Norris quickest from Ferrari drivers - 2025 British GP practice results

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July 4, 2025

Austrian GP winner Norris went quickest at Silverstone during the Friday F1 practice sessions ahead of the 2025 British Grand Prix

Lando Norris during practice for the British GP

Norris topped FP2 quite comfortably in chrome-liveried McLaren

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July 4, 2025

Lando Norris highlighted his status as favourite for the British Grand Prix after going quickest in Friday practice at Silverstone.

The McLaren driver, the winner of the previous race in Austria, jumped to the top of the times around the halfway point of second practice with a 1min 25.816sec laptime, set on Pirelli’s soft tyres.

The home hero, trailing team-mate Oscar Piastri by 15 points in the standings, topped the session by 0.222sec from Ferrari‘s Charles Leclerc.

Nine-time British GP winner Lewis Hamilton finished in third, three-tenths off the pace, the Briton having gone quickest in first practice.

Championship leader Piastri had a low-key start to the weekend, winding up fourth, nearly half a second off Norris’s pace.

Max Verstappen rounded out the top five, the world champion complaining about severe understeer from the start of the running in FP1.

Mercedes also appeared to be off the pace, with Kimi Antonelli and George Russell finishing sixth and eighth over half a second slower than Norris. They were split by the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll.

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Racing Bulls duo Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson completed the top 10 in a pretty much incident-free 60 minutes of running.

Carlos Sainz triggered yellow flags 15 minutes into the session when he lost control of his Williams at Luffield, spinning and nearly making contact with Hamilton.

The team blamed a gust of wind for the incident, for which Sainz was put under investigation for rejoining unsafely.

In first practice, Red Bull protégé Arvid Lindblad made his grand prix weekend debut at the wheel of Yuki Tsunoda‘s Red Bull.

The 17-year-old Briton showed decent pace, lapping half a second slower than Verstappen to finish 13th quickest.

Tsunoda was 15th quickest in FP2, nearly six tenths behind Verstappen.

Paul Aron, one of Alpine‘s reserve drivers, also had his first practice outing, taking over Nico Hülkenberg‘s Sauber.

The Estonian also had a solid day of work, completing 25 laps and finishing in 17th, three places ahead of Gabriel Bortoleto in the second Sauber, the Brazilian completing a 360-degree spin without consequence.

Friday practice 2 results

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:25.816 25
2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:26.038 +0.222sec 28
3 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:26.117 +0.301sec 28
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:26.286 +0.470sec 26
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:26.314 +0.498sec 22
6 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:26.383 +0.567sec 27
7 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:26.430 +0.614sec 23
8 George Russell Mercedes 1:26.523 +0.707sec 26
9 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:26.524 +0.708sec 26
10 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:26.624 +0.808sec 27
11 Alex Albon Williams 1:26.840 +1.024sec 29
12 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:26.876 +1.060sec 23
13 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber 1:26.904 +1.088sec 26
14 Esteban Ocon Haas 1:26.941 +1.125sec 26
15 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull 1:26.980 +1.164sec 24
16 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:27.159 +1.343sec 26
17 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber 1:27.165 +1.349sec 28
18 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:27.174 +1.358sec 23
19 Oliver Bearman Haas 1:27.226 +1.410sec 26
20 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:27.289 +1.473sec 28

 

Friday practice 1 results

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:26.892 26
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:26.915 +0.023sec 26
3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:27.042 +0.150sec 28
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:27.095 +0.203sec 26
5 George Russell Mercedes 1:27.163 +0.271sec 25
6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:27.217 +0.325sec 28
7 Alex Albon Williams 1:27.304 +0.412sec 30
8 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:27.351 +0.459sec 27
9 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:27.367 +0.475sec 25
10 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:27.432 +0.540sec 26
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:27.678 +0.786sec 24
12 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:27.844 +0.952sec 22
13 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:27.909 +1.017sec 26
14 Arid Lindblad Red Bull 1:27.958 +1.066sec 22
15 Esteban Ocon Haas 1:28.057 +1.165sec 23
16 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:28.086 +1.194sec 27
17 Paul Aron Sauber 1:28.142 +1.250sec 25
18 Oliver Bearman Haas 1:28.147 +1.255sec 24
19 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:28.332 +1.440sec 23
20 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber 1:28.397 +1.505sec 23

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