British Grand Prix 2026 F1 qualifying results Kimi Antonelli is having a great day at Silverstone, after he took pole for the British Grand Prix.The Mercedes driver beat a resurgent Charles Leclerc, who broke the recent trend to beat team-mate Lewis Hamilton. George Russell recovered from an earlier spin in Q1 to take fourth ahead of Isack Hadjar, who beat Max Verstappen - a rarity in qualifying. Qualifying results1 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) ... Read more:

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British Grand Prix 2026 F1 qualifying results

Results from F1 qualifying for the British Grand Prix 2026

Antonelli beats the Ferrari's to pole in British GP 2026 F1 qualifying Mercedes' Formula 1 world championship leader Kimi Antonelli stayed clear of the Ferraris to take pole for the British Grand Prix.Though Lewis Hamilton had managed to upstage Antonelli in sprint qualifying on Friday, this time Ferrari went into the final runs of Q3 two tenths of a second off the two Mercedes ahead.Antonelli raised the bar with his final lap, and though Charles Leclerc and Hamilton... Read more:

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Antonelli beats the Ferraris to pole in British GP 2026 F1 qualifying

Mercedes' Formula 1 world championship leader Kimi Antonelli stayed clear of the Ferraris to take pole for the British Grand Prix

Hadjar urged F1 stewards not to penalise Lawson for sprint race move Liam Lawson has kept his Silverstone Formula 1 sprint point after being let off with a warning for blocking Isack Hadjar - with Hadjar himself having urged the stewards not to give Lawson a penalty.F1 stewards investigated Lawson post-race, after he appeared to move late trying to block Hadjar's Red Bull from passing him into Stowe late on, summoning him to discuss a potential ‘abnormal change of... Read more:

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Hadjar urged F1 stewards not to penalise Lawson for sprint race move

Liam Lawson has kept his Silverstone sprint point after being let off with a warning for blocking Isack Hadjar - with Hadjar himself having urged t...

Winners and losers from F1's 2026 Silverstone sprint After Lewis Hamilton's shock pole, Formula 1's British Grand Prix sprint wasn't quite the fairytale the home crowd hoped for.Here's our pick of the winners and losers from it.Loser: Lewis Hamilton (2nd)Second place on home soil is hardly a bad result for Hamilton, especially given how tough the Austrian GP weekend was for Ferrari just a week ago. But he squeaks into the loser category just for the... Read more:

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Winners and losers from F1's 2026 Silverstone sprint

After Lewis Hamilton’s shock pole, Formula 1’s British Grand Prix sprint wasn’t quite the fairytale the home crowd hoped for

British GP 2026 Formula 1 sprint race results Here are the results of the 2026 British Grand Prix Formula 1 sprint race, won by Kimi Antonelli after overtaking Lewis Hamilton on Silverstone's Hangar Straight.Provisional classificationKimi Antonelli (Mercedes)Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)Lando Norris (McLaren)George Russell (Mercedes)Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)Max Verstappen (Red Bull)Oscar Piastri (McLaren)Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)Isack Hadjar (Red... Read more:

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British GP 2026 Formula 1 sprint race results

The results of the 2026 British Grand Prix sprint race

Antonelli defeats Hamilton in British GP F1 sprint race energy battle Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli reinforced his Formula 1 2026 championship lead with an assertive win in the British Grand Prix sprint race at Silverstone.Home hero Lewis Hamilton had started from pole in the Ferrari, and controlled the early phase of the 17-lap contest - but ultimately had no answer to the race pace of the Mercedes and Antonelli.The Italian had challenged him already off the line,... Read more:

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Antonelli defeats Hamilton in British GP F1 sprint race energy battle

Kimi Antonelli reinforced his 2026 F1 championship lead with an assertive win in the British Grand Prix sprint race at Silverstone

