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2021 Formula 1 British Grand Prix session timings and preview
Formula 1 travels to Silverstone this weekend for the British Grand Prix. Here are the start times for every session, including the inaugural F1 Sprint.
Rachit Thukral
Edited: Jul 14, 2021, 4:03 PM
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Following a short break, F1 returns to action on July 6-8 for a very special running of the British GP. For the first time in history, the starting order for the grand prix will be decided by a 100km sprint race scheduled on Saturday afternoon.
This is part of an experiment F1 is conducing at three races this year to spice up the show and refresh the sport's long-running weekend format.
The usual qualifying session hasn't been completely dropped but instead moved to Friday afternoon, replacing the second hour-long practice. However, winner of the sprint race - and not the fastest driver in qualifying - will officially be recognised as the polesitter for the British Grand Prix.
For more details about the F1's inaugural sprint qualifying race, click here.
2021 Formula 1 British Grand Prix session timings in different timezones
Session
GMT
BST
CEST
ET
PT
AEST
JST
IST
FP1
13:30
14:30
15:30
09:30
06:30
23:30
22:30
19:00
Qualifying 17:00
18:00
19:00
13:00
10:00
03:00¹
02:00¹
22:30
FP2
11:00
12:00
13:00
07:00
04:00
21:00
20:00
16:30
Sprint
15:30
16:30
17:30
11:30
08:30
01:30¹
00:30¹
21:00
Race
14:00
15:00
16:00
10:00
07:00
00:00¹
23:00
19:30
2021 Formula 1 British GP session timings in the UK/Portugal
Friday 16th July 2021
- Free Practice 1: 14:30 - 15:30 BST
- Qualifying: 18:00 - 19:00 BST
Saturday 17th July 2021
- Qualifying: 12:00 - 13:00 BST
- Sprint: 16:30 - 17:00 BST
Sunday 18th July 2021
- Race: 15:00 - 17:00 BST
2021 Formula 1 French GP session timings in Europe
Friday 16th July 2021
- Free Practice 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
- Qualifying: 19:00 - 20:00 CEST
Saturday 17th July 2021
- Free Practice 2: 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
- Sprint: 17:30 - 18:00 CEST
Sunday 18th July 2021
- Race: 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
2021 Formula 1 British GP session timings in the US
Friday 16th July 2021
- Free Practice 1: 09:30 - 10:30 ET / 06:30 - 07:30 PT
- Qualifying: 13:00 - 14:00 ET / 10:00 - 11:00 PT
Saturday 17th July 2021
- Free Practice 2: 07:00 - 08:00 ET / 04:00 - 05:00 PT
- Sprint: 11:30 - 12:00 ET / 08:30 - 09:00 PT
Sunday 18th July 2021
- Race: 10:00 - 12:00 PT / 07:00 - 09:00 PT
2021 Formula 1 British GP session timings in Australia
Friday 16th July 2021
- Free Practice 1: 23:30 - 00:30¹ AEST
Saturday 17th July 2021
- Qualifying: 03:00 - 04:00 AEST
- Free Practice 2: 21:00 - 22:00 AEST
Sunday 18th July 2021
- Sprint: 01:30 - 02:00 AEST
Monday 19th July 2021
- Race: 00:00 - 02:00 AEST
2021 Formula 1 British GP session timings in Japan
Friday 16th July 2021
- Free Practice 1: 22:30 - 23:30 JST
Saturday 17th July 2021
- Qualifying: 02:00 - 3:00 JST
- Free Practice 2: 20:00 - 21:00 JST
Sunday 18th July 2021
- Sprint: 00:30 - 01:00 JST
- Race: 23:00 - 01:00¹ JST
2021 Formula 1 British GP session timings in Africa
Friday 16th July 2021
- Free Practice 1: 15:30 - 16:30 SAT / 16:30 - 17:30 EAT
- Qualifying: 19:00 - 20:00 SAT / 20:00 - 21:00 EAT
Saturday 17th July 2021
- Free Practice 2: 13:00 - 14:00 SAT / 14:00 - 15:00 EAT
- Sprint: 17:30 - 18:00 SAT / 18:30 - 19:00 EAT
Sunday 18th July 2021
- Race: 16:00 - 18:00 SAT / 17:00 - 19:00 EAT
2021 Formula 1 British GP session timings in India
Friday 16th July 2021
- Free Practice 1: 19:00 - 20:00 IST
- Qualifying: 22:30 - 23:30 IST
Saturday 17th July 2021
- Free Practice 2: 16:30 - 17:30 IST
- Sprint: 21:00 - 21:30 IST
Sunday 18th July 2021
- Race: 19:30 - 21:30 IST
Can’t find your country or region in the list? Check the Formula 1 schedule page for the broadcast times in your local timezone.
Pirelli tyre allocation for the British Grand Prix
Due to high energy demands of the Silverstone circuit, Pirelli is bringing its three hardest compounds to the UK - C1, C2 and C3 tyres.
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