Ahead of today's opening session, the air temperature is 30 degrees C, while the track temperature is 51 degrees C. It's bright, sunny and hot. As Copse-gate continues, it remains to be seen how Mercedes and Red Bull, and their respective drivers, react from here on in. Having last night claimed that Red Bull deliberately set out to 'tarnish' Hamilton's reputation, the German team has now claimed that GPS data has revealed that Verstappen went into Copse 1 kph quicker than at any time in qualifying - despite carrying a full fuel load and being on hard tyres. Meanwhile, in the aftermath of the incident, the Dutch driver will try the engine he was using at the time in this session, as Honda...
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