Lewis Hamilton and George Russell shared duties on the first day for the new Mercedes F1 W13 they tested at rainy and windy Silverstone, and Russell says the car is behaving as expected.

On this day in 2008, Lewis Hamilton won his home race for the first time at rainy Silverstone after the first pole position for his team mate Heikki Kovalainen.

Sergio Perez drove the first laps for Red Bull in a 2019 F1 car after the new car was shown to the public for the first time today by releasing studio photos, and Red Bull chose the Silverstone track for tomorrow’s first kilometers with the new RB16B.

Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton have completed the first laps in the new Mercedes F1 car for 2020 at Silverstone, five days before the start of pre-season testing in Barcelona.

After publishing the first studio photos of the new 2019 F1 cars, Mercedes and Red Bull turned first miles at the shortened version of Silverstone where they are using their first filming days this season before pre-season testing starts on Monday.

Daniel Ricciardo has tested the new Red Bull RB14 for the first time on rainy Silverstone during the first filming day that the team used for basic system checks.