Lewis Hamilton emerged as the man to beat after topping the times in practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The reigning world champion was fastest in both 90 minute sessions at the Northamptonshire circuit as Mercedes once again asserted their authority over the field.
Hamilton's personal best 1:31.654s arrived in opening practice which proved to be just 0.033s quicker than team-mate Nico Rosberg.
The time, set on medium compound rubber, proved to be 0.6s faster than his pole position lap from last year.
Rosberg's Practice 1 effort earned him second overall despite being sidelined from Practice 2 after his Mercedes suffered a water leak.
Daniel Ricciardo proved to be the best of the rest with the Australian posting the third fastest time.
The Red Bull Racing driver was just 0.4s adrift of Hamilton.
It proved to be a strong day for the Milton Keynes outfit with Max Verstappen fourth quickest following a strong run in second practice.
Force India's Nico Hulkenberg continued his impressive pace by posting a lap in first practice good enough for fifth overall.
Ferrari struggled for outright speed with Sebastian Vettel and newly re-signed Kimi Raikkonen a second slower than Hamilton in sixth and seventh respectively.
Vettel spent the early running of the first session testing the latest version of the Halo head protection system.
McLaren's Fernando Alonso was eighth ahead of Force India's Sergio Perez, while Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz completed the top 10.
Result: Formula 1 British Grand Prix Practice 1
Position | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
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1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.654s | – | 30 |
2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:31.687s | +0.033s | 34 |
3 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1:32.492s | +0.838s | 30 |
4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:32.501s | +0.847s | 20 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1:32.773s | +1.119s | 30 |
6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:33.039s | +1.385s | 28 |
7 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Renault | 1:33.202s | +1.548s | 22 |
8 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1:33.235s | +1.581s | 30 |
9 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1:33.446s | +1.792s | 19 |
10 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1:33.527s | +1.873s | 22 |
11 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1:33.738s | +2.084s | 20 |
12 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1:34.132s | +2.478s | 24 |
13 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1:34.263s | +2.609s | 38 |
14 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1:34.456s | +2.802s | 34 |
15 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 1:34.547s | +2.893s | 24 |
16 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:34.787s | +3.133s | 29 |
17 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1:34.805s | +3.151s | 21 |
18 | Charles Leclerc | Haas/Ferrari | 1:35.869s | +4.215s | 26 |
19 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:35.980s | +4.326s | 31 |
20 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1:36.003s | +4.349s | 19 |
21 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor/Mercedes | 1:36.136s | +4.482s | 25 |
22 | Rio Haryanto | Manor/Mercedes | 1:36.647s | +4.993s | 29 |
Result: Formula 1 British Grand Prix Practice 2
Position | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
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1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.660s | – | 36 |
2 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1:32.051s | +0.391s | 30 |
3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Renault | 1:32.286s | +0.626s | 36 |
4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:32.570s | +0.910s | 40 |
5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:32.736s | +1.076s | 38 |
6 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1:33.040s | +1.380s | 31 |
7 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1:33.493s | +1.833s | 38 |
8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 1:33.614s | +1.954s | 32 |
9 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1:33.763s | +2.103s | 20 |
10 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1:33.801s | +2.141s | 29 |
11 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1:33.840s | +2.180s | 27 |
12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas/Ferrari | 1:34.000s | +2.340s | 32 |
13 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1:34.139s | +2.479s | 35 |
14 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1:34.154s | +2.494s | 25 |
15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1:34.321s | +2.661s | 35 |
16 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1:34.356s | +2.696s | 37 |
17 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor/Mercedes | 1:34.549s | +2.889s | 40 |
18 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:34.610s | +2.950s | 41 |
19 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1:34.722s | +3.062s | 36 |
20 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:34.959s | +3.299s | 41 |
21 | Rio Haryanto | Manor/Mercedes | 1:35.841s | +4.181s | 36 |