Grand Prix 2011 British Grand Prix Practice, Qualifying & Race Discussion

In a case of after the lord Mayor's show, we are back to square one after Valencia served up another placid race with the same result - A Sebastian Vettel victory. Some people reckon that the championship will be decided at Silverstone as if Red Bull still win despite the EBD ban, that is the championship over and done with for this season, and it's hard to argue with that considering Vettel has only dropped 14 points so far this season after 6 wins and 2 second places, not even Schumacher in his 2002/2004 pomp started a season like that.

So we go to a circuit where 3 drivers hold as their home grand prix, lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Paul Di Resta, but the Mclaren pair go into their home race in low spirits after their update package failed to get them closer to Red Bull on a circuit where Red Bull were supposedly weaker at than other tracks, a feeling that has been reflected across the paddock with Alonso admitting that the championship was virtually over and it would be more productive to focus on 2012 and 2013.

Silverstone has recieved a massive redevelopment as part of the 17 year contract it recieved when Donnington couldn't come up with the goods to stage a British Grand Prix and the new addition this year is the pit lane complex which looks stunning and has really elevated Silverstone into the 21st century as one of the elite grand prix facilities, (and certainly one to show off to the other countries when they come here ;) )

With the rule changes this could be the most unpredictable race of the season however, as we saw in Valencia, if anyone can adapt to rule changes, it's Red Bull, Adrian Newey has often been able to pull a rabbit out of a hat when the chips are down so don't be surprised to see Vettel take his seventh win of what has been a remarkable season for the young German who has swept all before him and is now walking towards his second World Championships and joining the select few who have won back to back Championships.

It's been a curious couple of weeks for Ferrari, off the pace and then suddenly back on it in Valencia and once again (like Turkey) they are the second fastest team again when the car is in the hands of Alonso (although Massa didn't exactly have a bad race himself)

Further down the grid at Toro Rosso, Alguesari has proven a point to his critics after a points finish at his home race and his second points finish in a row, and if he wants to keep his race seat there, he needs more of where that came from as Ricciardo is no slouch and will want the second seat at Toro Rosso next year. Even Sutil in the Force India shrugged off his critics to beat his team mate to claim a handful of points to relieve the pressure on his shoulders, albiet for only a short while.

For Galahads superb circuit write up see here http://cliptheapex.com/pages/silverstone-circuit/
 
Not so much of a washout last year though July was scorching. I was taken to A& E last july after suffering a heat-stroke at the back of a double-decker, :sleeping:
 
One interesting thing amongst many in the Race Hub is the average grid position:

VET 3.33
MSC 3.88
HAM 6.75
ALO 7.67
BAR 7.94
MAS 9.00
WEB 9.56

I always thought this was a good Barrichello circuit. I don't really know what that means, but Lewis is quite low by his standards.
 
One of the best tracks on the calender and im really looking forward to this.
:censored: laptop, this took me 10 min. to post
 
I may be in a minority of 1, and I haven't been to Silverstone since 2003, but, personally, I think Silverstone offers up one of the dullest races at one of the dullest tracks on the calender each year. At least in it's original configuration it was scary fast but now with all the mickey mouse bits it's not even that.

It's such a shame that Donington didn't make it as it's such a more interesting track than Silverstone and Brands Hatch, well if you've ever been there you will know there is no comparison to the dull, flat environment that is Silverstone.

Pleased there is a British race still on the calender but can't get excited about Silverstone at all.
 
I may be in a minority of 1, and I haven't been to Silverstone since 2003, but, personally, I think Silverstone offers up one of the dullest races at one of the dullest tracks on the calender each year. At least in it's original configuration it was scary fast but now with all the mickey mouse bits it's not even that.

It's such a shame that Donington didn't make it as it's such a more interesting track than Silverstone and Brands Hatch, well if you've ever been there you will know there is no comparison to the dull, flat environment that is Silverstone.

Pleased there is a British race still on the calender but can't get excited about Silverstone at all.

A minority of two.

Image out braking someone into Becketts nowadays. Only Woodcote remains untouched by the BRDC, and that is a lot slower now because of that annoying Luffeild complex.

Who thought getting rid of this was a good idea?

 
I am with you FB.I don't like Silverstone.It will always be a windswept airfield in my eyes.
 
At least in it's original configuration it was scary fast but now with all the mickey mouse bits it's not even that.

Didn't F1 racing say that because of the new additions Silverstone was now the fastest track on the calender, even more so than Monza?
 
From another website

A byproduct of the four million-euro, five-month renovation project could see Silverstone replacing Monza as the fastest track on the F1 calendar,
 
That was speculation on F1 fanatic using the 2009 speeds.The aero changes changed that.
It was speculation not fact.
 
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