Mercedes continues leading the Friday practice at Silverstone, the English circuit, but this time Lewis Hamilton has been faster than Nico Rosberg. Alonso remains third in his Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton has been faster than Nico Rosberg in the second free practice session. However, the English driver stopped a few minutes before the end of the session. Fernando Alonso was third, as in the first session, while his teammate Kimi Raikkonen was ninth, worse than the first free practice. The Red Bull have finished in fourth (Ricciardo) and fifth (Vettel).
The second practice session was marked by incidents of Marcus Ericsson and Valtteri Bottas. In addition, Jean-Éric Vergne had a problem with one of the wheels of his car.
Results:
| Pos. | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Gap | |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes | 14 | 1:34,508 | |
| 2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | GER | Mercedes | 35 | 1:34,736 | + 0,228 |
| 3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | SPA | Ferrari | 32 | 1:35,244 | + 0,736 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Red Bull Racing – Renault | 11 | 1:35,511 | + 1,003 |
| 5 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | GER | Red Bull Racing – Renault | 27 | 1:35,627 | + 1,119 |
| 6 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Williams – Mercedes | 33 | 1:36,016 | + 1,508 |
| 7 | 22 | Jenson Button | GBR | McLaren – Mercedes | 34 | 1:36,228 | + 1,720 |
| 8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | DAN | McLaren – Mercedes | 35 | 1:36,299 | + 1,791 |
| 9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | FIN | Ferrari | 29 | 1:36,554 | + 2,046 |
| 10 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | FRA | Toro Rosso – Renault | 26 | 1:36,583 | + 2,075 |
| 11 | 19 | Felipe Massa | BRA | Williams – Mercedes | 29 | 1:36,671 | + 2,163 |
| 12 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | RUS | Toro Rosso – Renault | 31 | 1:36,778 | + 2,270 |
| 13 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | MEX | Sauber – Ferrari | 35 | 1:36,951 | + 2,443 |
| 14 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | VEN | Lotus – Renault | 35 | 1:37,064 | + 2,556 |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | FRA | Lotus – Renault | 33 | 1:37,097 | + 2,589 |
| 16 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | MEX | Force India – Mercedes | 37 | 1:37,236 | + 2,728 |
| 17 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | GER | Force India – Mercedes | 27 | 1:37,449 | + 2,941 |
| 18 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | GER | Sauber – Ferrari | 25 | 1:37,520 | + 3,012 |
| 19 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | FRA | Marussia – Ferrari | 11 | 1:38,658 | + 4,150 |
| 20 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | JAP | Caterham – Renault | 31 | 1:39,068 | + 4,560 |
| 21 | 4 | Max Chilton | GBR | Marussia – Ferrari | 28 | 1:39,224 | + 4,716 |
| 22 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | SWE | Caterham – Renault | 21 | 1:39,762 | + 5,254 |