After 149 race starts, Carlos Sainz claimed his first Formula 1 pole position in qualifying for the British Grand Prix.
| Pos | Num | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:40.190 | 1:41.602 | 1:40.983 |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1:39.129 | 1:40.655 | 1:41.055 |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:39.846 | 1:41.247 | 1:41.298 |
| 4 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 1:40.521 | 1:42.513 | 1:41.616 |
| 5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG F1 Team | 1:40.428 | 1:41.062 | 1:41.995 |
| 6 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren F1 Team | 1:41.515 | 1:41.821 | 1:42.084 |
| 7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:41.598 | 1:42.209 | 1:42.116 |
| 8 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes-AMG F1 Team | 1:40.028 | 1:41.725 | 1:42.161 |
| 9 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo F1 Team | 1:40.791 | 1:42.640 | 1:42.719 |
| 10 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Racing | 1:41.998 | 1:43.273 | 2:03.095 |
| 11 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 1:41.680 | 1:43.702 | |
| 12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo F1 Team | 1:41.396 | 1:44.232 | |
| 13 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 1:41.893 | 1:44.311 | |
| 14 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren F1 Team | 1:41.933 | 1:44.355 | |
| 15 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:41.730 | 1:45.190 | |
| 16 | 23 | Alex Albon | Williams Racing | 1:42.078 | ||
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:42.159 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin F1 Team | 1:42.666 | ||
| 19 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:42.708 | ||
| 20 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin F1 Team | 1:43.430 |
