F1 Results Today: Lewis Hamilton dominates at British Grand Prix as Ferrari beat Mercedes

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British Grand Prix Practice

F1 Results Today: Lewis Hamilton dominates at British Grand Prix as Ferrari beat Mercedes

All the times from F1 British Grand Prix practice at Silverstone

Chris Deeley Editor

Experienced sports writer covering F1 and other motorsports since 2023

Friday 3 July 2026 14:40 Updated: 16:58

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Lewis Hamilton threw down the gauntlet to his F1 rivals on Friday lunchtime at Silverstone, setting the fastest time of free practice by more than two tenths of a second over championship leader Kimi Antonelli.

The seven-time world champion was more than half a second clear of any other driver – with team-mate Charles Leclerc third on the timing sheets at nearly sixth tenths of a second back – and more than a second up on reigning champion Lando Norris.

The session was the only practice running that teams will get this weekend, with sprint qualifying hot on its heels later on Friday in place of FP2 and the sprint race replacing FP3.

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Oscar Piastri sparked the only minor on-track excitement during the session when he spun off in Becketts, but kept his white and green McLaren out of the barriers to prevent any damage worse then a wrecked set of tyres.

British Grand Prix FP1 times

F1 British Grand Prix FP1 results
Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:29.260
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.213s
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.599s
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.678s
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.887s
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.980s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.028s
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	+1.078s
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.483s
10	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.590s
11	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.706s
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.775s
13	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+2.079s
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+2.113s
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.424s
16	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+2.424s
17	Alex Albon	Williams	+2.437s
18	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+2.890s
19	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+2.981s
20	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+3.697s
21	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+3.759s
22	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+3.870s