Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari head to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix with the weekend framed as a test of how far the team has come after a strong win in Barcelona and a more sobering run in Austria. Hamilton called Ferrari’s pace in Austria a “reality check,” saying the team was losing about four-tenths of a second on the straights and still had work to do to close the gap to its rivals. Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said the team had studied what went wrong at Spielberg and expects a better showing at Silverstone, where the team will try to see whether Hamilton’s recent success can lead to another strong result.

Formula 1 drivers will take part in a Lego minicars parade lap at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend, with all 22 drivers set to ride individual Lego-built cars before Sunday’s race. The parade is scheduled for 90 minutes before the start, at 1:30 p.m. BST, and is meant as a fan spectacle rather than a competitive part of the weekend.

Each car was built from about 28,000 Lego bricks and weighs 280 kilograms, including 65 kilograms made up by the bricks themselves. The vehicles use standard go-kart wheels and were assembled by a 20-person team of designers, engineers and builders at Lego’s factory in Kladno, Czechia, over more than 6,400 hours of work. Sources said the cars can reach around 25 kilometers per hour.

F1 and Lego said the Silverstone activation follows the attention generated by last year’s Miami Grand Prix parade, which featured team-built Lego cars and ended with several of them damaged. The new format was shaped by fan demand and is aimed at recreating the viral appeal of the Miami event in a more polished presentation while entertaining fans at the track and around the world.

Lando Norris said he sees his future at McLaren, calling the team his family and saying he wants to finish his Formula 1 career there. Speaking on the Beyond The Grid podcast ahead of the British Grand Prix, he said he is heavily committed to McLaren, does not expect to leave soon and could imagine spending his entire career with the team. Norris said there is only one other Formula 1 team he would ever seriously consider joining in the distant future, but he did not identify it. He signed his latest McLaren contract in 2024, and reports say it runs through at least the end of 2027.

Norris has been with McLaren since joining its young driver program in 2017 and made his Formula 1 debut for the team in 2019. He said he stayed because he enjoys the people around him and wants to keep winning, and said winning is not the only factor in his decision. Ferrari was a serious option a few years ago, but he ultimately chose to remain with McLaren. His McLaren record includes 11 wins, 16 pole positions and 46 podiums, as well as the constructors’ titles in 2024 and 2025 and his first world championship in 2025.

He said his early years at McLaren, when the team was not competitive, taught him how to keep pushing even in difficult conditions. Norris said McLaren’s 2026 reliability problems have been dreadful, but its pace remains strong and his motivation has not changed. Entering his home race at Silverstone, he was fifth in the standings, one point behind teammate Oscar Piastri and 92 behind leader Kimi Antonelli, and said he is still happy at McLaren.

Bernie Ecclestone has pressed Ferrari’s top management to appoint Christian Horner, casting the Scuderia as a possible route back to Formula 1 for the former Red Bull boss. Ecclestone said he had already tried to steer Horner toward Ferrari after Horner left Red Bull in July 2025 after the British Grand Prix, and called Ferrari a logical destination. He also said he did not know whether Horner would actually end up there, with the situation still speculative and no appointment confirmed.

Ecclestone said Horner would face a difficult path at any team because people would compare him with what he achieved at Red Bull. Horner spent 20 years leading the team, winning eight drivers’ championships, six constructors’ titles and 124 of 130 Grand Prix victories. Red Bull paid him an £80 million severance package after his exit, and he remained on gardening leave until May 2026. Horner has said he would only return to Formula 1 in the right role with greater responsibility. Reports have also linked him with starting his own team, taking a stake in Alpine, a possible connection with BYD and a move to Aston Martin, although sources said there had been no new contact about Aston Martin since earlier discussions this year.

Speaking at the Austrian Grand Prix, Ecclestone also argued that Ferrari should consider Max Verstappen, saying signing the Red Bull driver would be cheaper than trying to build a better car. He said Verstappen may have missed his best chance to move to Ferrari last year and criticized what he described as too many Italians being involved in Ferrari’s decision-making. Verstappen remains under contract to Red Bull through 2028, with an escape clause that could allow him to leave if he is outside the top two at the summer break. He has also been linked with Mercedes and McLaren, though Toto Wolff and Zak Brown have downplayed the chances of immediate lineup changes. Ferrari’s current driver pairing is Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, and the team has extended Fred Vasseur’s contract through at least the end of 2027.