F1 British GP Live Commentary and Updates – FP1 & FP2

And with that, it is time to depart until final practice on Friday morning. Until then, here is a full recap of the session, and we will catch you again tomorrow! 

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Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38

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As was the case in FP1, Norris is the fastest driver. Piastri is second with Perez third and, unexpectedly, Hulkenberg fourth. 

There will be more action with most drivers set to return to the track to complete a practice start from the grid. With no position to practice in the pitlane, this is the only opportunity available. 

In comes Norris but Sainz continues on for another lap. He has the complete facility to himself. 

"The track is fine, I'm just slow," reports Hamilton - who is sixth fastest. 

Five minutes to go and only Norris and Sainz remain on the track. 

And rain is also visible on the cameras. Possibly signalling the end of the session for any meaningful running, drivers are all ducking immediately into the pits. 

A nice drift for Norris at Luffield. Not the fastest way around the corner, but it certainly looked cool. He remains the fastest driver on the track and has completed 24 laps. 

Only Magnussen remains in the pits. He is currently the slowest driver in the session, 1.573s off the pace. 

"When the rain hits, it could be quite heavy, quite quickly. We'll take no risks," McLaren tells Norris. 

No question about it, the skies are getting darker. 13 minutes remain. 

Here comes the rain. The helicopter shot shows what appears to be a wall of water heading towards the track. When it gets wet, it will really get wet. 10 minutes - is the latest report! 

Before the rain hits, we're now into the long runs, with no fastest times coming, but lots of data being generated for the teams. 

And on weather chat, there is rain expected in "15 to 20 minutes", if you believe Ricciardo's radio. 

Third for Perez. With Verstappen in seventh, the gap can be explained purely by the difference in times in which they set their efforts. 

"Check the floor", Norris instructs McLaren after running across the Copse kerbs. 

The black clouds are now quickly building, so we could be near the best conditions of the session as we reach the halfway point. 

But Sainz immediately pushes the Canadian back, the Ferrari driver only 0.016s shy in what is becoming a battle of fine margins! 

Second for Stroll, just 0.041s slower than Verstappen. He was second to Norris in FP1. Has Aston Martin found some pace?

With his own soft tyre run, Albon is now fifth and Zhou seventh, but Stroll has just set a purple sector one. 

Alonso, currently 10th, is now the highest placed driver on track, and he has softs fitted. 

Still on medium tyres, Russell's latest effort sees him improve to close to within 0.273s of Verstappen. Russell is the only driver in the current top nine that is out on the track. 

The track is relatively quiet at present with the majority of drivers in the pits as tweaks are made to their cars. Get ready for a series of soft tyre runs when they all inevitably head back out at the same time! 

Second for Leclerc, 0.25s off Verstappen and Sainz up to fourth. But here comes Max on softs. 

We may be about to get a glimpse at the qualifying pace of Red Bull this weekend, with Verstappen leaving the pits on a set of fresh soft tyres. 

Leclerc is complaining that his Ferrari is "tricky" to drive right now. He is currently sixth but is far from satisfied with the feel of his car. 

A moment for Gasly there as he bounces across the kerb on the outside of Copse. Sparks fly and that will have done damage to the floor. 

The home fans will be enjoying the timing screens right now, if they were to block off Verstappen at the top - Hamilton, Norris and Russell are second, third and fourth.