Track: Silverstone Circuit, Northampton, England
Laps: 65
Race start: 2000 HRS SIN
This will be the second-last British Grand Prix to be held at this
venue, as it was announced this morning that the race will move to
Donington Park from 2010 onwards. It was the first race in the
inaugural round of the world championship back in 1950.
Nevertheless, racing at the former airfield is usually good up and
down the order. The mixture of long straights and fast and slow
corners have seen a number of interesting races, such as the 2003
race where a protestor invaded the track, and the 1999 race which
saw Mika Hakkinen lose a wheel and Michael Schumacher break his
leg. The latter was won by David Coulthard, who announced his
retirement yesterday, in a duel with Eddie Irvine.
The cars will be tuned with medium downforce to suit the fast
nature of the track, which is susceptible to strong winds. Testing
is frequently conducted here, and a session was held last week.
Ferrari are expected to do well once again also McLaren claim to
have improved high-speed handling this year.
The championship is still wide open with Felipe Massa, Kimi
Raikkonen, Robert Kubica and Lewis Hamilton separated by 10 points.
Find out on Sunday who will make the most inroads!
