British GP: Valtteri Bottas goes fastest in rain-hit FP1 session

Valtteri Bottas went fastest in the first practice session of the British Grand Prix weekend, but it all proved rather a washout in truth.

The Finn will certainly take being fastest around Silverstone come qualifying on Saturday afternoon but he won’t be reading anything into Friday lunchtime’s performance, with the session hit by several showers.

Indeed, the track was wet in some places and dry in others, meaning the teams could not really commit to either dry or wet tyres, and that meant that running was scarce for the British fans packed in the grandstands.

Rain keeping running to a minimum in first practice