Formula One British Grand Prix - Silverstone
The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire. Grand Prix motor racing was first... [more]
The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire.
Grand Prix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at the Brooklands course in 1926 after his winning of the French Grand Prix in 1923 and the following year at the Spanish Grand Prix which raised interest in the sport. The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B. During the 1930s, the race was known as the Donington Grand Prix, in reference to the host track Donington Park.
Silverstone has hosted the race regularly since the start of the F1 championship in 1950 (in which it was the first race of the first ever official World Championship) and every year since 1987; it alternated with Brands Hatch between 1964 and 1986, and with Aintree (better known as a horse-racing course) between 1955 and 1962.
Before track was heavily modified in 1991, Silverstone was one of the fastest tracks on the Formula 1 calendar. The drivers loved the challenge of the sweeping and extremely demanding Copse, Stowe and Club corners. 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg held the all-time Formula 1 qualifying lap record for 16 years after posting fastest time for the 1985 British Grand prix with an average speed of 258.983km/h(160.92mph).
In recent times Silverstone has produced some fine race wins by British drivers. Notably John Watson (1981), Nigel Mansell (1987, 1991, 1992), Damon Hill (1994) and David Coulthard (1999, 2000). -- source www.wikipedia.org
Australian GP: Brawn Racing Teammates Button, Barrichello Finish 1-2
Jenson Button had to hear the skeptics for two years who thought that he was overrated and overpaid. Well, he has shut them up now.
Jenson Button was spectacular en route to what was an easy win. He dominated for the entire race and the day became sweeter for Button, as well as his teammate Rubens Barrichello, when Sebastien Vettel and Robert Kubica, who were running in second and third respectively, ran each other off of the track with three laps to go. Barrichello, consequently, finished in second and Jarno Trulli crossed the finish line in third. Trulli, however, was given a 25 second penalty after the race for overtaking Lewis Hamilton during the safety car period, which left Trulli out of the points.
Trulli’s penalty meant that reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton finished in third. Hamilton had performed poorly in qualifying and he also had a gearbox failure, which left him to start the race in 18th, but he drove like a champion as he threaded through the field en route to a third place finish.
Current Drivers Standings:
1. Jenson Button–10
2. Rubens Barrichello–8
3. Lewis Hamilton–6
4. Timo Glock–5
5. Fernando Alonso–4
6. Nico Rosberg–3
7. Sebastien Buemi–2
8. Sebastien Bourdais–1
————————————————————–(have 0 points)
9. Adrian Sutil
10. Nick Heidfeld
11. Giancarlo Fisichella
12. Jarno Trulli
13. Mark Webber
14. Sebastian Vettel
15. Robert Kubica
16. Kimi Raikkonen
17. Felipe Massa
18. Nelsinho Piquet
19. Kazuki Nakajima
20. Heikki Kovalainen
Highlights of the Race:
(Photo by Big Bonifacio)
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