British Grand Prix 2026 Sprint Qualifying gaps, to scale
Every car frozen on the finish line, with each gap to Lewis Hamilton’s pole shown to scale in real metres. Sprint Qualifying at Silverstone, round 9.
Open the interactive 3D Gap Visualizer →| # | Driver | Team | Lap time | Gap | Behind (to scale) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:28.376 | Pole | — |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:28.387 | +0.011 | 0.9 m |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1:28.697 | +0.321 | 26.6 m |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:28.703 | +0.327 | 27.1 m |
| 5 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:28.733 | +0.357 | 29.6 m |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:28.740 | +0.364 | 30.1 m |
| 7 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:28.772 | +0.396 | 32.8 m |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | Red Bull Racing | 1:28.835 | +0.459 | 38.0 m |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | 1:28.927 | +0.551 | 45.6 m |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | Racing Bulls | 1:29.330 | +0.954 | 79.0 m |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:29.482 | +1.106 | 91.6 m |
| 12 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | 1:29.679 | +1.303 | 107.9 m |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Audi | 1:29.707 | +1.331 | 110.2 m |
| 14 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | 1:29.983 | +1.607 | 133.0 m |
| 15 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:30.197 | +1.821 | 150.7 m |
| 16 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:30.650 | +2.274 | 188.2 m |
| 17 | Oliver Bearman | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.083 | +2.707 | 224.1 m |
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.714 | +3.338 | 276.3 m |
| 19 | Sergio Perez | Cadillac | 1:31.776 | +3.400 | 281.4 m |
| 20 | Valtteri Bottas | Cadillac | 1:32.020 | +3.644 | 301.6 m |
| 21 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:32.910 | +4.534 | 375.3 m |
| 22 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:32.988 | +4.612 | 381.8 m |
How big is the gap, really?
Lewis Hamilton took sprint qualifying pole at the British Grand Prix 2026 with a 1:28.376. On the timesheet the field looks bunched into tenths, but at racing speed those tenths stretch out: from pole to Lance Stroll the field covers 381.8 m. Open the 3D visualizer to see it to scale, car by car.