How Friday practice for the 2023 F1 British Grand Prix unfolded

Test test test

Sainz is told: "Hamilton pace on the soft is 33.6 and 34.3."

Sainz replies: "That is fast."

Verstappen has switched to the mediums for some race running.

Hard to get a read of the rest of the race simulations with Ocon and Norris lapping quicker than Sainz and Perez - which is not what you'd expect.

Verstappen, Sainz, Albon, Perez, Sargeant, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Gasly, Piastri, Alonso, Zhou, Russell, Ocon, Norris, Hamilton, Bottas, Magnussen, Tsunoda, de Vries and Leclerc.

A late improvement from Zhou, who still is doing some qualifying simulations.

He's up to 11th ahead of Russell - so a good lap from the Alfa man.

Looks like Leclerc is out of FP2 - with no laps on the board. 

Verstappen, Sainz, Albon, Perez, Sargeant, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Gasly, Piastri and Alonso.

On the soft tyre, Hamilton only manages 11th. Not good news for the British fans.

Third and fifth for Williams now - impressive pace.

Time for the quali runs as Hamilton returns to top spot.

Sainz, Perez, Verstappen, Piastri, Hamilton, Gasly, Norris, Tsunoda, Albon and Ocon.

He puts 0.3s between him and Perez at the top.

After a slow start to the session, Hamilton goes third in the Mercedes. 

He's 0.455s off Verstappen after setting the best final sector of anyone so far.

No representative lap on the board for Hamilton yet. He's 2.0s down on Verstappen currently.

Verstappen, Piastri, Perez, Ocon, Gasly, Alonso, Sainz, Norris, Tsunoda and Russell.

He goes 0.4s clear of his teammate at the top.

Ferrari have confirmed to us that Leclerc has an electrical issue. They are trying to fix it now.

A 1m30.027s for the McLaren driver - a tenth clear of Ocon.

Only Leclerc, Magnussen and Hamilton are still in the pit lane.

Only Leclerc, Magnussen and Hamilton are still in the pit lane.