But there was worse to come for the Briton when a second red flag was thrown in the latter stages, owing to Kick Sauber\u2019s Gabriel Bortoleto spinning off and becoming beached in the gravel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
As he headed into the pit lane at the Silverstone Circuit, Bearman had a spin of his own and hit the barriers, losing the front wing from his VF-25 in the process.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the incident happening under red flag conditions, it was subsequently investigated by the stewards, who opted to hand the 20-year-old a grid drop of 10 places for Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets during Saturday\u2019s final practice session for the British Grand Prix, leading the way from Piastri, Verstappen and Norris, with Yuki Tsunoda an encouraging fifth for Red Bull, Bearman taking sixth, before making the mistake while entering the pitlane, and Albon putting Williams back into the top 10 positions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Russell was the fastest of the Mercedes cars on a so far difficult weekend for the Silver Arrows, placing eighth over the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson, Hamilton, and the other Williams and Haas machines of Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets during Saturday\u2019s final practice session for the British Grand Prix, leading the way from Piastri, Verstappen and Norris, with Yuki Tsunoda an encouraging fifth for Red Bull, Bearman taking sixth, before making the mistake while entering the pitlane, and Albon putting Williams back into the top 10 positions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
British driver Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time World Drivers' Champion, won the 2024 British Grand Prix driving for Mercedes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n