Friday practice for the 2013 British Grand Prix would see the Williams F1 team struggle for pace with drivers Valtteri Bottas and Pastor Maldonado finishing well down the times in sixteenth and seventeenth. At least the teams would be presented with a dry but cold day. Their are two DRS zones one on the Wellington straight and the second on the Hangar straight. The teams again would have the use of the hard and medium compounds for the session. The session would commence with a rush of drivers coming out while for Williams Pastor Maldonado would be out first. Several drivers had taken to the track on the medium tyre including Bianchi and Chilton.

Valtteri would leave the pit running on the hard tyre as Pastor pitted after one lap. Raikkonen would set the first time with a 1m:34.367 while team-mate Grosjean would set a 1m:41.601. Valtteri had continued on a second lap and would set a 1m:37.148 to be second. Raikkonen had improved with a 1m:34.184 as Pic moved into third. Valtteri would improve with a 1m:34.712 while Rosberg was third with a 1m:38.436. Grosjean would move back into second with Perez now fourth followed by Hamilton, Rosberg, and Pic in seventh. Raikkonen had pitted while Valtteri set a 1m:34.468 as Grosjean also pitted. Alonso was now out on the track with fifty minutes remaining. Perez was now fastest with a 1m:33.607 with Valtteri now fourth followed by Massa and Alonso. Valtteri would also find time setting a 1m:33.603 to be quickest.

Massa was now third with a 1m:34.011. Pastor had yet to take to the track as Valtteri pitted after a six lap run. Perez would suffer a left rear puncture with his tyre having destroyed itself. Perez said that the tyre exploded. The session would be red flagged as Perez came slowly back to the pit lane. There were large sections of his tyre out on the track explaining the red flag. This would be removed by marshals and the session would quickly get back underway. Several drivers were waiting at the end of the pit lane including Pastor as the lights went green. Perez's car had a lot of floor damage from the rear tyre failure seeing his mechanics now hard at work repairing it.

Webber would go fastest with a 1m:32.560 while Valtteri had also come back out. More drivers were going quickly with Ricciardo now second followed by Di Resta. Webber would improve with a 1m:32.369 while Pastor was down in thirteenth with a time of 1m:34.452. Vergne would move up to second while Di Resta was third followed by Ricciardo, Sutil, and Valtteri. Pastor had pitted after only a few laps while both Vettel and Alonso would run wide at Becketts. With thirty minutes remaining drivers would start to return to their pits while Valtteri had set a 1m:33.603 seeing him 1.2 seconds off Webber's time. Ricciardo would move back into second again with a 1m:32.475. Valtteri would continue looking to complete a longer run on the hard tyre.

After a long wait in his pit Hamilton was back out and would go to the top of the times with a 1m:32.317, also on the hard tyre. Valtteri was now in seventh while Pastor still was in his garage. Massa was back out on the medium tyre and would set a 1m:33.273 to be seventh. Pastor was also back out while for Mercedes Rosberg was quickest in sector one. He would finish with a 1m:32.192 to be second. Team-mate Hamilton would improve setting a 1m:32.140. Alonso was also going quickly setting a 1m:32.454 to be fourth. Just as quickly Webber would return to the top of the times with a 1m:32.078. Valtteri was now tenth and had pitted. Pastor was now fifteenth and had run wide at Becketts. Di Resta would also run wide at the same point.

Both Hamilton and Rosberg would move ahead with Hamilton going fastest with a 1m:31.750 and Rosberg second, 1m:31.833. Webber was now third followed by Alonso, Ricciardo, Vergne, Di Resta, Sutil, Massa, and Valtteri still tenth. With fifteen minutes remaining the track had become nearly empty with just Ricciardo and Raikkonen the track. Raikkonen was on the medium tyre and would set a 1m:32.498 to be sixth. Perez's car had being repaired and he was able to come back out. Both Valtteri and Pastor had also returned to the track with eight minutes remaining. The medium tyre was the tyre of choice for their final runs as it was announced that Massa was to have an engine change. Gutierrez was now eleventh and Pastor twelfth, 1m:33.445, after their quick runs. All the drivers were out on the track as Vettel went fastest in sector one.

Webber was also on a quick lap going fastest in sector one as Vettel moved up to third with a 1m:32.037. Valtteri was now fourteenth with a 1m:33.487 as Perez went off at Beckets seeing him spin but he was able to continue. A 1m:33.245 from Pastor but he was still only in fourteenth. A 1m:33.379 from Valtteri seeing him only seventeenth. Hamilton would set a 1m:31.750 remaining fastest as the session drew to a close. Rosberg was able to find time going fastest with a 1m:31.487 while Hamilton was second with a 1m:31.633. Vettel was still third followed by Webber, Grosjean, Ricciardo, Alonso, Raikkonen, Sutil, and Di Resta tenth. Despite Valtteri being well ahead of Pastor prior to their final runs the times at the end of the session would see Pastor ahead of Valtteri with Pastor thirteenth and Valtteri finishing in sixteenth.

Pos  Driver         	  Team		        Time      Laps
 1.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m31.487s 18
 2.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m31.633s 20
 3.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m32.037s 20
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m32.078s 17
 5.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m32.391s 18
 6.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m32.440s 19
 7.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m32.454s 18
 8.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m32.459s 22
 9.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m32.536s 17
10.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m32.571s 17
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m32.580s 15
12.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m32.926s 18
13.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m33.133s 17
14.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m33.225s 16
15.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m33.273s 16
16.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m33.309s 25
17.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m33.370s 19
18.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m33.607s 9
19.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m34.971s 18
20.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m34.990s 17
21.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m36.694s 16
22.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m37.443s 18