British Grand Prix 2026

Round 9 of 22 · Silverstone Circuit · July 3–5, 2026 · Sprint Weekend

Race Start

Sunday, July 5 at 10:00 AM EDT
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Session Times (US Time Zones)

Session Eastern Central Mountain Pacific
Practice 1 Fri, Jul 3, 8:30 AM EDT Fri, Jul 3, 7:30 AM CDT Fri, Jul 3, 6:30 AM MDT Fri, Jul 3, 5:30 AM PDT
Sprint Qualifying Fri, Jul 3, 12:30 PM EDT Fri, Jul 3, 11:30 AM CDT Fri, Jul 3, 10:30 AM MDT Fri, Jul 3, 9:30 AM PDT
Sprint Race Sat, Jul 4, 7:00 AM EDT Sat, Jul 4, 6:00 AM CDT Sat, Jul 4, 5:00 AM MDT Sat, Jul 4, 4:00 AM PDT
Qualifying Sat, Jul 4, 11:00 AM EDT Sat, Jul 4, 10:00 AM CDT Sat, Jul 4, 9:00 AM MDT Sat, Jul 4, 8:00 AM PDT
Race Sun, Jul 5, 10:00 AM EDT Sun, Jul 5, 9:00 AM CDT Sun, Jul 5, 8:00 AM MDT Sun, Jul 5, 7:00 AM PDT

Circuit Guide

Silverstone hosted the first-ever World Championship Grand Prix in 1950, and in 2026 the home of British motorsport gets a sprint weekend — points on Independence Day weekend, with the main race on Sunday July 5. Maggotts-Becketts-Chapel remains the most awe-inspiring sequence of corners in racing, taken nearly flat in a modern F1 car. The crowd, the history, and the high-speed layout make this one of the season's marquee events.

Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Length
5.891 km
Laps
52
Corners
18
First GP
1950
Local Start
3:00 PM (Silverstone)

Watching from the US

A sprint race on the Fourth of July, starting Saturday morning US time, then the Grand Prix on Sunday morning — a solid holiday-weekend double for American fans. British summer weather is famously unstable; a dry forecast at Silverstone means nothing, which is exactly why you watch.