This is the place to discuss everything related to the 10th round of the 2018 season taking place in Silverstone between the 6th and 8th of July.
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The event timetable for the British Grand Prix.
Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 09:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 13:00 GMT
Saturday
Practice 11:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
Qualifying 14:00 local time - 13:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 13:00 GMT
The 2018 British GP Thread
Moderators: cmlean, Ed, The Qualiflyer, The Heretic
Re: The 2018 British GP Thread
This weekend sees the final leg of the triple header. With most teams based in the UK, it will be a welcome return home for most.
Following a disastrous round in Austria for the Mercedes team, they return to Silverstone and Lewis will have something to prove now that he is again behind in the chase to the World Driver's Championship. Whether Ferrari, Red Bull or, to a lesser extent, Haas have something to say about it, we will have to wait and see.
McLaren turned the corner with a decent points finish in Austria. This was more good luck than good management with the demise of 3 cars from the more highly rated teams. That said, you still have to finish and Fernando hung in the and fended off the last lap assault by Marcus Ericcson to take the best finish for the team this season. Speaking of Ericcson, the Sauber team are really on a high. With both cars finishing in the points and Leclerc up to 4 consecutive points finishes, the question is 'Just how good is this kid?' He has really delivered in turning the fortunes of this team around.
Renault had a horrible last weekend and will be looking for a substantial improvement as are Toro Rosso. With their Honda power unit, they seem to have speed but the race pace is still somewhat off. Sure Pierre Gasley has had some points finishes but the car just isn't as consistent as it needs to be.
Force India are still sort of there but with so many teams now contending for those few mid field points, it is down to the balance of the cars on race day.
Williams are still really struggling. There were moments in the last event where there were subtle signs of improvement but they are still so far off the pace. The drivers are giving it all their worth as could be seen by Stroll making it through to Q2 on Saturday but there is so much that needs to be done.
So, these are my meanderings. Is there anything you want to say?
Following a disastrous round in Austria for the Mercedes team, they return to Silverstone and Lewis will have something to prove now that he is again behind in the chase to the World Driver's Championship. Whether Ferrari, Red Bull or, to a lesser extent, Haas have something to say about it, we will have to wait and see.
McLaren turned the corner with a decent points finish in Austria. This was more good luck than good management with the demise of 3 cars from the more highly rated teams. That said, you still have to finish and Fernando hung in the and fended off the last lap assault by Marcus Ericcson to take the best finish for the team this season. Speaking of Ericcson, the Sauber team are really on a high. With both cars finishing in the points and Leclerc up to 4 consecutive points finishes, the question is 'Just how good is this kid?' He has really delivered in turning the fortunes of this team around.
Renault had a horrible last weekend and will be looking for a substantial improvement as are Toro Rosso. With their Honda power unit, they seem to have speed but the race pace is still somewhat off. Sure Pierre Gasley has had some points finishes but the car just isn't as consistent as it needs to be.
Force India are still sort of there but with so many teams now contending for those few mid field points, it is down to the balance of the cars on race day.
Williams are still really struggling. There were moments in the last event where there were subtle signs of improvement but they are still so far off the pace. The drivers are giving it all their worth as could be seen by Stroll making it through to Q2 on Saturday but there is so much that needs to be done.
So, these are my meanderings. Is there anything you want to say?
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FP1 Results
The session started off quietly with all teams doing their Friday programs. A few small offs and then, around the 60 minute mark, Grosjean and his Haas failed to make it through turn 1. Damage was substantial and the chassis was severely damaged. This damage will require a replacement chassis and he was ruled out of practice 2.
Near the end of the session, Max Verstappen appeared to have a gearbox failure which brought a premature end to his runs.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:27.487 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 1:27.854 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
3 1:27.998 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
4 1:28.144 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
5 1:28.218 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
6 1:28.325 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
7 1:29.352 Romain Grosjean Haas
8 1:29.812 Sergio Perez Force India
9 1:29.815 Esteban Ocon Force India
10 1:29.878 Lance Stroll Williams
11 1:29.942 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
12 1:30.004 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
13 1:30.027 Charles Leclerc Sauber
14 1:30.065 Kevin Magnussen Haas
15 1:30.322 Fernando Alonso McLaren
16 1:30.358 Carlos Sainz Renault
17 1:30.416 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
18 1:30.701 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
19 1:30.749 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
20 1:31.017 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
Near the end of the session, Max Verstappen appeared to have a gearbox failure which brought a premature end to his runs.
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FP2 Results
Romain Grosjean was unable to take part in FP2 due to the damage incurred to his chassis in his crash in FP1.
Max Verstappen managed to lose his Red Bull and ended up in the barriers. The car suffered damage to the right rear corner.
