F1 Practice Today: British Grand Prix 2025 start times, schedule, TV channel and FREE live stream

The F1 circus heads to the jewel in the UK's motorsport crown this weekend as Silverstone hosts the 2025 British Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton has solidified his reputation as king of the legendary circuit following his fairytale win at last year's event with Mercedes, but Sunday's race marks his debut in front of the home crowd in Ferrari red.

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Now a record-breaking nine-time race winner at Silverstone alone, Hamilton will be hoping to get the better of not only his team-mate Charles Leclerc, but also his rival home heroes.

The 40-year-old is one of five Brits in the field this weekend, joined by Lando Norris, George Russell, Ollie Bearman and British-Thai driver Alex Albon who considers Silverstone to be 'his second home race'.

British star Norris could have the upper hand for the 12th round of the championship thanks to the support of the home fans as he looks to close the gap even further to fellow McLaren star Oscar Piastri.

The Aussie continues to lead the drivers' standings despite Norris' victory in Austria last weekend, with just 15 points separating the driver duo heading into McLaren's home grand prix.

With changeable weather predicted across the weekend, who will come out on top during the event's practice sessions and how can you tune in to watch them... for FREE?

F1 Practice times - British Grand Prix

The action will get underway today (Friday, July 4, 2025) with FP1 at 12:30pm local time (BST) and FP2 later on at 4pm in the UK.

On Saturday, the third and final practice session gets underway at 11:30am for FP3 at Silverstone, leading up to the all-important qualifying session later in the afternoon.

Find the session start times converted to your local time zone below:

British Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

FP1 - Friday, July 4 2025

British Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

FP2 - Friday, July 4 2025

British Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

FP3 - Saturday, July 5 2025

How to watch the British Grand Prix practice live on TV today

Broadcast details vary depending on your location. Check below to see how to tune in for some major countries:

Where to watch: F1 2025 broadcasters by region

*For those in the UK, Channel 4 are once again providing extended British GP coverage throughout the weekend, with live coverage of every session shown FOR FREE.

F1 fans can watch the British Grand Prix and every race in 2025 for free in these countries via their respective channels: Austria (ORF), Belgium (RTBF) and Luxembourg (RTL.lu).

F1TV Pro also carries coverage of the sport, depending on which territory you are in.

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Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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