Romain Grosjean tops very wet first practice for the British Grand Prix
Romain Grosjean was quickest as heavy rain hit the opening practice session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Conditions were wet throughout.
Daniel Ricciardo was second for Toro Rosso, 0.275 seconds behind Grosjean.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m56.552s | +0.000s | 13 |
| 2. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m56.827s | +0.275 | 10 |
| 3. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m57.174s | +0.622 | 6 |
| 4. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m57.664s | +1.112 | 11 |
| 5. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m58.119s | +1.567 | 7 |
| 6. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m58.463s | +1.911 | 7 |
| 7. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m58.483s | +1.931 | 19 |
| 8. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m58.493s | +1.941 | 10 |
| 9. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m58.942s | +2.390 | 8 |
| 10. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m59.076s | +2.524 | 12 |
| 11. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m59.414s | +2.862 | 11 |
| 12. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m59.614s | +3.062 | 9 |
| 13. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m59.733s | +3.181 | 7 |
| 14. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m59.787s | +3.235 | 10 |
| 15. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 2m00.125s | +3.573 | 5 |
| 16. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 2m00.253s | +3.701 | 6 |
| 17. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 2m01.834s | +5.282 | 6 |
| 18. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 2m01.835s | +5.283 | 6 |
| 19. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 2m04.341s | +7.789 | 9 |
| 20. | Dani Clos | HRT-Cosworth | 2m05.022s | +8.470 | 11 |
| 21. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 2m11.760s | +15.208 | 6 |
| 22. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | – | – | 4 |
| 23. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | – | – | 3 |
| 24. | Jules Bianchi | Force India-Mercedes | – | – | 1 |