Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

2025 F1 British Grand Prix - Friday Practice - As it happened

A recap of what happened in F1 practice at the British Grand Prix

04 Jul 2025
15:42
We're building up to FP2

The action kicks off at 4pm BST. 

13:43
Hamilton on top in FP1

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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
13:32
Chequered flag

Top 10: Hamilton, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Russell, Hadjar, Albon, Lawson, Antonelli and Verstappen.

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13:30
Into the final five minutes

Hamilton, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Russell, Hadjar, Albon, Lawson, Antonelli and Verstappen.

13:26
Into the final five minutes

Hamilton, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Russell, Hadjar, Albon, Lawson, Antonelli and Verstappen.

13:22
Rookie watch

Aron is currently 16th in the Sauber, 0.3s ahead of Bortoleto in 19th.

Lindblad is 13th in the order, 0.5s shy of Verstappen.

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13:18
Current top 10

Hamilton, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Russell, Hadjar, Albon, Lawson, Antonelli and Verstappen.

13:11
Times continue to tumble

Hamilton improves to a 1m26.892s to go fastest. 0.023s ahead of Norris.

13:09
Into the final 20 minutes

Bortoleto has a spin on the exit of Copse. Like Gasly, he keeps it out of the wall.

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13:07
Russell slots into second

0.068s off Leclerc's best time.

13:05
Leclerc on top

Good time from Leclerc on the softs to go fastest. A 1m27.095s for the Ferrari driver.

13:04
Norris on the softs

Norris goes fastest on the softs now. Piastri is also out there, going fastest in the middle sector. 

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12:55
Current top 10

Hadjar, Leclerc, Lawson, Piastri, Russell, Norris, Hamilton, Antonelli, Verstappen, Bortoleto. 

12:51
Good time from Lawson

He goes fastest with a 1m27.676s.

That's soon beaten by Hadjar, who goes fastest now. Leclerc splits the two RBs. 

12:46
Piastri goes fastest

A 1m27.761s for Piastri to go fastest for McLaren. 0.2s ahead of Russell. 

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12:45
A spin for Gasly

Gasly loses control of his Alpine at Copse corner. Fortunately, he's not in the barriers. 

12:42
Russell lowers the benchmark

A 1m27.971s for Russell, 0.020s ahead of Norris. Antonelli is third, 0.3s off the pace. 

12:41
Norris goes fastest now

A 1m27.991s for Norris, 0.3s ahead of Hamilton. 

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12:40
Top 10 after 10 minutes

Hamilton, Piastri, Russell, Norris, Hadjar, Alonso, Verstappen, Lawson, Antonelli and Bearman.

12:39
Hamilton goes fastest

A 1m28.380s for the seven-time world champion, less than a tenth ahead of Piastri. 

12:36
First times on the board

Russell leads the way with a 1m28.570. He's ahead of Norris, Piastri, Hamilton and Hadjar. 

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12:31
FP1 is underway

First practice at Silverstone is now underway. 

12:28
Lindblad prepares for FP1 debut
Lindblad
Lindblad
12:10
Driver changes for FP1

Paul Aron takes Nico Hulkenberg's place for FP1 at Sauber. Arvid Lindblad is taking over Yuki Tsunoda's car for Red Bull.

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12:07
Welcome

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Crash.net live blog for Friday practice at the British Grand Prix.

FP1 gets underway at 12.30pm BST. 

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