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Formula 1 2020: Max Verstappen claims season's first victory at 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in Silverstone
•Verstappen owed his victory to a team decision to start the race on hard compound tyres while his main rivals all launched from the grid on ‘mediums’, the two Mercedes men struggling to manage tyre-wear throughout the race.
Formula 1 2020: Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc, Sebastian Vettel 'not surprised' by team's struggles
•Four-time world champion Vettel, in his last season with Ferrari, qualified 12th, but gained a place thanks to a grid penalty for Renault's Esteban Ocon.
Formula 1 2020: ‘I wasn’t good enough,’ admits Lewis Hamilton after Valtteri Bottas grabs Silverstone pole
•Hamilton qualified second to confirm a record-extending 67th front row lockout by Mercedes, but he was clearly frustrated at missing out on securing his eighth personal Silverstone pole.
Formula 1 2020: Lewis Hamilton clocks fastest time during second practice for 70th Anniversary GP at Silverstone
•Hamilton had been second behind Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in the opening morning session at Silverstone, but was fastest in torrid heat and temperatures of 36 Celsius.
Formula 1 2020: Sergio Perez could make return at Silverstone, Nico Hulkenberg still on standby
•Perez has been in quarantine for seven days but he has been cleared to drive again for Racing Point this weekend providing he returns a negative COVID-19 test
Formula 1 2020: Racing Point's Sergio Perez to miss British GP after testing positive for COVID-19
Fpsports •Perez says he might have contracted the virus during a trip to Mexico between races in Hungary and Britain. He added he was visiting his mother after she was hospitalised following a “big accident.”
Formula 1 2020: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton says he is braced for 'super-weird' race at Silverstone
•Talking about the upcoming race, Hamilton said: "British GP is the best, particularly because of the fans, the thousands that turn up and really create the spectacle. So it’s going to be super-weird. That is something I think I am still coming to terms with."
Formula 1 2020: Lewis Hamilton’s Styrian GP pole position lap was out of this world, says Mercedes boss
•Hamilton, whose third pole in Austria extended his F1 record to 89, recognised it had been special and that even the smallest lapse in concentration could have had potentially major consequences.
Formula 1 engine changes could take twice as long under new measures, says Racing Point technical director Andrew Green
•Formula 1 mechanics could take twice as long to change an engine under new measures to protect them from COVID-19 and reliability will be key, according to Racing Point technical director Andrew Green.
Formula 1 looks to add races to European season as more cancellations in store due to COVID-19 pandemic
•The current schedule features eight races, all in Europe, but with the sport hoping for a season of between 15 and 18 rounds.