Racing Point were on Friday fined €400,000 (£361,000) and docked 15 constructors’ championship points, after rivals Renault won a protest against their car’s brake ducts.The decision, which was announced on Friday morning, overshadowed practice ahead of What can we expect from this weekend? "Hamilton, who has won six of the last seven races at this circuit, and seven in total, will be doing his best to stop him on this 70th anniversary race. The Ferrari will driver will start down in 12th at Silverstone after failing to make it out of Q2 for the second time this season. Decent go, George. He did not manage to even start his "comeback" Grand Prix last week, so fingers crossed that he can actually take the grid this time.

Charles Leclerc starts eighth while Sebastian Vettel once again failed to make it into Q3.

Max Verstappen gatecrashed the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone. On track the Brackley team continue to leave them all in the dust, albeit it was not the usual order of things in qualifying on Saturday.Lewis Hamilton declared himself “happy” for his team mate Valtteri Bottas, who pipped him to pole, and for his Mercedes team who secured a one-two for Sunday’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.But there was absolutely no disguising the disappointment in his voice. A bit of time left in that Racing Point. The six-time world champion, quickest in practice on Friday, saw off Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.163 seconds at Silverstone in the final action before qualifying. The stewards made a point of saying that they deemed Mercedes' actions to be an insignificant breach of the sporting regulations. Behind them, on a day when temperatures are expected once again to hit the mid-30s, there are plenty of interesting sub-plots. The race down to Abbey on lap 1 is going to be fascinating with Hamilton trying to pass Bottas and grab an early lead of the race.Last weekend Bottas “chickened out” of making a move on Hamilton at the first corner, in the words of BBC commentator Jolyon Palmer. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. He's about a tenth down on where he needs to be after two sectors... and just 0.078s off P10! Some superb performances there. First among them is Nico Hulkenberg.

As did Ocon. The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes It was not the birthday party Formula 1 expected. “Last week was really extreme.

It will be interesting to see how the row over Racing Point's current car plays out, with several teams now protesting the severity of the punishment they received yesterday over their rear brake ducts. A nd welcome to our coverage for qualifying for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone. He's got the pace over Stroll here, big time!Norris will be first but not for very long. Hamilton's second sector is the quickest of all, but beaten by Bottas!Sainz can't get through. I don't think we're shocked with P10. More Mercedes dominance, to be brutally honest. I didn't think there was a lot more in the car. But it was undoubtedly the one it needed. I found it a bit baffling how he was shunted off the grid at the end of last year. Nico Hulkenberg — subbing in for Sergio Perez at Racing Point for a second weekend — has had a decent weekend so far, finishing P4 in final practice and being pretty much on the pace of his team-mate Lance Stroll in every session. The 35 year-old’s disappointment on Saturday could be Formula 1’s gain on Sunday.

He's no Rosberg. Contrast with team-mate Gasly who finished that session fifth!Gasly goes P4, he has it hooked up! "Of course mentally when you are starting from pole you can only aim to win,” the Finn said. It's the second week in a row we're racing around this wonderful Northamptonshire circuit. A lot of the times we've done exceptionally well and better than we should have done. That verdict, however, allowed them to continue running those parts, hence their rivals’ frustration. Albon goes P3! The interesting thing will be what tyres teams choose in qualifying, in particular whether they will want to start the race on the soft, medium or hard compound of tyre. I think he can. The German finished three tenths up on his team mate Lance Stroll despite just six practice sessions and this only his second qualifying session since last year.