The first practice session saw Romain Grosjean crash at Abbey, after he left his DRS open whilst taking the corner,[6] and Max Verstappen stopped on the pit straight with a gearbox issue.

[9] In third practice, Brendon Hartley had a heavy crash after his front left suspension failed at high speed.

[12] Hartley missed qualifying after the heavy crash in FP3, and started from the pit lane,[10] along with Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin.

[14] Sergio Pérez also spun at the start, narrowly avoiding the Williams cars exiting the pit lane.

[19] This brought out a safety car, and both Ferraris and both Red Bulls pitted for a 2nd time, for the soft tyres.

On lap 38, Grosjean and Carlos Sainz crashed at Copse, causing another safety car.

The next lap, Vettel overtook Bottas for the lead of the race, which he kept until the chequered flag,[20] making it his second victory at Silverstone, the first since 2009.