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mclaren are treating the paddock to ice creams at the end of the session for all their help when their hospilitality waa on fire last week

rain was imminent this session so teams had vastly different run schedules - perhaps explains the seemingly jumbled order at the end of the session

increase in wind and drop in temp. as rain moves in meant worse grip for the drivers

charles ran wide at copse, couldnt slow or turn enough - start of session so very low grip

george and pierre both ran over and along the kerb at copse - could damage floor, so need to be careful

the aston martins are looking quite strong so far, a big improvement from their form so far as they kept pace w/ most of the top teams

charles had another big snap on the exit of chapel, sliding over the kerb - the rear is loose and steering is not looking smooth at all

lando returned to the garage, "check the floor, i went off" - he also had a helmet change as the previous one was lifting at the back

kevin went wide and off at stowe - plenty of tarmac runoff so no harm done

charles and lando drifting out of luffield along the kerb

mclarens seem to be able to use a lot of kerb, dont have to have their ride height too low

wet track declared w/ 7mins left on the clock - thankfully teams and drivers could get a lot of laps in

carlos did an extra lap once everyone else had pitted for the rain

kevin seems to have picked up some minor damage that he got checked over towards the end of the session

both vcarbs are again struggling to find pace - their long runs were on pace w/ the saubers and williams' which is abt 0.3s slower than the back of the midfield

top four teams seem to have very similar race pace so should be close

nico, lance and valtteri were the only ones to use hards this session - all others used a combo of meds and softs

most laps - carlos w/ 31

four rookie drivers in this session: ollie bearman for kevin, franco colapinto for logan, jack doohan for pierre and isack hadjar for perez

lots of updates as well: vcarb have a new halo winglet and sauber have new floor fences - to improve airflow

merc have a new rear corner and redbull have a new floor body & edge - to improve local load

aston have new front wing elements and rear corner - to improve airflow and load

haas have a new floor body, fences & edge, new sidepod inlets & engine cover, new mirror stay and rear corner - to improve local load and airflow

mclaren have brought three different beam wings (high, med. and low load) and are testing their front wing

lance struggled initially w/ a long brake pedal, maybe a "bbw [brake by wire] fail" - just needed a electronic reset

red flag, 8 mins in - yuki went wide through brooklands, lost rear grip through luffield and ended up beached in the gravel - recovered, but out of the session

lewis told to aim for "tom and the guys" as he came into the pits - pitlane layout is different here, fan favourites are moved to the middle so they can be seem from the grandstand

isack hadjar was doing lots of tests so his times are not evidence of his ability

jack doohan again had a tricky fp1 - spent a lot of time in the garage bc of a problem w/ the rear left corner, maybe his brake duct

jack also had to avoid two cars ahead who were dawdling on the racing line

charles struggled behind a slow lance which had a knock on effect for carlos behind them, having to slow and swerve

oscar reported "a hydraulics problem" and trundled back towards the pits but stopped in the pit entry road - recovered back to the garage but end of his session

charles had a second issue w/ lance, "i nearly crashed", who was slow at the entry of a highspeed corner

lando had to take massive avoiding action bc isack was also going very slow through a highspeed corner - lando locked his front right, and nearly lost the rear of the car - impeding to be investigated after the session

the mercs, ferraris and redbulls didnt run any softs

most laps - carlos and alonso w/ 27