Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull penalised by stewards at British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton was hit with a reprimand by the F1 stewards for turning up late to the drivers’ press conference on Thursday, so the Mercedes star will be checking his clocks work properly for the rest of the weekend to avoid any serious penalty.

The same can be said about Sergio Perez, who landed Red Bull with an £85 fine for driving 50.2mph in the pit lane – which has a strict 50mph speed limit. The initial penalty is highly unlikely to push Red Bull over the budget cap (well… you never know), but Perez will want to make sure he doesn’t break it again.

Qualifying for the British Grand Prix is set to start at 3pm BST and Max Verstappen is expected to secure pole position after dominating in practice. Mercedes were woeful on Friday, with George Russell sitting P12 and Hamilton P15 after FP2.

“It’s a tough car to drive. No matter what we do to set it up, it continues to be a tough car to drive,” Hamilton said. “On a single lap I didn’t feel any improvement between tyres, which shows something is wrong. We are missing something. The long run didn’t seem to be too bad, so that’s a positive at least.

“It didn’t feel particularly great [on the soft tyres]. The last part of my run felt more consistent for whatever reason. It could be wind, it could be balance or me getting used to the balance. This track is about trying to weigh the scales the whole way round and making compromises here and there. It’s such a fine edge the balance. It’s a good battle.”