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
BRITISH GP QUALIFYING TIMES
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Silverstone Top ten shoot-out
1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m19.997s
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m20.099s
3. ALONSO McLaren 1m20.147s
4. MASSA Ferrari 1m20.265s
5. KUBICA BMW 1m20.401s
6. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m20.516s
7. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m20.721s
8. FISICHELLA Renault 1m20.775s
9. HEIDFELD BMW 1m20.894s
10. TRULLI Toyota 1m21.240s
Silverstone Q2 times.
1. ALONSO McLaren 1m19.152s
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m19.252s
3. HAMILTON McLaren 1m19.400s
4. MASSA Ferrari 1m19.421s
5. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m19.860s
6. FISICHELLA Renault 1m20.042s
7. KUBICA BMW 1m20.054s
8. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m20.077s
9. TRULLI Toyota 1m20.133s
10. HEIDFELD BMW 1m20.178s
Knocked out:
11. WEBBER Red Bull 1m20.235s
12. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m20.329s
13. WURZ Williams 1m20.350s
14. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m20.364s
15. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m20.515s
16. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m20.823s
Silverstone Q1 times.
1. ALONSO McLaren 1m19.330s
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m19.753s
3. MASSA Ferrari 1m19.790s
4. HAMILTON McLaren 1m19.885s
5. KUBICA BMW 1m20.294s
6. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m20.513s
7. HEIDFELD BMW 1m20.534s
8. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m20.570s
9. WEBBER Red Bull 1m20.583s
10. WURZ Williams 1m20.830s
11. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m20.834s
12. FISICHELLA Renault 1m20.842s
13. TRULLI Toyota 1m21.150s
14. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m21.154s
15. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m21.160s
16. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m21.169s
Knocked out:
17. ROSBERG Williams 1m21.219s
18. BUTTON Honda 1m21.335s
19. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m21.448s
20. SUTIL Spyker 1m22.019s
21. SATO Super Aguri 1m22.045s
22. ALBERS Spyker 1m22.589s
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