Verstappen dominates British Grand Prix practice
The Hindu
Red Bull’s Formula One leader Max Verstappen completed a British Grand Prix practice double at Silverstone on Friday with Ferrari close and Williams’ Alex Albon looking surprisingly quick.
Red Bull's Formula One leader Max Verstappen completed a British Grand Prix practice double at Silverstone on Friday with Ferrari close and Williams' Alex Albon looking surprisingly quick.
Verstappen led team mate Sergio Perez one-two in the opening session and was again fastest in the late afternoon when last year's winner Carlos Sainz was second on the timesheets for Ferrari.
Albon was an eye-catching third in both sessions for a team currently ninth out of 10, with American rookie team mate Logan Sargeant also fifth in practice two.
Dutch double world champion Verstappen produced a best time of one minute 28.078 in practice two after lapping in 1:28.600 in the first. Sainz was just 0.022 slower.
Perez, Verstappen's closest title rival but a hefty 81 points behind after nine races, was 0.448 slower in session one and 0.264 down in the later one when the Mexican finished fourth.
Verstappen has won seven races this season and is chasing a sixth in a row for the first time in his career.
Red Bull have won every race and, when last year's final is added to the tally, are chasing an 11th win in a row to equal the 1988 McLaren record set by Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.