Red Bull and Ferrari slower than last year in British GP qualifying
During Saturday's qualifying session ahead of the 2020 British Grand Prix, Max Verstappen did not manage to improve on his 2019 time around Silverstone. On Saturday the Limburger set a time of 1:25.335, one second slower than Lewis Hamilton's pole time. Verstappen's time last year was 1:25.276.
The winners
The three cars driving with the Mercedes engine have all gone ahead, as have the two Renault teams. Williams is even more than a second faster than last season.
The losers
Red Bull Racing lost 0.049 seconds compared to last year, making it the best of the losers. AlphaTauri, which also runs on a Honda engine, is 0.002 seconds faster. The big losers are all teams that drive the engine of Ferrari. Ferrari itself is the least of them with a difference of 0.225 seconds on last year's time. Haas is doing worst: The team is 0.811 seconds slower than 2019.
#BritishGP 2020 vs 2019:
— Phillip Horton (@PHortonF1) August 1, 2020
Williams -1.057s
Racing Point -0.810s
Mercedes -0.790s
McLaren -0.442s
Renault -0.173s
AlphaTauri -0.002s
Red Bull +0.049s
Ferrari +0.255s
Alfa Romeo +0.715s
Haas +0.811s#F1