Agitada sesión de entrenamientos tras la decisión de la FIA de limitar los gases de los difusores al 10%. Los equipos tenían que aprovechar los 60 minutos de sesión para adaptarse a los últimos cambios, una situación agravada por la lluvia que alcanzó ayer el circuito de Silverstone e impidió a los equipos hacer las pertinentes pruebas.
| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia | Vueltas |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:31.401 | 17 | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31.464 | +0.063 | 20 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:31.829 | +0.428 | 12 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.169 | +0.768 | 20 |
| 5 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:32.496 | +1.095 | 20 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | Mclaren | 1:32.956 | +1.555 | 18 |
| 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:33.014 | +1.613 | 20 |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:33.044 | +1.643 | 23 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:33.264 | +1.863 | 21 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:33.423 | +2.022 | 22 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:33.551 | +2.150 | 11 |
| 12 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:33.660 | +2.259 | 22 |
| 13 | Lewis Hamilton | Mclaren | 1:33.842 | +2.441 | 16 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:33.905 | +2.504 | 21 |
| 15 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:34.042 | +2.641 | 22 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:34.329 | +2.928 | 20 |
| 17 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:34.799 | +3.398 | 20 |
| 18 | Nick Heidfled | Renault | 1:34.822 | +3.421 | 21 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:35.225 | +3.824 | 21 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:36.905 | +5.504 | 21 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:37.614 | +6.213 | 18 |
| 22 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:38.068 | +6.667 | 20 |
| 23 | Daniel Ricciardo | Hispania | 1:38.289 | +6.888 | 19 |
| 24 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Hispania | 1:38.568 | +7.167 | 17 |
Felipe Massa ha sido el más rápido en la segunda sesión de entrenamientos libres del Gran Premio de Gran Bretaña. El piloto brasileño ha logrado el mejor registro en una sesión pasada por agua en la que los equipos no han querido arriesgar y sólo se ha visto actividad en pista durante la última media hora.
| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia | Vueltas |
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:49.967 | 9 | |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:50.744 | +0.777 | 16 |
| 3 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:51.395 | +1.428 | 16 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mclaren | 1:52.438 | +1.471 | 6 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | Mclaren | 1:51.518 | +1.551 | 6 |
| 6 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:51.738 | +1.771 | 18 |
| 7 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:51.781 | +1.814 | 7 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:51.992 | +2.025 | 13 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:52.169 | +2.202 | 12 |
| 10 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:52.189 | +2.222 | 21 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:52.198 | +2.231 | 9 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:52.325 | +2.358 | 12 |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:52.578 | +2.611 | 16 |
| 14 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:52.587 | +2.620 | 6 |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:52.869 | +2.902 | 8 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:54.023 | +4.056 | 8 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:54.274 | +4.307 | 16 |
| 18 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:54.545 | +4.578 | 4 |
| 19 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:54.714 | +4.747 | 13 |
| 20 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:55.155 | +5.188 | 8 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:55.155 | +5.188 | 12 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:55.549 | +5.582 | 10 |
| 23 | Dainel Ricciardo | Hispania | 1:55.828 | +5.861 | 10 |
| 24 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Hispania | 1:56.037 | +6.070 | 6 |
Primera sesión de entrenamientos del Gran Premio de Gran Bretaña en la que la lluvia ha sido la clara protagonista. Con la pista mojada, los pilotos han limitado su programa de pruebas y, especialmente en los primeros minutos, la actividad en pista ha sido escasa: 15 minutos han tenido que pasar para que Jerome d'Ambrosio marcase el primer registro de la sesión, muy lejos de los tiempos definitivos que han ido bajando a medida que la pista mejoraba ligeramente.
| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia | Vueltas |
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:46.603 | 19 | |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:47.263 | +0.660 | 20 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:47.347 | +0.744 | 23 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:47.422 | +0.819 | 22 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:47.562 | +0.959 | 13 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:47.758 | +1.155 | 23 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:48.161 | +1.558 | 16 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | Mclaren | 1:48.549 | +1.946 | 21 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:48.598 | +1.995 | 19 |
| 10 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:48.678 | +2.075 | 22 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:48.730 | +2.127 | 18 |
| 12 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:48.778 | +2.175 | 18 |
| 13 | Sebastan Vettel | Red Bull | 1:48.794 | +2.191 | 21 |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:48.809 | +2.206 | 17 |
| 15 | Jenson Button | Mclaren | 1:48.841 | +2.238 | 23 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:48.941 | +2.338 | 20 |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:49.603 | +3.000 | 15 |
| 18 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:50.133 | +3.530 | 17 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:50.222 | +3.619 | 14 |
| 20 | Karun Chandhok | Lotus | 1:51.119 | +4.516 | 17 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:52.470 | +5.867 | 17 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Hispania | 1:53.143 | +6.540 | 20 |
| 23 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:53.469 | +6.866 | 26 |
| 24 | Daniel Ricciardo | Hispania | 1:54.334 | +7.731 | 24 |
| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Vueltas |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.116 | 1:37.305 | 1:36.975 | 15 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:39.956 | 1:38.058 | 1:37.163 | 19 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mclaren | 1:39.244 | 1:37.727 | 1:37.380 | 13 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:29.725 | 1:37.930 | 1:37.454 | 20 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.413 | 1:38.566 | 1:37.535 | 20 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | Mclaren | 1:39.453 | 1:37.749 | 1:37.645 | 14 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:39.266 | 1:38.373 | 1:38.231 | 15 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:39.198 | 1:38.365 | 1:38.240 | 18 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:39.877 | 1:38.781 | 17 | |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:39.329 | 1:39.034 | 14 | |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:39.690 | 1:39.068 | 14 | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:39.852 | 1:39.422 | 16 | |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:39.602 | 1:39.489 | 19 | |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:40.131 | 1:39.525 | 17 | |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:39.690 | 1:39.645 | 10 | |
| 16 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:30.494 | 1:39.657 | 13 | |
| 17 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:39.679 | 1:39.711 | 8 | |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:40.232 | 5 | ||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:41.664 | 10 | ||
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:42.234 | 9 | ||
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:43.553 | 9 | ||
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:43.584 | 10 | ||
| 23 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:43.735 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:44.363 | 9 | ||
| Pole Position | ||||||
| Sebastan Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.975 | Km/h | |||
| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia | Vueltas |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:37.258 | 15 | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.678 | +0.420 | 16 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:37.840 | +0.582 | 17 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:38.068 | +0.810 | 13 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | Mclaren | 1:38.326 | +1.068 | 13 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:38.580 | +1.322 | 15 |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mclaren | 1:38.741 | +1.483 | 13 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:38.799 | +1.541 | 14 |
| 9 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:38.822 | +1.564 | 17 |
| 10 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:39.113 | +1.855 | 15 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:39.411 | +2.153 | 19 |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:39.778 | +2.520 | 18 |
| 13 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:39.823 | +2.565 | 18 |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:39.848 | +2.590 | 18 |
| 15 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:39.888 | +2.630 | 17 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:39.987 | +2.729 | 17 |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:40.004 | +2.746 | 16 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:40.239 | +2.981 | 20 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:41.267 | +4.009 | 15 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:41.690 | +4.432 | 18 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:42.557 | +5.299 | 18 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:43.243 | +5.985 | 17 |
| 23 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:43.309 | +6.051 | 18 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:44.630 | +7.372 | 19 |
| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia | Vueltas |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.968 | 35 | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mclaren | 1:38.195 | +0.227 | 26 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:38.265 | +0.297 | 31 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:38.315 | +0.347 | 30 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.443 | +0.475 | 32 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | Mclaren | 1:38.483 | +0.515 | 30 |
| 7 | Markw Webber | Red Bull | 1:38.531 | +0.563 | 26 |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:38.981 | +1.013 | 33 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:39.040 | +1.072 | 35 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:39.586 | +1.618 | 27 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:39.626 | +1.658 | 31 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:40.020 | +2.052 | 34 |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:40.301 | +2.333 | 34 |
| 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:40.363 | +2.395 | 7 |
| 15 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:40.454 | +2.486 | 32 |
| 16 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:40.531 | +2.563 | 37 |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:42.083 | +4.115 | 34 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:42.156 | +4.188 | 39 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:42.239 | +4.271 | 25 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:42.273 | +4.305 | 21 |
| 21 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:42.809 | +4.841 | 36 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:44.460 | +6.492 | 29 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:46.906 | +8.938 | 16 |
| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia | Vueltas |
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:40.403 | 22 | |
| 2 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:41.227 | +0.824 | 20 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.239 | +0.836 | 22 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mclaren | 1:41.510 | +1.107 | 23 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:41.580 | +1.177 | 24 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41.758 | +1.355 | 23 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | Mclaren | 1:41.926 | +1.523 | 14 |
| 8 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:41.955 | +1.552 | 20 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:42.043 | +1.640 | 22 |
| 10 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:42.216 | +1.813 | 29 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:42.270 | +1.867 | 26 |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:42.412 | +2.009 | 27 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:42.704 | +2.301 | 23 |
| 14 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:42.738 | +2.335 | 20 |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:42.841 | +2.438 | 28 |
| 16 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:42.941 | +2.538 | 21 |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:43.201 | +2.798 | 18 |
| 18 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:43.769 | +3.366 | 7 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:44.136 | +3.733 | 17 |
| 20 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:45.026 | +4.623 | 17 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:45.221 | +4.818 | 19 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:45.494 | +5.091 | 24 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:46.926 | +6.523 | 27 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhock | Lotus | Sin tiempo | 2 |
