How to follow British Grand Prix on the BBC

Jul 04, 2026 - 18:15

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How to follow British Grand Prix on the BBC

Fans hold up a Union Jack flag at Silverstone — A record-breaking crowd of 500,000 spectators across the four-day weekend attended Silverstone last year [Getty Images]

Round nine of the Formula 1 season is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, which is also the fourth sprint event of the year, from 3-5 July.

On Saturday, title leader Kimi Antonelli beat Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton to win his first sprint race with McLaren's Lando Norris finishing third.

Later in qualifying, 19-year-old Antonelli took pole position for the main grand prix, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, Hamilton and George Russell in the other Mercedes.

Lights out for Sunday's 52-lap grand prix is at 15:00 BST.

Sprint qualifying results

Session start times and BBC coverage

Commentary of the race will be available across BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.

You can also listen by asking most smart speakers to "play BBC Radio 5 Live" or "play BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra".

Make sure to listen to every episode of the Chequered Flag podcast. For the first time this year, the post-race show for every grand prix is available to watch on BBC iPlayer and YouTube.

All times BST.

Sunday 5 July

Race: 15:00 (BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and smart speakers)

What is the British GP forecast?

Fans stand in front of banners for Lando Norris and franco Colapinto in the fan zone — There was plenty of warm sunshine around for Friday's opening track action at Silverstone [Getty Images]

For those of you lucky enough to be going to Silverstone, it should be a dry and warm weekend - although not as hot as the heatwave of the previous week.

For Sunday's grand prix, the weather is set for light clouds and a gentle breeze, with temperatures about 25C to 26C.

How does the sprint race work?

Silverstone returns to hosting a sprint event for the first time since the format was introduced in 2021.

Sprint qualifying has three sessions, where now the six slowest cars are knocked out from the first two - like normal qualifying.

These sessions, known as SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3, last 12, 10 and eight minutes respectively.

This will make up the grid for the sprint race.

Only the top eight finishers score points, with eight points awarded for first place to one point for eighth, which will get added to the overall drivers' championship standings.

Following Silverstone, the final two sprint races take place at the Dutch Grand Prix in August and the Singapore Grand Prix in October.