British Grand Prix 2025: Lando Norris Wary Of Ferrari Threat Despite Topping Second Silverstone Practice

Lando Norris believes Ferrari will prove the biggest threat to McLaren, despite his dominance in the second practice session at the British Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton, who is a nine-time winner at Silverstone, made an impressive start as he topped the timesheet in first practice.

However, Norris, who has so often dominated in practice along with team-mate Oscar Piastri, got back on top later on Friday, and was 0.222 seconds faster than Charles Leclerc.

Hamilton was just 0.079secs behind his team-mate, while Piastri struggled to match the pace, sitting 0.470secs behind Norris.

Max Verstappen was fifth-fastest, though he complained over the radio of a lack of front grip on the high-speed corners, with Kimi Antonelli just behind him.

George Russell was eighth, behind Lance Stroll, while the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson completed the top 10.

Norris is looking to win his home Grand Prix for the first time, and is fresh off his victory in Austria, having dominated from practice through to the race.

But he is wary of what Ferrari can do after seeing their strong starts at Silverstone.

"The soft was a very strong lap, but me being me, I think also, in general, the Ferraris have been very, very quick, and they shall be [on Saturday]," Norris said.

"I think we have a bit of work to do, to be honest. It looks maybe a bit too good, like always. Ferrari always catch up into P3 like they did last weekend, so I'd say pleased with [the second practice] but nothing to be too proud about just yet.

"Still some trickiness out there, it wasn't like it flowed quite as easy as what I would have liked. It was a strong lap to do in FP2, but not strong enough at the minute."

Norris sits 15 points behind Piastri in the drivers' standings, having clawed himself back into the mix after a disappointing Canadian Grand Prix.

In the constructors' championship, McLaren have a 207-point lead over Ferrari heading into the weekend, and the chief executive, Zak Brown, also expects the pressure to be on his team.

"The Ferraris look very strong over one lap and race pace. A little early, but Ferrari look very tough."