Pierre Gasley pulled off the track with mechanical gremlins.
Again small offs occurred in the session with minimal damage to the cars undertray.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:27.552 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2 1:27.739 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 1:27.909 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
4 1:28.045 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
5 1:28.408 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
6 1:29.306 Fernando Alonso McLaren
7 1:29.354 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
8 1:29.467 Esteban Ocon Force India
9 1:29.522 Sergio Perez Force India
10 1:29.557 Charles Leclerc Sauber
11 1:29.563 Carlos Sainz Renault
12 1:29.617 Kevin Magnussen Haas
13 1:29.831 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
14 1:30.046 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
15 1:30.069 Lance Stroll Williams
16 1:30.103 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
17 1:30.121 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
18 1:30.404 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
19 No Time Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
Max Verstappen managed to lose his Red Bull and ended up in the barriers. The car suffered damage to the right rear corner.
Pierre Gasley pulled off the track with mechanical gremlins.
Again small offs occurred in the session with minimal damage to the cars undertray.
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FP3 Results
Talking point of this session has to be Hartley's crash. Coming into the braking area at the end of Brooklands, the left front suspension just seemed to disintegrate. The gravel trap really did little as the front wheel held the car above the gravel and Hartley went into the barrier. Hartley walked away without injury but this component failure then impacted on Gasly's session as the team went about investigating just why the failure occurred.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:26.722 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 1:26.815 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
3 1:27.364 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
4 1:27.851 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
5 1:28.012 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
6 1:28.018 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
7 1:28.146 Charles Leclerc Sauber
8 1:28.418 Kevin Magnussen Haas
9 1:28.554 Romain Grosjean Haas
10 1:28.814 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
11 1:28.917 Esteban Ocon Force India
12 1:29.066 Sergio Perez Force India
13 1:29.070 Fernando Alonso McLaren
14 1:29.094 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
15 1:29.133 Carlos Sainz Renault
16 1:29.829 Lance Stroll Williams
17 1:29.984 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
18 1:30.004 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
19 1:30.050 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
20 No Time Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
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Qualifying Results
Following his crash in FP3, Hartley and his Toro Rosso took no part in qualifying.
The Williams terrible season continued at their home grand prix with Stroll's car becoming unstable under brakes at the end on Brooklands and ending up in the gravel trap. There was no damage but, due to causing a red flag stoppage, took no further part in the session.
Sirotkin's Williams also had a similar incident however he did manage to drive through the trap and return to the pits.
Renault also suffered with Sainz failing to make it out of Q1 and Hunkenberg stuck in Q2.
Q1 and the battle for pole was sensational with Hamilton just beating Vettel by .04 seconds after Vettel held the upper had after their first runs in the session. Kimi Raikkonen was a further .06 seconds further back.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:25.892 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 1:25.936 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
3 1:25.990 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
4 1:26.217 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
5 1:26.602 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
6 1:27.099 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
7 1:27.244 Kevin Magnussen Haas
8 1:27.455 Romain Grosjean Haas
9 1:27.879 Charles Leclerc Sauber
10 1:28.194 Esteban Ocon Force India
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11 1:27.901 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
12 1:27.928 Sergio Perez Force India
13 1:28.139 Fernando Alonso McLaren
14 1:28.343 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
15 1:28.391 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
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16 1:28.456 Carlos Sainz Renault
17 1:29.096 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
18 1:29.252 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
19 No Time Lance Stroll Williams
The Williams terrible season continued at their home grand prix with Stroll's car becoming unstable under brakes at the end on Brooklands and ending up in the gravel trap. There was no damage but, due to causing a red flag stoppage, took no further part in the session.
Sirotkin's Williams also had a similar incident however he did manage to drive through the trap and return to the pits.
Renault also suffered with Sainz failing to make it out of Q1 and Hunkenberg stuck in Q2.
Q1 and the battle for pole was sensational with Hamilton just beating Vettel by .04 seconds after Vettel held the upper had after their first runs in the session. Kimi Raikkonen was a further .06 seconds further back.
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Race Results
Raikkonen received a 10 second penalty for causing a collision which was served mid race.
Gasly received a 5 second penalty for causing a collision which was added to his race time.
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Pos Driver Team
1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
6 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
7 Esteban Ocon Force India
8 Fernando Alonso McLaren
9 Kevin Magnussen Haas
10 Sergio Perez Force India
11 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
12 Lance Stroll Williams
13 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
14 Sergey Sirotkin Williams
15 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
DNF Romain Grosjean Haas
DNF Carlos Sainz Renault
DNF Marcus Ericsson Sauber
DNF Charles Leclerc Sauber
DNF Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso
Gasly received a 5 second penalty for causing a collision which was added to his race time.