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Team Summary:
With the start of the Saturday practice for the 2021 British GP the first
cars out were the Haas ones followed by a flow of drivers using a mix of
tyres. Schumacher would set a 1m:34.017 but Ocon on the soft tyre would move
ahead with a 1m:32.220, followed by Schumacher and Mazepin. Both Aston
Martins were running both on the medium tyre. Leclerc was now third using
the hard tyre while Vettel was now second from Schumacher, Leclerc, Sainz and
Mazepin. More times were being set with Norris on the soft now second
followed by Raikkonen. Sainz would improve to be third as the first Williams
time would be set seeing the car second.
Hamilton on the hard tyre was fourth followed by Norris, Sainz, Ricciardo,
Leclerc, Raikkonen and Vettel now tenth. On the medium Perez was now second
followed by Bottas. After their first runs the Williams pair were sixth and
seventh. Perez would move to the top of the times with a 1m:31.382 followed
by Ocon but Verstappen would move ahead of his team-mate with a 1m:30.428
also on the medium tyre. The Williams drivers were now seventh and eighth
with thirty five minutes remaining. But we would see Gasly on the medium now
third followed by Tsunoda, Nicholas, Ocon, Hamilton, Bottas, Mazepin, and
George. After their next runs the Williams drivers were eighth and tenth.
Verstappen was out on a long run on the medium tyre as Ricciardo moved into
fourth.
Bottas and Hamilton were currently fifth and sixth followed by the
AlphaTauri drivers. On the soft tyre Sainz was now second but was still 0.6s
behind Verstappen. But Leclerc on the mediums would move ahead of his
team-mate. With the changes the Williams drivers were now 11th and 14th with
eighteen minutes remaining. Verstappen was quickest with a 1m:29.902
followed by Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Ricciardo, Norris, Giovinazzi, Bottas,
Hamilton and Gasly tenth. With ten minutes remaining the Williams drivers
were currently 11th and 17th. Ocon was now in fourth ahead of Perez. The
Williams drivers were now 11th and 14th.
The session would come to an end with Verstappen remaining quickest from
Leclerc, Sainz, Ocon, Perez, Norris, Ricciardo, Hamilton, Bottas, and Gasly
tenth. The Williams drivers would finish in 11th and 14th in a session
where it was difficult to draw any real conclusions regarding the pace of
the drivers as it was very much a session preparing for the Sprint later in
the day. All the drivers would again be allowed to complete practice starts
on the grid.
Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would be first out for Williams in the session using the soft tyre.
He would pit after a single lap. But would quickly return remaining on the
soft tyre again completing just a single lap. Nicholas would set a 1m:32.624
to be seventh. A 1m:32.567 from Nicholas would see him move ahead of his
team-mate by just 0.007s. Nicholas had completes six laps on the soft tyre.
A 1m:31.835 from Nicholas would see him fifth on ten lap old soft tyres.
Nicholas would pit after an eleven lap run. In the pits he would drop to
ninth and would return on the medium tyre. This would become tenth as he
started his medium tyre run. As other times were set he would drop to 17th.
A 1m:31.337 would see Nicholas 14th pitting after a thirteen lap run. He
would finish the session in 15th as he returned to complete a practice
start on the grid.
George Russell:
With ten minutes of the session completed George would start his first run
using the soft tyre. George would say that his car was pulling under brakes.
George would set a 1m:32.574 to be second but he would drop to third behind
Mazepin. George would comment "Seems a little bit gustier today". George
would pit after a four lap run dropping to sixth. This would become tenth as
he returned with thirty minutes remaining but this time on the medium. He
would set a 1m:31.658 to be sixth. This would become seventh and then
eleventh as the session progressed. George would pit after a fourteen lap
run. He would return to complete a practice start from the grid. |