July 8, 2016 – Lewis Hamilton stayed on top of the Silverstone timesheets in Friday afternoon’s second practice, beating Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo by 0.391s. The world champion completed 35 laps – 35 more than Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg, who was unable to run thanks to technical problems.
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m31.660s | – | 36 |
| 2 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m32.051s | 0.391s | 30 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Renault | 1m32.286s | 0.626s | 36 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m32.570s | 0.910s | 40 |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m32.736s | 1.076s | 38 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m33.040s | 1.380s | 31 |
| 7 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m33.493s | 1.833s | 38 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 1m33.614s | 1.954s | 32 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m33.763s | 2.103s | 20 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m33.801s | 2.141s | 29 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m33.840s | 2.180s | 27 |
| 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas/Ferrari | 1m34.000s | 2.340s | 32 |
| 13 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m34.139s | 2.479s | 35 |
| 14 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m34.154s | 2.494s | 25 |
| 15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m34.321s | 2.661s | 35 |
| 16 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m34.356s | 2.696s | 37 |
| 17 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor/Mercedes | 1m34.549s | 2.889s | 40 |
| 18 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1m34.610s | 2.950s | 41 |
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m34.722s | 3.062s | 36 |
| 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1m34.959s | 3.299s | 41 |
| 21 | Rio Haryanto | Manor/Mercedes | 1m35.841s | 4.181s | 36 |
