What went on in F1’s second British GP practice

Carlos Sainz led second British Grand Prix practice, with home drivers Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris completing an unusual top three.

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Key moments:

> Dry session after earlier rain

> Ferrari 1-2 on medium tyres at first

> Hamilton and Norris upset the order on qualifying sims

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The two Ferraris had swapped the top spot during the initial running on medium tyres, but they were then usurped by Lando Norris’s McLaren when soft-tyre running began.

Though the McLaren was one of the first to try a qualifying-style lap, its lap held up extremely well.

Only Sainz managed to beat it at first, the 1m28.942s that put him 0.176s clear of Norris including a very wide passage through Copse.

Charles Leclerc and the Red Bulls’ laps were all slower than Norris’s, and it was Lewis Hamilton who finally got between Sainz and Norris in the Mercedes, 0.031s faster than his compatriot.

Hamilton’s encouraging session was not without incident, his Mercedes shedding some bodywork over a kerb at the very end.

Norris also had an unusual scrape when the rear jack on his McLaren appeared to break in the pits, abruptly dropping his car to the ground.

A bumpy pit stop for Lando 😮

Looks like the rear jack failed before the tyres were strapped on#BritishGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/caQ9hqlhFo

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Max Verstappen had concerns about a mysterious noise from his car, and both Red Bulls had extended spells in the garage in the middle of the session before taking fourth (Verstappen) and seventh (Sergio Perez), split by Leclerc and Fernando Alonso’s Alpine.

George Russell and Daniel Ricciardo were eighth and ninth, some distance off their respective team-mates, with Lance Stroll completing the top 10.

The other Aston Martin of Sebastian Vettel lost some running when the team saw floor damage, to Vettel’s surprise as he felt he hadn’t done anything to cause it.

He was 12th, ahead of Esteban Ocon, whose running was curtailed by a cracked sidepod on his Alpine.

Practice 2 Results