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Formula 1 British GP

British GP Friday practice

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Hartley is asked "through which axle can you feel the vibrations?" and he says it's "the whole car, so I'm not sure if it's the track surface". Told ya...
Stopwatch
Hartley has vibrated his way to the first time of the session - 1m35.079s.
A rare look at the blue-marked hard tyres from Pirelli this morning.

A rare look at the blue-marked hard tyres from Pirelli this morning.

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"Please check for vibrations," reports Hartley. It could just be the bumps on the new surface!
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You know it's a quiet start to a session when the official F1 team radio feed is playing "radio check" messages.
We've doubled up on our trackside manpower for this session: we'll have updates from Edd Straw and ex-F1 designer Gary Anderson once we get some proper action out there.
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"The parking spot for the pitstop is not straight," says Leclerc. "Why don't we put it straighter?"
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Stroll says the new track surface is "really bumpy".
Attempt #2 for Bottas, who is wheeled out of the garage and fired up. And this time he gets away.
Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas are the only drivers we've not seen a lap from yet. Nobody has posted a time yet.
Bottas's Mercedes makes it about halfway out of the garage before his engine is switched off and rolled back in. Odd start to the session for the second Mercedes.
Lots of cars follow the Sauber out on track to get a first taste of the new asphalt that has been laid this year.
Green flag
Green light at the end of the pitlane, and Ericsson's Sauber kicks of FP1 action at Silverstone.
Sun
As always (ha!), it's another scorching British summer day at Silverstone. 'Typical British weather', as our international colleagues like to always remind us whenever it rains in their country...
By 'it', we of course mean the Formula 1 world championship (what else?!), which returns to the venue that hosted its first race back in 1950. Welcome to coverage of the British Grand Prix weekend from Silverstone.
It's coming home.

By: Geoff Creighton

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