2024 British Grand Prix

The event was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire for the 59th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 5–7 July.^[3] The Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 75th running of the British Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.^[4]

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 237 points, 81 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 87 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. Red Bull Racing, with 355 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who were second and third with 291 and 268 points, respectively.^[5]

The drivers and teams are the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.^[6] In first practice, Oliver Bearman stood in for Kevin Magnussen in the Haas, Franco Colapinto replaced Logan Sargeant in the Williams, Jack Doohan drove instead of Pierre Gasly in the Alpine and Isack Hadjar was in for Red Bull Racing in place of Sergio Pérez. Colapinto made his Formula One practice debut.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (the three hardest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.^[11]

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 5 July 2024, at 12:30 local time (UTC+1), and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of Lance Stroll of Aston Martin and Norris's teammate Oscar Piastri. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 16:00 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of Piastri and Sergio Pérez of Red Bull Racing. The third free practice session was held on 6 July 2024, at 11:30 local time, and was topped by George Russell of Mercedes ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Norris.^[12]

Qualifying was held on 6 July 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+1).^[12]

Notes

• ^1 – Sergio Pérez qualified 19th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane for replacing power unit elements without the approval of the technical delegate during parc fermé.^[14]
• ^2 – Pierre Gasly was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. He gained a position as Sergio Pérez started the race from the pit lane.^[14]
• ^3 – As qualifying was held on a wet track, the 107% rule was not in force.^[15]

The race was held on 7 July 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+1), and was run for 52 laps.^[12]

Notes

• ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.^[17]
• ^2 – Pierre Gasly did not start the race due to a gearbox issue. His position on the grid was left vacant.^[16][18]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

• 2024 Silverstone Formula 2 round
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