Norris tops first practice for home British GP, Verstappen fourth

McLaren's Lando Norris bounced back from Austrian disappointment by topping the timesheets in his first practice for his home British Formula One Prand Prix on Friday.

Norris clocked 1 minute 27.420 seconds on the iconic 5.891-kilometre Silverstone circuit, ahead of Aston Martin's Lance Stroll and Oscar Piastri in the second McLaren.

Triple world champion Max Verstappen was fourth for Red Bull, .309 of a second off the pace in cool conditions.

Verstappen and Norris had made contact when fighting for the lead in the closing stages of last weekend's Austrian GP, which ended Norris' race, dropped Verstappen to fifth and gifted Mercedes' George Russell an unexpected victory.

Russell was fifth on Friday in a session which was red-flagged twice, after Yuki Tsunoda's Visa RB got stuck in the gravel, and when Piastri had to stop with what he suggested was a hydraulics problem.

First practice featured several rookies, the best being Briton Oliver Bearman in 14th, racing in place of Kevin Magnussen at Haas where he will replace Nico Hülkenberg from 2025.

Red Bull had teenager Isack Hadjar in Sergio Perez's car. Argentine Franco Colapinto made his debut at Williams in place of Logan Sargeant, and Jack Doohan was in Pierre Gasly's Alpine.

Verstappen leads the championship 81 points ahead of Norris as the 24-race season reaches the halfway mark in Sunday's race.

Second practice is later Friday, and final practice and qualifying Saturday.