How to watch the 2022 British GP: F1 race start time, TV schedule and live streams

Whether you’re watching on Sky or Channel 4 this weekend, the British Grand Prix is live, so you can watch every minute of the action along with the sellout crowd.

Silverstone is rarely short of drama: 2021 provided an explosive first lap, while Lewis Hamilton won on three wheels the year before, and there’s every reason to predict another classic.

With the fast-sweeping corners of Maggots and Becketts through to the technical Village section, Silverstone is a track that requires a driver to be on top form to tame it.

The man currently on that form is Max Verstappen, who, after another dominant weekend at Canada, is the driver to beat.

Ferrari and Charles Leclerc will be looking to reignite the spark in their championship, while Mercedes’ home-heroes Hamilton and George Russell will be hoping that upgrades can catapult them to the front.

The W-series also returns with Jamie Chadwick looking to extend her run of race victories to six this weekend on home soil.

Will the British Grand Prix deliver another classic race for the history books? Here’s when you’ll need to start watching to find out.

How to watch the 2022 F1 British Grand Prix

Tune in live or watch the highlights. Below are all the timings you need to catch this weekend’s action. Times are BST.

TV (live) Every session will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1, as well as Channel 4, starting with the FP1 coverage on Friday afternoon.

Live stream Sky Sports F1 subscribers can stream the action using the Sky Go app. A Now TV sports membership will also allow you to access Sky’s live coverage. The race will also be available for streaming on the All 4 app.

Highlights Channel 4 is showing highlights of the race and qualifying but those won’t be until the early hours of Sunday and Monday due to their live coverage of the race throughout Sunday.
For a faster recap, the official F1 YouTube channel will upload short highlights after every session over the weekend.

 Where to watch every British Grand Prix session

All sessions will be live on Sky Sports F1 with coverage building up to each event, as well as a live reaction. Channel 4 will also be broadcasting every session live and free.

The whole of Sunday’s coverage will be on Sky Sports F1 and Channel 4, while it will also be broadcast on the Sky Sports Main Event channel up until 5pm.

Sky Sports F1 – Live

Friday FP1 – 12.30pm | FP2 – 3.35pm
Saturday FP3 – 11.45am | Qualifying – 2.10pm
Sunday Grand Prix – 2.55pm

Channel 4 – Live

Friday FP1 – 12.55pm | FP2 – 3.55pm
Saturday FP3 – 11.45am | Qualifying – 2.10pm
Sunday Grand Prix – 2.30pm

How to stream the British Grand Prix

Sky’s live coverage of each session is available on NOW TV with a sports membership, and this can be streamed anywhere in the UK, regardless of location.

The app can be downloaded on mobile and tablet devices, as well as a PC, laptop or console. Weekend passes are also available which give you access to the coverage across each session.

Existing Sky subscribers can watch the action using the Sky GO app on mobile and tablet devices, as well as a PC, laptop or console.

Channel 4 will also be streaming live coverage of each session using the All 4 app. The app is available on all devices.

Who will win?

With Verstappen and Red Bull further stretching their championship leads in Canada, Ferrari come into the weekend knowing they must maximise their results to keep their championship hopes alive.

The Silverstone circuit is exceptionally fast, with the average speeds up in the 145mph range due to the many fast corners and long straights. This has typically been the type of track that Red Bull has excelled at this season with the Ferrari favouring slower-speed corners instead.

Ferrari and Leclerc must be able to maximise through the more technical sections of Turns 3,4 and 5 as well as the final chicane at Club corner if they are to pose a challenge to Red Bull.

However, Silverstone has historically been a track tough on reliability and with both Red Bull and Ferrari suffering from retirements and technical issues in recent races, it may well turn out to be a war of attrition between the two teams.

Meanwhile, Mercedes’ hope of an improved season may be realised this weekend as it brings a new upgrade package that is tipped to help realise the potential of the W13.

These upgrades paired with the smoother asphalt at Silverstone may well give homeboys Hamilton and Russell a shot at the top step of the podium.

Lewis Hamilton can never be counted out at Silverstone as he looks to further increase on his record of eight-home victories.

George Russell will also be looking to excel at his first home Grand Prix in a competitive car with his streak of top-five finishes continuing after his P4 finish in Canada.

Red Bull will be wary of the potential Mercedes threat, but Max Verstappen will be feeling confident with his 46-point championship lead over the rest of the field heading into the race.

Sergio Perez will be hoping to cement himself as a championship challenger as he aims to close the gap between himself and Verstappen and stop the Dutchman from further increasing his sizeable advantage in the standings.

How many laps is the British Grand Prix?

There will be 52 laps around the 3.7-mile Silverstone Circuit, resulting in a total race distance of 190.3 miles. There will be two DRS zones with the first being on the Wellington straight down into Turn 6 of Brooklands, and then the second along the Hangar straight between turns 14 and 15.

2022 British GP session times