Max Verstappen gets third, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and the Dutchman was less than one tenth away from the front row and the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.

Hamilton to start #F1 Belgian Grand Prix on pole position. Lewis Hamilton, who has won four of the six races this season.
It's an all-Mercedes front row.
1) Hamilton (#Mercedes)
2) Bottas (Mercedes)
3) Verstappen (Red Bull)
4) Ricciardo (#Renault)
5) Albon (Red Bull)
6) Ocon (Renault)
7) Sainz (#McLaren)
8) Perez (Racing Point)
9) Stroll (Racing Point)
10) Norris (McLaren)

F1 world championship leader Lewis Hamilton set the pace in final practice for the Belgian GP, while Ferrari’s misery continued.
Formula 1 world championship leader Lewis Hamilton set the pace in final practice for the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Esteban Ocon, while Ferrari’s misery continued.

The "Outer Circuit" deviates from the Grand Prix circuit just after Turn Four and rejoins it at Turn 13
Formula 1 is to use a brand new layout of Bahrain's Sakhir track for the second race to be held in the Gulf state this year.
This shortens the track to 2.28 miles and is expected to produce qualifying lap times of less than 55 seconds.
Bahrain will hold events on 29 November and 6 December.
http://motor-bytes.com/OuterCircuit

Former Formula One champions Williams have been sold to U.S.-based private investment firm Dorilton Capital, they announced on Friday with a statement that marked the end of an era for the family-owned team.
They will continue to race under the Williams brand and remain at their Grove headquarters in England, the statement added.
https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/29708742/us-based-dorilton-capital-buys-williams-f1-team

Not quite the dominant day we expected from the Silver Arrows. Bottas led FP1 narrowly from Hamilton and Red Bull’s Verstappen, while Hamilton was their leading runner in FP2 in P3, 0.096s off Verstappen’s time – although Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner reckoned that Hamilton had around three-tenths in hand before a mistake in the final chicane. A bit of work needed overnight for the Silver Arrows, then, if they want to enjoy their usual crushing qualifying.
http://motor-bytes.com/BelgiumFP2

Valtteri Bottas headed Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen in first practice at the Belgian Grand Prix.
The usual top three in F1 2020 were separated by tiny fractions - Bottas was 0.069 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who had 0.012secs on Verstappen.
Racing Point's Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll were fourth and fifth.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, winner at Spa-Francorchamps last year, was 14th, ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/53947247

Highlights from the 2020 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton attempts to become Formula 1's all-time record podium finisher.
#F1 #Formula1 #Racing #Motorsport
https://youtu.be/-yHbZWfkBwU

With track temperatures some 10 degrees hotter than in FP1 this morning, Hamilton’s best time from the qualifying simulations in FP2 was a 1m 16.883s, 0.098s slower than Bottas’ session-leading time from earlier in the day – while Bottas had a small hesitation at Turn 16 on his fastest flying lap, which may partially explain the gap to his team mate, before later running slightly off the track at Turn 12 on his long run.
https://youtu.be/BBwR9yCoGcA

Sergio Perez will return for Racing Point at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix after testing negative for coronavirus.
The 30-year-old Mexican has missed the past two races at Silverstone after contracting Covid-19 last month.
Perez tested positive for the virus after travelling to Mexico, one of the world's coronavirus hotspots, to visit his mother after she had an accident.

Valtteri Bottas has done it. New contract on Thursday, grabs the 13th pole position of his career on Saturday.
So, so so close. Just 0.063 seconds is the gap to Lewis Hamilton.
Nico Hulkenberg, who stepped off the substitutes' bench last week only to have his car fail him on race day last Sunday, will start tomorrow in third. A truly brilliant effort from him.

FP3 is on in SIlverstone. Over halfway through the session, and the wind is playing havoc out there. Russell has had a moment through Stowe, getting a wobble on midway through the corner. No spins yet, but it could be only a matter of time if this wind increases.

We've come a long way in our 70 years, watch as the we go from the fast and furious Alfa Romeo 158 'Alfetta' without hard helmets to the modern Mercedes W11 car.
https://youtu.be/j9LNd-c6OVM

Ahead of our 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, it's time to take a close look at Ferrari - as they look for an upturn in fortunes following a challenging start to the 2020 season...
https://youtu.be/svLVXkCTS7c

Catch up with all the key moments from first practice as the drivers returned to the Silverstone track for round 5 of the 2020 season.
https://youtu.be/BqzXK1xqqCY