Norris sets Silverstone pace from Ferrari duo

British Grand Prix

Venue: Silverstone Dates: 4-6 July Race start: 15:00 BST on Sunday

Coverage: Live commentary of practice and qualifying on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 with race on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text updates on BBC Sport website and app

McLaren's Lando Norris set the pace in Friday practice at the British Grand Prix from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.

Norris, 15 points behind team-mate Oscar Piastri in the championship heading into his home race, was 0.222 seconds quicker than Leclerc.

Hamilton was just 0.079secs behind this team-mate, while Piastri appeared to be lagging behind Norris on Friday and ended it 0.470secs off the pace.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen, complaining over the radio of a lack of front grip through Silverstone's high-speed corners, was fifth fastest.

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli was sixth, an oversteer moment through the final corner Club delaying his lap, ahead of Lance Stroll in an Aston Martin.

Mercedes' George Russell and the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson completed the top 10.

It was a good day for Ferrari. Hamilton was fastest in the first session, and Leclerc looked to be setting the pace on the race-simulation runs at the end of the second.

Verstappen, Norris and Hamilton were closely matched behind Leclerc on race pace, with Piastri again a little off.

Williams driver Carlos Sainz had a spin out of Luffield in the second session, to no harm, but there was no incident as dramatic as the high-speed spins at Copse suffered in the first session by Alpine's Pierre Gasly and Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto. Remarkably, both stayed on track and did not damage their cars.