{"id":779036,"date":"2026-07-04T18:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779036\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:36:17","slug":"f1-starting-grid-what-is-the-grid-for-the-2026-british-gp-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779036\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 starting grid: What is the grid for the 2026 British GP Sprint?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The F1 starting grid has been set for the Sprint at the 2026 British Grand Prix, with 17 laps of Silverstone to come on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton will start his home Sprint from pole position, beating Kimi Antonelli by just 11 thousandths of a second to send the Silverstone crowd into raptures on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>F1 starting grid: Hamilton takes Sprint pole at Silverstone<\/p>\n<p>Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=planetf1.com\" target=\"_blank\">preferred source on Google<\/a> to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n<p>The two will line up ahead of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc with George Russell and Lando Norris on the third row.<\/p>\n<p>Oscar Piastri, Isack Hadjar, Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad complete the top ten.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Albon, who had qualified 16th, will start from the pit lane after Williams made broke parc ferme conditions to make set-up changes to the suspension of his FW48.<\/p>\n<p>The Sprint will take place at 12pm locally at Silverstone, with 17 laps to come before the teams and drivers dust themselves down, for British Grand Prix qualifying later on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to the British Grand Prix<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/british-grand-prix-2026-predictions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British GP predictions: False Lewis Hamilton hope, Russell on toast, McLaren resurgence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/british-grand-prix-2026-weather-forecast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British Grand Prix weather: What is the risk of rain this weekend?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>F1 Sprint starting grid: 2026 British Grand Prix<\/p>\n<p>1 \u2013 Lewis Hamilton\u00a0Ferrari<br \/>2 \u2013 Kimi Antonelli\u00a0Mercedes<br \/>3 \u2013 Max Verstappen\u00a0Red Bull<br \/>4 \u2013 Charles Leclerc\u00a0Ferrari<br \/>5 \u2013 George Russell\u00a0Mercedes<br \/>6 \u2013 Lando Norris\u00a0McLaren<br \/>7 \u2013 Oscar Piastri\u00a0McLaren<br \/>8 \u2013 Isack Hadjar\u00a0Red Bull<br \/>9 \u2013 Liam Lawson\u00a0Racing Bulls<br \/>10 \u2013 Arvid Lindblad\u00a0Racing Bulls<br \/>11 \u2013 Pierre Gasly\u00a0Alpine<br \/>12 \u2013 Gabriel Bortoleto\u00a0Audi<br \/>13 \u2013 Nico Hulkenberg\u00a0Audi<br \/>14 \u2013 Franco Colapinto\u00a0Alpine<br \/>15 \u2013 Carlos Sainz\u00a0Williams<br \/>16 \u2013 Oliver Bearman\u00a0Haas<br \/>17 \u2013 Esteban Ocon\u00a0Haas<br \/>18 \u2013 Sergio Perez\u00a0Cadillac<br \/>19 \u2013 Valtteri Bottas\u00a0Cadillac<br \/>20 \u2013 Fernando Alonso\u00a0Aston Martin<br \/>21 \u2013 Lance Stroll\u00a0Aston Martin<br \/>Pit lane \u2013 Alex Albon\u00a0Williams<\/p>\n<p>Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaUcBxk6BIEcgEnwDi1T\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n<p>You can also subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@planetf1com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n<p>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/max-verstappen-lewis-hamilton-lego-f1-race-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Look like kids and clowns\u2019 \u2013 Verstappen joins Hamilton in LEGO F1 race criticism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The F1 starting grid has been set for the Sprint at the 2026 British Grand Prix, with 17&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,13473,818,44,85],"class_list":["post-779036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-british-grand-prix","tag-home-page","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}