Another practice session, another Mercedes 1-2 as the Silver Arrows’ superiority shone once again in FP2 ahead of the 7oth Anniversary Grand Prix.

Valtteri Bottas topped first practice at Silverstone with Hamilton in second, but the roles were reversed as the W11 showed that it can in fact handle hotter temperatures.

Hamilton’s 1:25.606 remained unbeaten as Bottas fell a tenth short of making it a Friday P1 double. The Silver Arrows duo were well clear of the rest – Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll were some eight tenths down in P3, P4 and P5 respectively.

Nico Hulkenberg finished P6 to continue his promising start to what will hopefully be an actual race start come Sunday afternoon.

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