Training for the annual F1 race in Silverston was dominated by Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas from Mercedes won the introductory training for the Grand Prix for the 70th anniversary of Formula One

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Mercedes has dominated all four races so far during the coronavirus-shortened season, and the dominance of the championship team has been confirmed today. Hamilton, who has won the last three Grand Prix and leads the championship standings by thirty points ahead of Bottas, recorded the fastest time of the day with a performance of 1: 25.606 and beat his teammate by 176,000ths.

Renault’s third Daniel Ricciardo lost over eight tenths, Ferrari’s fourth Charles Leclerc and fifth Racing Point’s Lance Stroll. Nico Hülkenberg finished sixth, replacing Sergio Pérez as last week. The Mexican driver of the Racing Point stable is still in isolation due to a positive test for coronavirus.

The four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel confirmed that he is not doing well at all and took the fourteenth place with a loss of 1.6 seconds to Hamilton. In addition, five minutes before the end of the second part, the Ferrari driver had to stop the car on the track due to a damaged engine and an oil leak, and together with the accident of Antonio Giovinazzi from Alfa Romeo, he contributed to the premature termination of training.

Silverstone is hosting the Formula 1 race again after a week, last Sunday the British Grand Prix took place on the famous circuit, which Hamilton won despite a flat tire. Two races on the same circuit took place at the beginning of the season in Spielberg at the beginning of the season.