Lando Norris continues to rise: he dominated the trials of the GP of Great Britain

The English flew with his Mercedes and surpassed the two Ferrari pilots, a team that was very competitive in Silverstone. Oscar Piastri, World Cup leader was fourth and Max Verstappen, fifth.

Lando Norris bets on everything to the winner in the GP of Great Britain. Not only to reconfirm his huge weekend of Austria, where he began to leave behind the Macanon of Canada, where he hit his partner Oscar Piestri. It is also to grow their chances of being F1 champion for the first time. But, fundamentally, because he wants to beat Silverstone’s cathedral, his country’s career. “I think it’s hard to put something above Monaco. But I have already said it before, even before Monaco: if I could only win a race, if I could change all the victories for one, it would be for a victory in Silverstone. So that is the plan,” said the McLaren pilot during Thursday’s press service. And his beginning was in that tune when leading free essays.

After finishing second in the first training, led by Lewis Hamilton, Norris was overwhelmed in the second 60 minutes of tests by marking 1m25s816 (He was faster than Pole’s time by George Russell of 2024) and out of 222 thousandths to Charles Leclerc and his Ferrari. Maranello’s cars showed a great improvement in their performance in Austria with the changes they made on the floor of the two SF-25.

Oscar Piastri, the World Cup leader with 15 points ahead of his teammate in Woking, was fourth. The Australian repeated his task of the last races: he starts quiet on Fridays and then hits the jump on Saturdays. Anyway, it was 470 thousandths of Lando.

The one who spent it bad was Max Verstappen. His radio complaints were great throughout the day, he could not carry the car and obviously the change in the floor of his Red Bull that began in Austria and finished completing in Silverstone does not provide the expected results. In the midst of the rumors that place him near Mercedes, the tetracampeón was just tenth in the first and fifth in the second, to 498 thousandths of Norris. A fact that in Red Bull must have collected is that, in the first training, Arvid Lindblad, 17, made his debut in an official session and was 526 thousandths of the Dutch. In the second essay, Yuki Tsunoda returned to his armchair and the Japanese was 666 thousandths of the tetracampeon … for more public support made by Helmut Marko and Christian Horner, the position of the Japanese in the equipment of energy drinks becomes unsustainable.

Lewis Hamilton had dominated early

It is known that Lewis Hamilton has a plus in Silverstone. It is your home, the place where you feel best and the one you like best. Where he achieved nine wins (historical record of triumphs for a pilot on the same track) and 15 podiums (also absolute brand). FErrari comes in a year to the tumbos, with a car that is far from being everything competitive that the Popes of Maranello and his typhosi intend. The heptacampeón and its SF-25 failed to sign a strong marriage, in fact, did not even reach the courtship. Until now, it was a casual relationship: Victoria in the China Sprint and just a couple of rooms. But in Silverstone everything changes. Lewis enhances, brings out his power, his talent, his sheet, his locality and achieved the best time in the first essay. In the second, he had to abort his attempt with new soft tires. Then he started another turn, with the rubber already punished, and was eighth. But, without a doubt, heptacampeón will be a candidate for pole position and triumph on this 12th date.

Trial result