2 hours ago Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton led the mode successful signifier astatine the British Grand Prix earlier sprint qualifying aboriginal connected Friday.
The seven-time champion was 0.213 seconds quicker than title person Kimi Antonelli, with the 2nd Ferrari of Charles Leclerc besides heading the Italian's Mercedes team-mate George Russell, victor successful Austria past weekend.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri was 5th fastest, but 0.887secs disconnected the pace, contempt a rotation astatine Becketts midway done the session.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was sixth fastest, 0.980secs down Hamilton and intelligibly struggling for grip, up of the 2nd McLaren of Lando Norris and Red Bull's Isack Hadjar.
Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg and Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson completed the apical 10.
The league took spot nether large bluish skies successful temperatures of 23C astatine the commencement of a play successful which 500,000 radical - an all-time grounds - are expected to beryllium astatine Silverstone.
Hamilton, the all-time grounds holder for wins astatine this way with 9 victories, was a astonishment pace-setter.
He had predicted connected Thursday that Ferrari would suffer possibly doubly arsenic overmuch clip connected the straights to Mercedes arsenic they did successful Austria past weekend, wherever the 41-year-old struggled to 5th spot 2 weeks aft his landmark maiden Ferrari triumph successful Barcelona.
Aside from Piastri's spin, the league was comparatively uneventful. Sprint qualifying starts astatine 16:30 BST.
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