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British Grand Prix practice, qualifying and race times, plus weather

BBC Published Jun 28, 2026 Reviewed Jul 2, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors
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A record-breaking crowd of 500,000 spectators attended the British Grand Prix across the four-day weekend last year.
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The 2024 British Grand Prix is Round 10 of the Formula 1 season and the fourth sprint event of the year, taking place from 3–5 July.
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George Russell won round nine in Austria and moved to second place in the drivers' championship, 40 points behind leader Kimi Antonelli.
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The sprint race is 17 laps and starts at 12:00 BST on Saturday; the main grand prix is 52 laps and starts at 15:00 BST on Sunday.
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Lando Norris won last year's British Grand Prix, with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri and Nico Hülkenberg (first career podium) completing the podium.
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Max Verstappen won the inaugural sprint race at Silverstone in 2021, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
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Sprint qualifying consists of three sessions (SQ1, SQ2, SQ3) lasting 12, 10, and 8 minutes respectively, with the six slowest cars eliminated in the first two sessions.
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Only the top eight finishers in the sprint race score points, with eight points for first place down to one point for eighth.
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Friday at Silverstone is expected to be sunny with a high temperature of 25°C, Saturday slightly cloudier with the same temperature, and Sunday clear skies with temperatures reaching 26°C.
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The final two sprint races of the 2024 season will take place at the Dutch Grand Prix in August and the Singapore Grand Prix in October.
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Round 10 of the Formula 1 season is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, which is also the fourth sprint event of the year, from 3-5 July.

Mercedes' George Russell took victory in round nine in Austria and was joined by Red Bull's Max Vertappen and team-mate Kimi Antonelli on the podium.

Teenager Antonelli maintains his lead at the top of the drivers' championship, with Russell's win lifting him back up to second place and 40 points off the Italian.

Saturday's 17-lap sprint race gets under way at 12:00 BST, with the main 52-lap grand prix on Sunday starting at 15:00.

Commentary of the race will be available across BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.

You can also listen by asking most smart speakers to "play BBC Radio 5 Live" or "play BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra".

Make sure to listen to every episode of the Chequered Flag podcast. For the first time this year, the post-race show for every grand prix is available to watch on BBC iPlayer and YouTube, external.

Lando Norris was on the top step of the podium last year and was joined by McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri and Nico Hulkenberg, who claimed his first F1 career podium

For those of you lucky enough to be going to Silverstone, it should be a mostly dry and warm weekend - not as hot as the heatwave of the previous week.

Friday is expected to be sunny with a gentle breeze and a high temperature of 25C, while Saturday's sprint race and qualifying will be slightly cloudier with a moderate breeze but the same temperature.

For the race on Sunday, it is back to clear skies and a gentle breeze with temperatures reaching 26C.

Max Verstappen won the inaugural sprint race at Silverstone in 2021 ahead of former Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas

Silverstone returns to hosting a sprint event for the first time since the format was introduced in 2021.

Sprint qualifying has three sessions, where now the six slowest cars are knocked out from the first two - like normal qualifying.

These sessions, known as SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3, last 12, 10 and eight minutes respectively.

This will make up the grid for the sprint race.

Only the top eight finishers score points, with eight points awarded for first place to one point for eighth, which will get added to the overall drivers' championship standings.

Following Silverstone, the final two sprint races take place at the Dutch Grand Prix in August and the Singapore Grand Prix in October.

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