The 10th round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship began with practice on Friday at Silverstone Circuit, as teams prepared for the British Grand Prix on Sunday. The two 90-minute sessions were run under cool and mostly cloudy conditions, with Mercedes setting the fastest times in both sessions.
Leading the way in FP1 was Valtteri Bottas, whose fast lap of 1:29.106 was .078 of a second better than the next quickest driver, teammate Lewis Hamilton. Both Bottas and Hamilton were faster than the previous track record – a 1:29.243 set by Hamilton during the second round of qualifying for last year’s British Grand Prix.
The Mercedes duo of Bottas and Hamilton also topped FP2, with Bottas nipping his teammate by .047 of a second with a lap of 1:28.496. The top-five drivers in FP2 were under Hamilton’s 2016 track record.
First practice session results:
| 1. | V. Bottas | Mercedes | 01:29.106 | ||
| 2. | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:29.184 | ||
| 3. | M. Verstappen | Red Bull | 01:29.604 | ||
| 4. | D. Ricciardo | Red Bull | 01:29.942 | ||
| 5. | K. Raikkonen | Ferrari | 01:30.137 | ||
| 6. | S. Vettel | Ferrari | 01:30.517 | ||
| 7. | D. Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 01:30.895 | ||
| 8. | F. Alonso | McLaren | 01:30.993 | ||
| 9. | F. Massa | Williams | 01:30.999 | ||
| 10. | S. Vandoorne | McLaren | 01:31.041 | ||
| 11. | C. Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 01:31.200 | ||
| 12. | E. Ocon | Force India | 01:31.210 | ||
| 13. | S. Pérez | Force India | 01:31.297 | ||
| 14. | R. Grosjean | Haas | 01:31.610 | ||
| 15. | L. Stroll | Williams | 01:31.684 | ||
| 16. | A. Giovinazzi | Haas | 01:32.031 | ||
| 17. | N. Hulkenberg | Renault | 01:32.171 | ||
| 18. | J. Palmer | Renault | 01:32.450 | ||
| 19. | P. Wehrlein | Sauber | 01:33.029 | ||
| 20. | M. Ericsson | Sauber | 01:33.399 |
Second practice session results:
| 1. | V. Bottas | Mercedes | 01:28.496 | ||
| 2. | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:28.543 | ||
| 3. | K. Raikkonen | Ferrari | 01:28.828 | ||
| 4. | S. Vettel | Ferrari | 01:28.956 | ||
| 5. | M. Verstappen | Red Bull | 01:29.098 | ||
| 6. | D. Ricciardo | Red Bull | 01:29.586 | ||
| 7. | N. Hulkenberg | Renault | 01:29.936 | ||
| 8. | F. Massa | Williams | 01:30.006 | ||
| 9. | F. Alonso | McLaren | 01:30.238 | ||
| 10. | E. Ocon | Force India | 01:30.383 | ||
| 11. | C. Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 01:30.555 | ||
| 12. | D. Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 01:30.562 | ||
| 13. | S. Pérez | Force India | 01:30.624 | ||
| 14. | R. Grosjean | Haas | 01:30.661 | ||
| 15. | L. Stroll | Williams | 01:30.695 | ||
| 16. | S. Vandoorne | McLaren | 01:30.782 | ||
| 17. | K. Magnussen | Haas | 01:30.835 | ||
| 18. | J. Palmer | Renault | 01:30.879 | ||
| 19. | M. Ericsson | Sauber | 01:31.616 | ||
| 20. | P. Wehrlein | Sauber | 01:31.929 |
