SILVERSTONE: Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen had the best times in Friday’s practice session for the British Grand Prix to continue the close rivalry between McLaren and Ferrari.
Hamilton, who leads the standings over McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso, clocked 1 minute, 21.100 seconds in the morning session at the 5.1-kilometre Silverstone circuit. Raikkonen, who won last week’s French GP, was the fastest in the afternoon for Ferrari in 1:20.639. In the first session, he was second with 1:21.211, just ahead of teammate Felipe Massa in 1:21.2855.
Alonso had a mixed day. He was fourth in the morning in 1:21.675, and sixth later in 1:21.616. He won last year’s race. There is another practice Saturday with qualifying in the afternoon. Sunday’s race is 60 laps. — AP
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