2018 British Grand Prix, Silverstone, July 6-8

[JPBD1990]

Someone get Simon Lazenby to a hospital... he’s talking as if he’s had a stroke. It’s all garbled

[matt_b]

Fastest laps were done on Softs

According to Autosport Lewis was on mediums, unless he made a quick stop and they completely missed it.

Definitely softs on his 3rd timed lap so tyres past their best at that stage but it was his best lap of the second session, first two flying laps were scrappy so more to come tomorrow.

[Juzh]

FP2

[JPBD1990]

Fastest laps were done on Softs

According to Autosport Lewis was on mediums, unless he made a quick stop and they completely missed it.

Definitely softs on his 3rd timed lap so tyres past their best at that stage but it was his best lap of the second session, first two flying laps were scrappy so more to come tomorrow.

Yep definitely on softs. I watched in horror as the Mercedes pace in FP1 was ominous... but he had a few scruffy laps but still ultimately ended up under 2 tenths behind. I’m calling a Mercedes pole, but by a slimmer margin that in Austria.

[DVB]

Hmm, normally it's Ferrari that is sandbagging on FP1 & FP2, is Merc doing the same thing now? Or is Ferrari just a lot quicker?

Seb for sure working out on that new package

[DVB]

Max crashing:

[F1NAC]

Looking at FIA FP2 sheets, am I mad or did Vettel(Medium) run similar times to Lewis (Soft)?

I remember seeing Vettel out on mediums during long runs and Hamilton on softs

[MtthsMlw]

Looking at FIA FP2 sheets, am I mad or did Vettel(Medium) run similar times to Lewis (Soft)?

I remember seeing Vettel out on mediums during long runs and Hamilton on softs

Yes Vettel started his long run on 7 laps old Mediums and Hamilton did his first one on Softs but I don't know how old these were.

[Manfer]

Vettel
1 14:08:53
2 1:29.842
3 2:09.934
4 1:28.856
5 2:08.976
6 23:13.091
7 1:27.552
8 2:15.436
9 1:27.946
10 P 1:43.823
11 P 2:22.769
12 P 8:49.184
13 2:04.416
14 1:32.843
15 1:32.904
16 1:33.154
17 1:33.088
18 1:39.390
19 1:32.979
20 1:33.258
21 1:33.388
22 1:33.428
23 1:33.885
24 1:33.803
25 1:37.298
26 1:33.532
27 1:34.162
28 1:34.777
29 P 1:33.576
30 2:09.287
31 1:31.170
32 1:35.860
33 1:31.739
34 2:33.844

Hamilton

1 14:27:21
2 1:29.084
3 2:09.612
4 1:49.596
5 1:28.676
6 P 1:58.000
7 P 2:08.526
8 7:49.815
9 1:28.137
10 2:09.869
11 1:28.168
12 2:16.129
13 1:27.739
14 P 1:49.851
15 9:48.801
16 1:32.656
17 1:33.177
18 1:32.800
19 1:33.461
20 1:33.578
21 1:33.310
22 1:33.328
23 1:33.465
24 P 1:43.555
25 1:52.789
26 1:32.838
27 1:38.760
28 1:32.423
29 P 1:34.849
30 2:00.472
31 2:09.188
32 P 2:16.728

Kimi
14:08:49
2 1:29.664
3 1:53.528
4 1:48.321
5 1:28.591
6 19:28.632
7 1:28.525
8 2:07.222
9 1:28.045
10 P 1:41.304
11 P 2:23.645
12 P 15:10.392
13 2:22.401
14 1:34.615
15 1:33.554
16 1:33.288
17 1:33.558
18 1:33.602
19 1:33.197
20 1:33.974
21 1:34.431
22 1:34.455
23 1:33.904
24 1:34.435
25 1:35.581
26 1:33.797
27 P 1:33.517
28 1:54.308
29 1:32.581
30 1:32.067
31 1:31.413
32 1:40.728
33 P 2:01.664

Bottas
1 14:26:58
2 1:29.573
3 1:49.593
4 1:46.589
5 P 1:29.636
6 P 2:05.297
7 7:53.964
8 1:27.909
9 2:05.130
10 P 1:28.884
11 15:25.015
12 1:32.987
13 1:33.322
14 1:33.308
15 1:34.196
16 1:33.890
17 1:39.264
18 1:33.944
19 P 1:35.380
20 1:53.622
21 1:33.549
22 1:33.567
23 1:34.115
24 1:33.447
25 1:33.264
26 P 1:32.095
27 2:03.608
28 1:33.804
29 2:01.817
30 P 2:25.060

[LM10]

Ferrari fastest in FP2 in Silverstone - wasn't expecting that.

It's close though, Vettel was on softs and Lewis was on mediums.

Both drivers set their fastest lap times on the soft...

Race pace for merc looks out of reach - 7 tenths between them and Ferrari according to Sky

I don't know what Sky is talking about? Mercedes at no times was 7 tenths faster on race pace. Vettel was as fast as Hamilton on 17 laps old Mediums whereas Hamilton was on 12 laps old Softs and also in general Vettel was at least matching Hamilton.

Maybe Mercedes is sandbagging and Sky knows every detail, I don't know.

[JPBD1990]

It's close though, Vettel was on softs and Lewis was on mediums.

Both drivers set their fastest lap times on the soft...

Race pace for merc looks out of reach - 7 tenths between them and Ferrari according to Sky

I don't know what Sky is talking about? Mercedes at no times was 7 tenths faster on race pace. Vettel was as fast as Hamilton on 17 laps old Mediums whereas Hamilton was on 12 laps old Softs and also in general Vettel was at least matching Hamilton.

Maybe Mercedes is sandbagging and Sky knows every detail, I don't know.

Thanks for sharing! I was disappointed when they said it tbh. They said Hamilton’s average lap time was a 1:33.1, raikkonens a 1:33.8 and Bottas a 1:33.4. Was that just one random lap they looked at? Ricciardo was in the 34’s and they didn’t mention Vettel due to tyre discrepancy

[JPBD1990]

From this it looks neck and neck

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhbqJEDW4AUIOoO.jpg

[MtthsMlw]

Vettel's long run on Medium average was ~1:33.5 and Hamiltions long run on Softs was ~1:33.25

[LM10]

Vettel's long run on Medium average was ~1:33.5 and Hamiltions long run on Softs was ~1:33.25

There are also two more things to add:

1. Vettel's long run obviously was 15 laps long and Hamilton's 8 laps.
2. Vettel started his long run on 10 laps old Mediums and Hamilton on 6 laps old Softs.

So very professional stuff from Sky telling that Mercedes is ahead by 7 tenths just by looking at some averages without considering any other factors whatsoever.
Or, like I told, maybe Sky just knows more than us, for example a possible sandbagging by Mercedes.

[saviour stivala]

It's close though, Vettel was on softs and Lewis was on mediums.

Both drivers set their fastest lap times on the soft...

Race pace for merc looks out of reach - 7 tenths between them and Ferrari according to Sky

I don't know what Sky is talking about? Mercedes at no times was 7 tenths faster on race pace. Vettel was as fast as Hamilton on 17 laps old Mediums whereas Hamilton was on 12 laps old Softs and also in general Vettel was at least matching Hamilton.

Maybe Mercedes is sandbagging and Sky knows every detail, I don't know.

The problem with SKY was, the driver was number 44, the car a mercedes, the place Silverstone.