.599) to second and third place.

George Russell (+0.678) finished fourth, with Oscar Piastri (+0.887) taking fifth place. Max Verstappen (+0.980) in sixth is already almost a second behind, but had to abandon his final attempt after two strong sector times.

World Champion Norris Already Over a Second Behind

Lando Norris (+1.028) and Isack Hadjar (+1.078) in seventh and eighth place are already over a second behind, with Nico Hülkenberg (+1.483) and Liam Lawson (+1.590) completing the top ten.

Besides the two Cadillacs and Aston Martins, Pierre Gasly also fell far behind: The Alpine driver had to settle for 21st place (+3.759). Teammate Franco Colapinto finished eleventh with a deficit of 1.706 seconds.

There will be no further practice sessions for the teams during the Grand Prix weekend - Sprint Qualifying is already scheduled for 5:30 PM. Saturday will feature the Sprint (from 1:00 PM in the LIVE-Ticker >>>) as well as Qualifying (from 5:00 PM in the LIVE-Ticker >>>) for the race.

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