Tag: Silverstone
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Opinion: Bernie’s British Grand Prix climbdown is a trap
F1 rights holder Bernie Ecclestone went on live television from the British Grand Prix paddock on Saturday and said the words that a nation’s motorsport fans desperately wanted to hear: there will be a race in 2010, and it could be at Silverstone. So what was the catch?
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F1: User guide to the British Grand Prix
Following the racing this weekend? Here’s all you need to know.
Tagged as: British Grand Prix, circuit guides, Formula One, Silverstone, time zones, weather reports
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F1: Our manifesto for the British Grand Prix
It’s the British Grand Prix. Brits on Pole’s biggest weekend of the year. A chance for Lewis and Jense to race in front of their home crowds – and, very likely, for the latter to take another decisive step towards securing a fairytale drivers’ title. So why can’t we get more excited?
Tagged as: Bernie Ecclestone, BRDC, British Grand Prix, Donington Park, Formula One, Silverstone, Simon Gillett
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F1: Hamilton gets his revenge on Fleet Street
Would you get in a performance car with a man that you’d dubbed ‘Liar Lewis,’ ‘Houdini’ for his sanction avoidance – or even ‘a quitter’? Well, all credit to some of Fleet Street’s finest, they did just that, on a wet day at Silverstone recently.
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Lewis: my car will struggle at high-speed Silverstone
Lewis Hamilton has said that he expects his McLaren to struggle on the high-speed Silverstone circuit next weekend – but promised that he will do his best to put on a show for his British fans.
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F1: Damon Hill looks to IRL for breakaway warnings
Former Formula One World Champion Damon Hill has warned that F1 should only stage a breakaway series if it wants to go through the same trials and tribulations that split American open-wheel racing apart for years and handed dominance to its rival NASCAR.
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British Grand Prix weather forecast – hot, dry, maybe thundery
We’re still too far away from the British Grand Prix for proper, detailed weather forecasts, but the early signs are pretty good – so long as Silverstone can dodge the bullet of scattered heavy rain or thunderstorms.
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Could the BRDC sell Silverstone?
Claims that the Silverstone race circuit could be put up for sale in order to ease financial pressures on its owners have been made by a newspaper this weekend.
Tagged as: Bernie Ecclestone, BRDC, British Grand Prix, Formula One, Silverstone, Sir Jackie Stewart