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Open session ticker now!
The drivers are on the grid and in ten minutes the sprint in Silverstone begins. We are moving the action to our session ticker for now. So there is a short break here, after the finish line passage it will continue here as usual.
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Pit lane open
Everything goes a bit faster in the sprint. 30 minutes to the start and now the pit lane opens – but only for five minutes. During this time, the drivers have to make their way to the starting grid.
Who goes into the sprint on which tires, we will find out as always just before the start.
Brundle: Ferrari can win
Can Lewis Hamilton, after pole yesterday, also take the sprint win today? Expert Martin Brundle explains on Sky: “The engine upgrade that Ferrari had in Austria was not fully exploited there.”
In Silverstone, however, the engine now works better, according to the expert. Ferrari is “very strong on the back straight,” he observed and explained: “Somehow they have a certain efficiency and top speed that has paid off here.”
“They are really on the level of Mercedes,” said Brundle.
Albon starts from the pit
Alexander Albon gives up his 16th starting position later in the sprint. Williams has changed the setup on his car, which is why he has to start from the pit lane. All drivers behind him move up one place.
Williams is thus using the sprint once again as a better test, because from P16 they probably would not have had a chance to score points anyway.
The updated starting grid can be found here.
Livestream
A note on our own behalf: Today and tomorrow we will again be live on the Formel1.de YouTube channel for you. Stefan Ehlen and Kevin Scheuren will analyze the sprint and qualifying in Silverstone for you from 10:00 p.m. today.
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Formula 3: Victory for Ugochukwu
Since we are already talking about Formula 3: The sprint race there was won convincingly by ex-McLaren junior Ugo Ugochukwu with a 17-second lead. He also extends his lead in the championship.
P2 went to Yevan David, making him the first driver from Sri Lanka on the Formula 3 podium. Congratulations to both!
Weather
Less than two hours to the sprint start in Silverstone and we quickly take a look at the weather. The Formula 3 sprint race is already running, and we see some clouds over the track.
However, rain is not forecast for today either. It should remain dry both in the sprint and later in qualifying.
Ferrari winless for a year
By the way: Ferrari has not won a sprint for more than a year. The last triumph was Hamilton’s in March 2025 in China. Since then, McLaren, Mercedes, and Red Bull have shared the seven sprint wins.
More on this in this photo gallery:
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All winners of sprint races in Formula 1
