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Rachit Thukral

F1 British GP qualifying – Start time, how to watch, TV channel

Red Bull led the way on Friday, with Max Verstappen topping both practice sessions in the utterly-dominant RB19.

Alex Albon showed rapid pace on Friday for Williams, which is celebrating 800th grands prix with a special livery at Silverstone, finishing third-fastest in both sessions.

What time does qualifying for the British Grand Prix start?

Qualifying for the British GP will begin at 3pm local time (+1 GMT) at Silverstone

  • Date: Friday, July 08, 2023
  • Start time: 14:00 GMT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST / 16:00 SAT / 17:00 EAT / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT / 00:00 AEST (Sunday) / 23:00 JST / 19:30 IST

Can’t find your country or region in the list? Check the schedule page for the broadcast times in your local timezone.

2023 Formula 1 British Grand Prix session timings in different timezones

Session

GMT

BST

CEST

ET

PT

AEST

JST

IST

FP1

11:30

12:30

13:30

07:30

04:30

21:30

20:30

17:00

FP2

15:00

16:00

17:00

11:00

08:00

01:00¹

00:30¹

20:30

FP3

10:30

11:30

12:30

06:30

03:30

20:30

19:30

16:00

Q

14:00

15:00

16:00

10:00

07:00

00:00¹

23:00

19:30

Race 

14:00

15:00

16:00

10:00

07:00

00:00¹

23:00

19:30

How can I watch qualifying?

Formula 1 is broadcast live in nearly every country around the world. 

Europe

  • Austria - Servus TV / ORF
  • Belgium - RTBF / Telenet / Play Sports
  • Croatia - Sport Klub
  • Czech Republic - AMC
  • Denmark - TV3+ / TV3 Sport / Viaplay
  • Finland - Viaplay / V sport + / V sport 1
  • France - Canal+
  • Germany - Sky 
  • Greece - ANT1 / ANT1+
  • Hungary - M4
  • Italy - Sky
  • Netherlands - Viaplay / Viaplay Xtra
  • Norway - V sport 1 / V sport + / Viaplay
  • Poland - Viaplay
  • Portugal - Sport TV
  • Spain - F1 DAZN
  • Sweden - Viaplay / V sport motor / TV 10
  • Switzerland - SRF / RSI / RTS
  • UK - Sky Sports F1

Americas

  • USA - ESPN2
  • Canada - RDS / RDS2 / TSN / Noovo
  • Latin America - ESPN

Asia

  • China - CCTV/ Great Sports TV / Guangdong Television Channel
  • India - F1 TV only
  • Japan - Fuji TV / DAZN
  • Malaysia - beIN SPORTS
  • Indonesia- beIN SPORTS
  • Singapore - beIN SPORTS
  • Thailand - beIN SPORTS
  • Turkey - S Sport / S Sport Plus
  • Vietnam - K+

Oceania

  • Australia - Fox Sports / Foxtel / Kayo
  • New Zealand - Sky

Africa

  • Africa - SuperSport

Can I stream qualifying?

Viewers from selected countries can subscribe to F1 TV to stream qualifying on a device of their choice. Some local broadcasters such as Sky TV (UK) and Movistar (Spain) also offer their own on-demand service. 

Live commentary

Motorsport.com will bring the latest updates from Silverstone throughout the weekend, including live commentary during qualifying on Saturday.

British GP - FP1 results:

Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap
1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'28.600  
2 Mexico Sergio Perez Red Bull 1'29.048 0.448
3 Thailand Alex Albon Williams 1'29.089 0.489
4 Spain Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1'29.268 0.668
5 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'29.280 0.680
6 France Esteban Ocon Alpine 1'29.319 0.719
7 Spain Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1'29.357 0.757
8 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren 1'29.441 0.841
9 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1'29.471 0.871
10 Australia Oscar Piastri McLaren 1'29.658 1.058
11 Netherlands Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri 1'29.691 1.091
12 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'29.768 1.168
13 France Pierre Gasly Alpine 1'29.828 1.228
14 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1'29.874 1.274
15 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1'30.090 1.490
16 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1'30.092 1.492
17 United States Logan Sargeant Williams 1'30.124 1.524
18 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1'30.321 1.721
19 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas 1'30.385 1.785
20 Germany Nico Hulkenberg Haas 1'30.591 1.991

British GP - FP2 results:

Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap
1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'28.078  
2 Spain Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1'28.100 0.022
3 Thailand Alex Albon Williams 1'28.296 0.218
4 Mexico Sergio Perez Red Bull 1'28.342 0.264
5 United States Logan Sargeant Williams 1'28.766 0.688
6 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1'28.866 0.788
7 Germany Nico Hulkenberg Haas 1'28.880 0.802
8 France Pierre Gasly Alpine 1'28.889 0.811
9 Australia Oscar Piastri McLaren 1'28.926 0.848
10 Spain Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1'29.134 1.056
11 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1'29.225 1.147
12 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1'29.238 1.160
13 France Esteban Ocon Alpine 1'29.242 1.164
14 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren 1'29.260 1.182
15 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'29.283 1.205
16 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1'29.378 1.300
17 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas 1'29.439 1.361
18 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1'29.483 1.405
19 Netherlands Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri 1'29.571 1.493
20 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari    
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