Lando Norris came out swinging in the first practice session at Silverstone Friday, the British driver heald off Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and teammate Oscar Piastri as Red Bull was unable to mount any sort of challenge for pace with Verstappen.
The relatively quiet session was interrupted once for a beached RB of Yuki Tsunoda, the Japanese driver found himself in the gravel at Luffield as marshals threw red flags to recovery the stranded VCARB 01. As action resumed with 44 minutes remaining tin the session, Carlos Sainz jumped to the top spot as lap times rolled in before being supplanted by the McLaren of Norris.
HIGHLIGHTS: Watch the action from FP1 at Silverstone as Norris leads Stroll and Tsunoda spins out
A light drizzle began to fall towards the end of the session, the final dry times began to come in as Verstappen slotted himself forth ahead of the Mercedes duo of Russell and Hamilton. Fernando Alonso ended his session seventh, followed by the Ferrari’s of LeClerc and Sainz as Esteban Ocon ended 10th.
Outside of the standard running, the first practice of the weekend saw several teams running rookie driver programs. Haas F1 led the way with 2025 signing Oliver Bearman who ended his session 14th overall. Bearman made waves early in the season when he replaced Carlos Sainz in Saudi Arabia as the Spanish driver recovered from an appendectomy and finished 7th in his debut for the Scuderia. Jack Doohan made took over the Alpine of Pierre Gasly and ended his day 17th, ahead of the Williams of Franco Coapinto and the Red Bull of Issac Hadjar, who took over Sergio Perez’s machine.
Second practice starts at 16:00 local time, tune in live for all the action as teams attack the some of the quickest curves in Formula 1.
FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2024 Schedule
| Date | Session | Time (Local Circuit) |
| July 5th | Practice 1 | 12:30 – 13:30 |
| Practice 2 | 16:00 – 17:00 | |
| July 6th | Practice 3 | 11:30 – 12:30 |
| Qualifying | 15:00 – 16:00 | |
| July 7th | Race | 15:00 |
Free Practice 1 Results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 1:27.420 | 26 | |
| 2 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:27.554 | 0.134s | 22 |
| 3 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 1:27.631 | 0.211s | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:27.729 | 0.309s | 25 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 1:27.738 | 0.318s | 26 |
| 6 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 1:27.794 | 0.374s | 27 |
| 7 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 1:27.858 | 0.438s | 26 |
| 8 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 1:27.903 | 0.483s | 26 |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 1:27.925 | 0.505s | 27 |
| 10 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:27.974 | 0.554s | 24 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 1:28.082 | 0.662s | 22 |
| 12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 1:28.254 | 0.834s | 26 |
| 13 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB HONDA RBPT | 1:28.477 | 1.057s | 24 |
| 14 | 50 | Oliver Bearman | HAAS FERRARI | 1:28.536 | 1.116s | 25 |
| 15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 1:28.590 | 1.170s | 24 |
| 16 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:28.649 | 1.229s | 25 |
| 17 | 61 | Jack Doohan | ALPINE RENAULT | 1:28.735 | 1.315s | 22 |
| 18 | 45 | Franco Colapinto | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:29.078 | 1.658s | 24 |
| 19 | 37 | Isack Hadjar | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 1:29.270 | 1.850s | 15 |
| 20 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB HONDA RBPT | 1:29.864 | 2.444s | 5 |