Hospital play charity named F1 Allwyn Global Community Award winner At Formula 1's British Grand Prix, Starlight Children’s Foundation were awarded the F1 Allwyn Global Community Award, an accolade that will help them to further their positive approach to children’s hospital care. Starlight works to protect the childhoods of children in healthcare, recognising the power of play in preventing healthcare-related trauma. They were commended by the panel of judges for... Read more:

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Hospital play charity named F1 Allwyn Global Community Award winner

Starlight Children’s Foundation were awarded the F1 Allwyn Global Community Award at the British Grand Prix

Mercedes finds legal way to revive banned F1 qualifying trick The Mercedes Formula 1 team has found a legal way to regain the benefits it got from a qualifying trick that was banned by the FIA earlier this year, The Race can reveal.It is being achieved through what seems to be a bizarre behaviour by drivers Kimi Antonelli and George Russell of lifting off the throttle just before they cross the timing line on their quick laps.As can seen above in a Silversto... Read more:

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Mercedes finds legal way to revive banned F1 qualifying trick

Mercedes has found a legal way to regain benefits from a qualifying trick banned by the FIA earlier this year, The Race can reveal

What we learned from Aston Martin F1's Technology Forum Nothing underlines the growing importance of AI in Formula 1 more than Aston Martin hosting a Technology Forum centred on it in the middle of its home British Grand Prix. Aston Martin brought together 10 of its partners (CoreWeave, Zscaler, Cohere, ServiceNow, Cognizant, Cognition, NetApp, Xerox, Arm and Eight Sleep) at its Silverstone-based factory on Friday to highlight how its F1 team is trying... Read more:

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What we learned from Aston Martin F1's Technology Forum

Aston Martin took time out of its British Grand Prix weekend to underline the growing importance of AI to its F1 team

F1's Silverstone sprint risks being entertaining for 'wrong reasons' Formula 1's races at the British Grand Prix risk being "entertaining for the wrong reasons", according to Williams driver Carlos Sainz.Ahead of the weekend, drivers feared Silverstone would be the most extreme circuit for these regulations since the mid-season rule changes introduced for the Miami GP two months ago.The cars are particularly energy-starved around Silverstone's high-speed sections, ... Read more:

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Sainz predicts British GP races will be entertaining for 'wrong reasons'

Silverstone tipped for plenty of overtaking - but not the kind some F1 drivers want to see

Win genuine signed parts from McLaren Mastercard Formula 1® Team's MCL36 Presented by VELOCritical but rarely seen parts from the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 ®Team’s MCL36, signed by 2025 Drivers’ World Champion Lando Norris and turned into unique, collectable works of art. That's the theme of Principal Partner VELO and McLaren’s latest project together, and they’re offering fans a chance to win some of those collectables for themselves.The 2022 season’s MCL36 was the... Read more:

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Win genuine signed parts from McLaren Mastercard Formula 1® Team's MCL36

Critical but rarely seen parts from McLaren’s MCL36, signed by Lando Norris and turned into unique, collectable works of art

5 elements behind Ferrari's shock Silverstone turnaround Lewis Hamilton had arrived at the British Grand Prix expecting a bit of a drubbing from Mercedes off the back of a difficult race in Austria.A clear deployment deficit that had hurt Ferrari’s hopes at the Red Bull Ring was set to consign the Prancing Horse to an even tougher time this time out.Hamilton reckoned that Ferrari was losing four tenths on the straight last weekend; and at energy starved... Read more:

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5 elements behind Ferrari's shock Silverstone turnaround

Off the back of Austria, Ferrari expected more doom and gloom - but turned it around to take sprint pole at Silverstone. Jon Noble explains the fac...

