An unrepresentative session saw just 10 drivers completed timed laps, Valtteri Bottas fastest in Free Practice 1 in Silverstone.
| Pos | Num | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo F1 Team | 9 | 1:42.249 | |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG F1 Team | 10 | 1:42.781 | +0.532s |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Ferrari | 8 | 1:42.967 | +0.718s |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Scuderia Ferrari | 7 | 1:43.801 | +1.552s |
| 5 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 3 | 1:43.895 | +1.646s |
| 6 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo F1 Team | 4 | 1:46.171 | +3.922s |
| 7 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 3 | 1:48.161 | +5.912s |
| 8 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin F1 Team | 5 | 1:51.243 | +8.994s |
| 9 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 5 | 1:51.373 | +9.124s |
| 10 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin F1 Team | 5 | 1:59.168 | +16.919s |
| 11 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes-AMG F1 Team | 2 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 3 | ||
| 13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 2 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1 | ||
| 15 | 23 | Alex Albon | Williams Racing | 1 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren F1 Team | 4 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 3 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren F1 Team | 4 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Racing | 1 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 3 |
