Norris sets Silverstone pace from Ferrari duo

British Grand Prix

Venue: Silverstone Dates: 4-6 July Race start: 15:00 BST connected Sunday

Coverage: Live commentary of believe and qualifying connected BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 pinch title connected BBC Radio 5 Live; unrecorded matter updates connected BBC Sport website and app

McLaren's Lando Norris group nan gait successful Friday believe astatine nan British Grand Prix from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.

Norris, 15 points down team-mate Oscar Piastri successful nan title heading into his location race, was 0.222 seconds quicker than Leclerc.

Hamilton was conscionable 0.079secs down this team-mate, while Piastri appeared to beryllium lagging down Norris connected Friday and ended it 0.470secs disconnected nan pace.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen, complaining complete nan power of a deficiency of beforehand grip done Silverstone's high-speed corners, was 5th fastest.

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli was sixth, an oversteer infinitesimal done nan last area Club delaying his lap, up of Lance Stroll successful an Aston Martin.

Mercedes' George Russell and nan Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson completed nan apical 10.

It was a bully time for Ferrari. Hamilton was fastest successful nan first session, and Leclerc looked to beryllium mounting nan gait connected nan race-simulation runs astatine nan extremity of nan second.

Verstappen, Norris and Hamilton were intimately matched down Leclerc connected title pace, pinch Piastri again a small off.

Williams driver Carlos Sainz had a rotation retired of Luffield successful nan 2nd session, to nary harm, but location was nary incident arsenic melodramatic arsenic nan high-speed spins astatine Copse suffered successful nan first convention by Alpine's Pierre Gasly and Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto. Remarkably, some stayed connected way and did not harm their cars.