Leclerc eases his way to top Silverstone free practice

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Charles Leclerc has picked up where he left off in Austria by topping the timesheets in this afternoon’s free practice session in Silverstone, grabbing the position early in the session before chipping away at his own times to lead Oliver Rowland and Luca Ghiotto at the flag.

The Monegasque was competing with himself throughout the session, improving his times continually before finally settling on 1:40.695 two thirds of the way through an uneventful session, which took place on a Thursday for the first time.

The session took place under overcast and cool conditions, with all of the field heading straight onto the circuit to record some times in case the threatened rain arrived. Leclerc set the first competitive time at the 10 minute mark, with Nicholas Latifi and Ghiotto briefly usurping him on the top of the timesheets before the Ferrari Academy driver reverted to the top spot a few minutes later.

Rowland closed the gap to his championship rival at the 30 minute mark but Leclerc ran quicker still a few minutes later and the matter was settled as the grid concentrated on longer run pace.

Behind the top 3 Latifi, Artem Markelov, Sergio Canamasas, Jordan King, Nyck De Vries, Norman Nato and Louis Deletraz were all within a second of the top spot and will be hoping for more to come in tomorrow’s qualifying session.

Preliminary Free Practice Classification

 Pos

Driver

Team

Laptime

Laps

1.

Charles Leclerc

PREMA Racing

1:40.695

17

2.

Oliver Rowland

DAMS

1:41.010

18

3.

Luca Ghiotto

RUSSIAN TIME

1:41.247

16

4.

Nicholas Latifi

DAMS

1:41.283

17

5.

Artem Markelov

RUSSIAN TIME

1:41.316

17

6.

Sergio Canamasas

Rapax

1:41.328

17

7.

Jordan King

MP Motorsport

1:41.329

19

8.

Nyck De Vries

Rapax

1:41.359

20

9.

Norman Nato

Pertamina Arden

1:41.377

19

10.

Louis Delétraz

Racing Engineering

1:41.631

18

11.

Sergio Sette Camara

MP Motorsport

1:41.660

16

12.

Gustav Malja

Racing Engineering

1:41.742

13

13.

Antonio Fuoco

PREMA Racing

1:41.755

16

14.

Nobuharu Matsushita

ART Grand Prix

1:41.824

18

15.

Alexander Albon

ART Grand Prix

1:41.885

17

16.

Sean Gelael

Pertamina Arden

1:42.224

19

17.

Ralph Boschung

Campos Racing

1:42.284

15

18.

Callum Ilott

Trident

1:42.314

17

19.

Nabil Jeffri

Trident

1:42.317

17

20.

Robert Visoiu

Campos Racing

1:42.677

18

 

         

 

 

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