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Hamilton fastest in Silverstone practice session
Key takeaways
- Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone nine times, a record for any F1 race
- F1 Correspondent at Silverstone Published32 minutes ago Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton led the way in practice at the British Grand Prix before sprint qualifying later on Friday.
- McLaren's Oscar Piastri was fifth fastest, but 0.887secs off the pace, despite a spin at Becketts midway through the session.
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Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone nine times, a record for any F1 race
F1 Correspondent at Silverstone Published32 minutes ago Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton led the way in practice at the British Grand Prix before sprint qualifying later on Friday.
The seven-time champion was 0.213 seconds quicker than championship leader Kimi Antonelli, with the second Ferrari of Charles Leclerc also heading the Italian's Mercedes team-mate George Russell, winner in Austria last weekend.
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