Autosport Plus

Red Bull matches Mercedes in Silverstone sun but cooling conditions could widen gap

The times set in Friday practice for the British Grand Prix provide positive reading for Red Bull, which looks to have closed its gap to Mercedes. But there's a change on the horizon that could redraw the picture for the rest of the weekend

Alex Kalinauckas Jul 31, 2020, 3:31 PM

Formula 1 fans may be missing from the 2020 British Grand Prix, but the usual Silverstone cliches still apply. The wind was strong at the former Royal Air Force base and the sun - admittedly not always a feature here - blazed down.

But the combination of the two, and particularly the prediction that conditions will be significantly cooler for the rest of the weekend, hung over all of the data the teams gathered on Friday.

Share Or Save This Story

Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.