This is home. For the second leg of the double-header, we made our way to the legendary Silverstone Circuit. Get the thoughts of Lance, Fernando and our team following the weekend's action.
On home turf at Silverstone, right on the doorstop of our AMR Technology Campus, Fernando qualified in the top ten in front of our passionate fans.
Saturday
Our drivers had similar run plans for the weekend's final Free Practice, starting by scrubbing a set of Mediums and a set of Hards. Following this, they worked on securing valuable data on the Medium compound for the majority of the session.
A Red Flag briefly paused running. With five minutes to go, Lance and Fernando got back out on track to complete their final Free Practice stints on Soft tyres, but another Red Flag put an early end to the session.
Drops of rain fell on the track and the wind speed picked up ahead of Qualifying.
In Q1, Lance was in the middle of a flying lap on a brand new set of tyres when a Red Flag interrupted him. Q1 resumed with less than seven minutes remaining, but Lance's session unfortunately came to an end in P18.
Fernando progressed through to Q2 in fifth before safely securing a place in Q3. Concluding Qualifying in P9, he'll start our home Grand Prix from seventh following penalties for other drivers.
#18 | Lance Stroll | Qualifying
"Overall a tricky day and Qualifying session for us here in Silverstone. I was really happy with the car setup yesterday, but today I struggled with balance and pace, similar to last weekend where we looked competitive on Friday, but then struggled during Qualifying on lower fuel loads. We will need to look into this to understand it better because I'm not sure why.
"It’s going to be a really tough day tomorrow starting from the back, but we’ll see what we can do."
#14 | Fernando Alonso | Qualifying
"I'm happy with today and to be in Q3 again. It wasn't a straightforward FP3 session for us and because of this we went into Qualifying a little more unknown with the car setup. We tested the new upgrades this weekend too and it seems a small step in the right direction. So, all in all, I think we can be pleased to be starting P7 tomorrow after a well-executed Qualifying session.
"Let's see what we can do tomorrow. We will keep an eye on the weather and I would quite like there to be some rain as it can mix things up. There are some fast cars around us and it will be a long race, but let's see if we can score some more points."
Andy Cowell | CEO & Team Principal
"A strong session for Fernando with clean and tidy laps taking him through to Q3. We expect him to start from P7 [after grid penalties for Bearman and Antonelli] which gives us a good opportunity to score some points.
"Lance was not as comfortable with the car today and was missing the balance we had in the Free Practice. We will go through the data to try and see why that happened and improve things going forward.
"It looks like we can expect similar tricky weather conditions tomorrow – with gusts and a risk of showers. We will be pushing hard, determined to put on a good show on home ground in front of the British fans."
Next up
Get ready for the iconic British Grand Prix, tomorrow at 15:00 BST.
Friday
Our team began Free Practice One by running a new floor and top bodywork on Fernando's AMR25. Lance continued with the previous specification to compare data between the two cars.
Lance and Fernando began the weekend's first session on the Hard tyre. Midway through, both drivers switched to Softs before returning to the Hard compound for their final stints.
After analysing information collected from the AMR25 updates, our team applied the updates to Lance's car ahead of FP2.
Both drivers running the new package, they started FP2 on the Medium tyre and switched to Softs at the halfway point. When 10 minutes remained, our duo got back out on track on the Mediums.
When the chequered flag fell on Friday's running, Lance and Fernando classified P7 and P12 after gathering data over 48 laps in FP2.
#18 | Lance Stroll | Free Practice
"Silverstone is a great track and I always love coming back here. It's a special race for the team, as we're just steps away from the factory. The support we get here every year and the energy around the weekend are special.
"I've got some good laps in today during FP2 and the car felt decent, but it's early days so we'll go through the data. We'll see what we can work on tonight and come back tomorrow."
#14 | Fernando Alonso | Free Practice
"It's difficult to read where we are after today's Practice. In FP1 it didn't look too different between the two packages, but let's see if we learnt something more from FP2 as we tried some different things with the set-up.
"It was a very typical Friday around Silverstone with how windy it was. There are a lot of things to analyse, but it was a clean day and let's see what we can do tomorrow."
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