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Lando Norris headed Oscar Piastri in a McLaren one-two in Friday practice at the British Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was an unfamiliar seventh fastest but digging down into the data from the session suggested he was on the pace as usual.

His team-mate Sergio Perez was third fastest, ahead of Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and Mercedes’ George Russell completed the top 10.

It was an unusual session, with some teams seeming to run different programmes from normal.

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A great day for Britain's Lando Norris, the 24-year-old was fastest in both practice sessions but can he continue this performance in Saturday's qualifying session?

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11. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

12. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)

13. Alex Albon (Williams)

14. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

15. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

16. Yuki Tsunoda (RB)

17. Logan Sargeant (Williams)

18. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)

19. Daniel Ricciardo (RB)

20. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

1. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1:26.549

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0,331

3. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) +0.434

4. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) +0.441

5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.601

6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) +0.653

7. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.684

8. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) +0.700

9. Lance Strol (Aston Martin) +0.725

10. George Russell (Mercedes) +0.745

The rain is a great equaller but it also gives the opportunity for other people to have a great day. But in the dry, certainly, I think it's Lando Norris versus Max Verstappen.

Lando Norris is fastest in first and second practice. he'll want to be keeping up that form for the race on Sunday.

I think the homework Carlos Sainz is doing [on the mediums] is more relevant than going out there on a set of intermediates. But what he is doing as well, is quite risky. Last thing you want to do is damage the car.

Now, Spain take on Germany shortly, in the Euro 2024 quarter-final. I wonder if the Spaniard duo Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso will be watching with Germany's Nico Hulkenberg?

Carlos Sainz is the only one out on track, but he makes his way back in to the pits.

Lewis Hamilton tells his team that the track is fine and that he is just slow. He's back into the Mercedes garage.

The rain is pouring now, fans have their hoods and umbrellas up.

I'm finding this session really difficult to read; Nico Hulkenberg in fourth place, for example. Max Verstappen, what's he doing in seventh place? Don't know. Norris and Piastri first and second. - that I understand.

I don't think looking at the headline lap times, I don't think that's giving us much read. Maybe the race runs will give us a bit more in a minute or two.

The teams down at the pits have their hands out to feel if there is any rain.

The Red Bulls of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen have made their way back into the garage.

As is everyone else.

Just 10 minutes to go.

Max Verstappen is making his way around the track, will he go faster than than Lando Norris?

Oh dear, Lando Norris is on the mediums, he went a little wide but managed to save it.

Shower now 20km away and likely to give moderately heavy rain after it arrives.

A few spots of rain may precede it. Once rain arrives, conditions will then continue to deteriorate on into evening.

Current FIA forecast guidance for Saturday opts for 60% rain risk FP3; 40% for qualifying.

Lando Norris is being told that the rain will be heavy and the team will want to take no risks.

Grey clouds continue to loom over the track, all drivers are on the red soft compounds.

You get a feeling that it is going to start raining in the next couple of minutes. You now that feeling when the wind picks up a little bit, before it starts raining?

I'll predict rain in the pit lane in the next three minutes. That's my prediction for the day.

Engineer: "Lando, rain expected in 10 minutes. It would hit the Stowe end of the circuit first."

Drivers given the heads up from their race engineers and are being told that rain is on the way.

What I'm finding interesting is quite a few people are running the soft tyre for these race trims. So you've got Sainz on the soft, Alonso on the soft and Piastri on the soft at the moment, with still some drivers to come out. You wouldn't expect that at Silverstone.