July 9, 2016 – Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Saturday morning’s final practice for the 2016 Formula 1 British Grand Prix after the session was red flagged for 17 minutes following a heavy crash for Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson. There was trouble too for Sebastian Vettel, with suspected gearbox problems on his Ferrari.
| Pos | Driver | Car | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m30.904s | 10 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 0.063s | 18 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 0.584s | 6 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Renault | 0.657s | 7 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1.145s | 10 |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1.832s | 15 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1.850s | 11 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1.894s | 14 |
| 9 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1.929s | 13 |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1.985s | 10 |
| 11 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas/Ferrari | 1.991s | 12 |
| 12 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 2.138s | 11 |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 2.440s | 13 |
| 14 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 2.457s | 13 |
| 15 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 2.536s | 14 |
| 16 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 2.634s | 10 |
| 17 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 2.806s | 10 |
| 18 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 2.865s | 13 |
| 19 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 3.145s | 10 |
| 20 | Rio Haryanto | Manor/Mercedes | 3.567s | 14 |
| 21 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 3.647s | 7 |
| 22 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor/Mercedes | 3.754s | 11 |