Mercedes principal Toto Wolff admitted that he had been somewhat concerned by the early Ferrari pace in Saturday's qualifying session at Silverstone, and that he had been surprised by the way things turned around. Having set the pace in final practice, the two Ferraris started qualifying on the slower medium compound in Q1. Even so, Charles Leclerc was still able to go second quickest just 0.02s slower than Lewis Hamilton on the soft tyres. And in the second round, Leclerc changed to the soft compound and was quickest of all, beating Valtteri Bottas by 0.126s. It left Wolff worrying that the Silver Arrows might not have the pace to fend off the Ferrari challenge in Q3. However, in the end...
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