How every F1 car handles at Silverstone - Gary Anderson's insight Friday at Silverstone was the first time I've seen the 2026 Formula 1 cars with my own eyes, and I have to say I'm impressed.But that's from my view overlooking the Brooklands/Luffield sequence, and I imagine I'd have had a different reaction had I been watching at Becketts.When you're standing trackside you only ever see one little snapshot of the lap. You don't know what's happening over the who... Read more:

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How every F1 car handles at Silverstone - Gary Anderson's insight

Gary Anderson got his first real-life trackside look at the 2026 F1 cars at Silverstone. Here's what he makes of them

Winners and losers from Silverstone F1 sprint qualifying 2026 Lewis Hamilton defied his and Ferrari’s own predictions to narrowly beat Kimi Antonelli to pole for Formula 1’s Silverstone sprint race.So it was a good day for them.Not so much for almost everyone else.Loser: George Russell (5th)George Russell wasn't the only driver in a top team on the end of a three tenths of a second deficit to his team-mate today. But on home ground, having just revived his t... Read more:

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Winners and losers from Silverstone F1 sprint qualifying 2026

Apart from the shock home pole-winner and the midfield leader, not many could be satisfied with Silverstone sprint qualifying

2026 British GP sprint qualifying results Here are the sprint qualifying results for the 2026 British Grand Prix sprint race, with home crowd favourite Lewis Hamilton taking pole position for Ferrari.SQ31 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 1m28.376s2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.011s3 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.321s4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.327s5 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.357s6 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.364s7 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.39... Read more:

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2026 British GP sprint qualifying results

Sprint qualifying results for the 2026 British GP sprint race

Hamilton beats Antonelli to Silverstone F1 sprint pole Lewis Hamilton continued his Formula 1 renaissance by denying Kimi Antonelli pole for the British Grand Prix sprint race by just 0.011 seconds.With the switch to soft tyres for SQ3, it was always going to be a one-lap shootout for pole as the tyres cried enough after that.With just over three minutes to go the drivers headed out and Hamilton was the favourite given his performance through practice... Read more:

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Hamilton beats Antonelli to Silverstone F1 sprint pole

Lewis Hamilton continued his renaissance by denying Kimi Antonelli pole for the British GP sprint by just 0.011s

What's got Ferrari so wound up over Mercedes' upgrade comments Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur has hit back at Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff for questioning Ferrari's rate of car upgrades in 2026, saying Wolff's insinuations about whether Ferrari's rate of development is affordable under F1's cost cap amounts to accusations of cheating.After the last race in Austria, where Ferrari introduced its first engine performance upgrade, one race on from a major aero... Read more:

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What's got Ferrari so wound up over Mercedes' upgrade comments

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur has hit back at Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff for questioning Ferrari's rate of car upgrades in 2026

F1 British GP 2026 practice result Below you'll find the practice results from Formula 1's Silverstone race - with only one practice in this non-sprint weekend.Lewis Hamilton gave the home fans something to cheer by topping the session, ahead of sprint qualifying later on Friday.FP11 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 1m29.260s2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.213s3 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.599s4 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.678s5 Oscar Pia... Read more:

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F1 British GP 2026 practice result

Lewis Hamilton gave the home fans something to cheer by topping the sole practice session for the British Grand Prix, ahead of sprint qualifying la...

What happened in practice at F1's British GP Lewis Hamilton put Ferrari on top in the sole Formula 1 practice session ahead of sprint qualifying at the British Grand Prix.The driver with the most grand prix wins at Silverstone - nine - Hamilton was fastest of all on the hard-tyre runs that dominated the first 40 minutes of the session, then displaced championship leader Kimi Antonelli once performance runs were conducted.Hamilton was 0.051s ... Read more:

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What happened in practice at F1's British GP

Lewis Hamilton put Ferrari on top in the sole Formula 1 practice session ahead of sprint qualifying at the British Grand Prix

Why McLaren won't get latest spec Mercedes engine for British GP McLaren is having to wait at least another race to get hold of fresh Mercedes engines, despite other customers introducing them at Formula 1’s British Grand Prix.Mercedes started rolling out new power units in Austria last weekend, on top of modified batteries, with works drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli the first to get hold of them.While the latest version does not feature any performan... Read more:

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Why McLaren won't get latest spec Mercedes engine for British GP

McLaren is having to wait at least another race to get hold of fresh Mercedes engines, despite other customers introducing them at Formula 1’s Br...