.LewisHamilton led team mate ValtteriBottas in a Mercedes one-two in practice for F1's 70th Anniversary GrandPrix at Silverstone on Friday. | IOLsport
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was best of the rest in the morning, 0.727 off the pace, and Renault's Australian Daniel Ricciardo filled that slot in the afternoon with the Dutch youngster fourth.
Racing Point, fined and with 15 points deducted after stewards upheld a Renault protest, looked quick with Lance Stroll ending the day fifth and experienced German stand-in Nico Hulkenberg sixth. Hulkenberg, replacing Sergio Perez after the Mexican contracted Covid-19 and then tested positive for a second time, was fourth in the opening session.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was fifth and seventh fastest respectively but team mate Sebastian Vettel suffered an engine failure in the afternoon and ended up 14th.The title of Sunday's race commemorates the first world championship grand prix which was hosted by Silverstone in May, 1950. Mercedes have a horseshoe symbol on their cars in honour of the late Stirling Moss, who raced with the emblem in the early years of his career. Moss competed at Silverstone in 1950 in a Formula Three race.
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