With all of you, it comes one of the most unusual Formula 1 weekends in recent years. Saying this in mid-2021 seems practically an oxymoron given what has happened in the last 16 months, but the Grand Circus continues to explore mutations for the future, and tests at the Grand Prix of Great Britain the first major change to its usual format in almost two decades. With a qualifying sprint race taking place on Saturday, the conventional qualifying session is shifted to Friday, so on Friday there will only be one free practice session.
It will be the only session on the track before the closed park regime, so a very intense and differentiated activity is expected, which we will see in the second and last free practice on Saturday morning. The fact that it takes place at times similar to those of the race makes an interesting dichotomy for Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz and company: prepare for qualifying and do the odd race simulation, all of this. in the tablet space of one hour. To experiment they touch!