F1 Sprint Qualifying Results Today: 2026 British Grand Prix times and positions

Bearman, Norris, Hamilton and Russell in front of a British flag — Photo: © IMAGO

British Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying

F1 Sprint Qualifying Results Today: 2026 British Grand Prix times and positions

Full results and times from qualifying for the sprint race at Silverstone

Chris Deeley

Friday 3 July 2026 18:23

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Cat, meet pigeons. Lewis Hamilton utterly dominated Friday running at the British Grand Prix, setting the fastest time in practice before staying top of the timing boards for every single part of sprint qualifying in the early evening.

The Brit will start on pole for Saturday's sprint race, and may well have installed himself as favourite for a record tenth British Grand Prix victory on Sunday with his relentless pace.

Kimi Antonelli will start alongside him on the front row ahead of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, with the next home driver George Russell down in fifth – on an all-British third row alongside Lando Norris.

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At the bottom of the timing sheets sat six drivers from three teams: Aston Martin, Cadillac and, unusually, Haas, with Ollie Bearman and Esteban Ocon qualifying 17th and 18th.

Williams pair Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon both managed to escape through into SQ2 (by just a hundredth of a second, in Sainz's case) to snap a brutal recent run. The pair will start 15th and 16th respectively.

British Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying Results

F1 Sprint Qualifying Results - British Grand Prix
Pos	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:28.376
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.011sec
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.321sec
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.327sec
5	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.357sec
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.364sec
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.396sec
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	+0.459sec
9	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+0.551sec
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+0.991sec
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	Eliminated in SQ2
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	Eliminated in SQ2
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	Eliminated in SQ2
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	Eliminated in SQ2
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams	Eliminated in SQ2
16	Alex Albon	Williams	Eliminated in SQ2
17	Oliver Bearman	Haas	Eliminated in SQ1
18	Esteban Ocon	Haas	Eliminated in SQ1
19	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	Eliminated in SQ1
20	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	Eliminated in SQ1
21	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	Eliminated in SQ1
22	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Eliminated in SQ1

Changes to F1 qualifying in 2026

There are a couple of changes to the way qualifying works this year, not quite as sweeping as the new technical regulations.

Firstly we now have 22 cars on the grid, so instead of 5 cars exiting after SQ1 and SQ2, we will have 6 being eliminated. That still leaves 10 for the pole shootout in SQ3.

Unlike in grand prix qualifying, where Q3 now gets an extra minute and lasts for 13 rather than 12, sprint qualifying timings are unchanged (12 minutes for SQ1, 10 for SQ2, eight for SQ3).

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