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
17:04
That's a wrap

Keep across Crash.net for the best reaction to practice as we look ahead to qualifying. 

17:00
Chequered flag

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

16:55
Tyre deg for Hamilton

Hamilton reports on team radio: "I got massive graining mate. Anyone else have as much deg as me?" 

 

16:54
Into the final 10 minutes

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

16:50
Recent race laps

Norris: 1m31.7s

Leclerc:  1m31.6s

Verstappen: 1m31.4s. 

16:47
Into the race simulations

With the soft tyre runs now out of the way, it's time for the race simulations. 

16:40
20 minutes on the clock

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

16:39
Verstappen improves

Verstappen slots into fifth now, 0.498s off Norris' top time. 

16:36
Leclerc improves

Leclerc improves to second-fastest, a couple of tenths off Norris' top time. 

16:35
Hamilton into second

He slots into second, 0.301s off Norris' top time. 

16:32
Big time from Norris

Norris goes nearly 0.4s ahead of Leclerc with a 1m25.816s.

16:30
Leclerc improve

Leclerc returns to the top of the order on the softs with a 1m26.202s, 0.181s ahead of Antonelli.

Piastri has just gone fastest in the first sector.

16:26
Merc 1-2

The two Mercedes drivers are now out there on the softs. A 1m26.383s for Antonelli, 0.1s ahead of Russell. 

16:24
Ferrari 1-2
16:21
Hamilton improves

Hamilton sets a 1m26.592s to extend his advantage over Leclerc to 0.295s.

16:19
Leclerc goes fastest

Leclerc makes it a Ferrari 1-2, 0.015s between him and Hamilton. Ferrari's strong weekend continues. 

16:18
A spin for Sainz

Sainz spins on the exit of Woodcote. No damage done, though.

16:16
Piastri goes into second

0.010s between Hamilton and Piastri at the top of the timesheets.

16:12
Another good time from Hamilton

He improves to a 1m26.902s, 0.1s ahead of Hadjar, who's put in a strong lap.

16:10
Order after 10 minutes

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

16:08
Verstappen

Verstappen splits the two Ferraris to go second-fastest, 0.059s off Hamilton.

16:05
Hamilton goes fastest

Hamilton gets to work with a 1m27.280s, 0.2s ahead of Leclerc.

16:04
First times on the board

A 1m28.063s, less than a tenth ahead of Piastri. 

16:01
FP2 is underway

Second practice at Silverstone is now underway. 

15:45
A strong start to the weekend for Ferrari

It was Hamilton who set the pace in first practice. The seven-time world champion has won at Silverstone nine times. Could he make it 10 wins this weekend?