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Due to his accident, Verstappen wasted no time during the second free practice session. The Limburger car must now be repaired by Saturday, when the third free practice (12:00) and qualifying (15:00) are scheduled. The race is Sunday at 3:10 pm
The best time of the second free practice session at Silverstone was for Ferrari racer Vettel, who got 1,27,552 in soft tires. He remained the duo of Mercedes Lewis Hamilton (1.27.739) and Valtteri Bottas (1.27.909), who also drove for the softs.
The top ten was completed Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Verstappens teammate Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren – driver Fernando Alonso, Renault's Nico Hulkenberg, the Force India duo Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc (Sauber).
On Friday morning, Verstappen signed the sixth time (1.28.325) in the first free practice session. He was therefore eight tenths slower than the fastest man on the pitch, reigning world champion Hamilton: 1.27.487. Behind Hamilton Bottas, Vettel, Ricciardo and Raikkonen complete the top 5.
93 points
The British Grand Prix was won last year by Hamilton, Bottas (second), Raikkonen (third) , Verstappen (fourth) and Ricciardo (fifth) after an exciting race behind him.
With five wins at Silverstone, Hamilton is the record holder. Also the British Jim Clark (in the sixties) and the Frenchman Alain Prost (in the eighties and nineties) won five times the Grand Prix of Great Britain.
Vettel leads the World Cup after 9 of the 21 races. with 146 points, followed by Hamilton (145 points), Raikkonen (101), Ricciardo (96), Verstappen (93) and Bottas (92).
Verstappen had traveled to England with confidence. He convincingly won his first Grand Prix of the season last week in Austria and the fourth of his career.
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