Hamilton homes in as Piastri is third in first practice
The Ferrari man clocked 1 minute 26.892 seconds, beating the McLaren of Norris by a mere 0.023s.
Australia's championship leader Oscar Piastri, in the other McLaren, was third, while Hamilton's team-mate Charles Leclerc was fourth.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton is yet to be on the podium since his blockbuster move from Mercedes to Ferrari this season. His best result this year was fourth place at the Emilia-Romagna GP and at the Austrian GP.
Norris, meanwhile, bounced back from a catastrophic weekend in Canada - in which he crashed into team-mate Piastri - to win the Austrian Grand Prix last week and cut the gap to Piastri in the drivers' standings to 15 points.
At Silverstone, it will be Red Bull who will try to overcome their terrible weekend in Austria as defending champion Max Verstappen was knocked out of the race in the first lap after an incident with Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes, and Yuki Tsunoda finished 16th.
Verstappen was 10th in first practice, while Tsunoda made way for Red Bull junior Arvid Lindblad, who was 14th.
Second practice is later on Saturday (AEST), followed by qualifying on Sunday and the showdown race the following day.
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