In the round-up: Max Verstappen said his car “looked better and also felt better” in practice at Silverstone.
What they say
Verstappen was encouraged by the balance of his Red Bull in practice:
It was not a bad day for us. I think the car is working a bit better so I’m happy with that. Of course I think you can still improve so we’ll work on that.
But I think also on the long run it was looking quite decent. So overall a positive day.
We just keep trying parts on the car, we keep bringing new bits. It seems like they are working so I’m happy with that.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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“There was a time when there were maybe six or seven German drivers around, so it’s nice that I’m not the only one! It’s good for Nico (Hulkenberg) but for sure we also hope Sergio (Perez) gets better soon.”
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British GP practice (Williams)
“Compared to Hungary we thought that we might struggle a little more here, but we made decent progress today and we are a bit closer to our competitors than we feared.”
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