Wet conditions led to a few drivers being out of place, and they won't be happy about it. BritishGP 🇬🇧 F1
While they feel they have closed the gap to the front-runners in terms of race pace at Silverstone, Mercedes were less optimistic about qualifying – but even so, Russell would have been hoping for a much better Saturday.
Racing on home turf in a quick car for the first time, he would have been dreaming of standing on the podium in front of his many fans, but that dream looks somewhat distant now with him starting down in P8.Ocon has generally performed well against his team-mate Fernando Alonso in qualifying this year, but was unable to do so this time around after being hit by some misfortune.
As a result, he will start the race down in P15 and has it all to do on race day. With Alonso up in P7, he will be wondering what could have been if luck had been on his side.After a positive last two rounds in which he looked every bit as good as his team-mate Norris, Ricciardo was outclassed by the Briton again on his birthday weekend.
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