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Mixed fortunes for F1's British rookies

Lando Norris and George Russell are both taking part in their maiden F1 British GPs with contrasting fortunes on Friday. Although both rookies found themselves spinning at the Silverstone circuit on Friday, the duo managed to avoid any serious troubles in FP1. Luck, though, ran out in FP2 – at least it did for Russell. The Williams rookie's FW42 suffered a gearbox issue that meant he covered just 11 laps over the course of the 90 minutes. 'Mixed,' he told F1.com. 'Amazing to drive around Silverstone in a Formula 1 car, this place is incredible. 'But then we had a gearbox issue in FP2, only completing about three proper laps. 'That set us back a little bit but I'm confident we can hit...
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