Wimbledon, Women’s Euro, Tour de France, England vs India … These are the top programs that make the UK Summer of Sport, but this list will not be fulfilled without the British Grand Prix.
Britain is the most represented country on the F1 grid with four drivers and many teams and employees have thrown a stone from silverstone.
Seven -time world champion Louis Hamilton is the most successful driver with nine wins in the British Grand Prix, but yet Ferrari stands on the podium as a driver.
As the F1 season reaches half the path, Hamilton and Oliver Bayerman are the only two Brits to win or do not win this year.
McLaren’s Lando Noris trail the Australian team partner, Oscar Piastry with three wins and nine podiums at the championship, as British Russell of Mercedes has a win and five podiums.
So … who will be strong at the end of this week?
Weather forecast
For those arriving at the circuit on Thursday, expect the sun with a temperature around 22 ° C.
The temperature will rise to 24 ° C on Friday with cloud and humid conditions. Saturday and Sunday can be reduced with shower with expectation.
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Circuit data and history
Like many British racing circuits, Silverstone is a former airfield and is chronic as Formula 1 (75 years).
Circuit hosted the inaugural Grand Prix in 1950, where Nino Farina won for Alpha Romeo and took a clean sweep of the pole, race and fastest lap.
Since then, silverstone has long been a fighting ground for drama, upset and dispute, as has been recently on track as 2024, when Lewis Hamilton in a race for age, dramatically finished a victorious drought, which went back to 2021.
Since 1950, the British Grand Prix has been held in Entry and Brands Hatch, with later and silverstone alternative versions between 1964 and 1986 when the Northampton-based circuit became unmatched and remains as it is expected to be on the F1 calendar. For the future.
Silverstone is a high-speed circuit that costs about 80% of the lap on full throttle with drivers. There have been several changes in the last few years, but Magots, Backets and AB have been a favorite of reputed corner fans and drivers.
Circuit: Silverstone circuit; Tavsetter, United Kingdom
First f1 race: 1950
Laps: 52 laps of 5.9 km. Total distance 306 km
Law Record: 1: 27.097, Max Vastapane (2020)
Most wins: Lewis Hamilton with nine (2008, 2014-2017, 2019-2021, 2024). Other winners from the current grid:
Most poles: Seven with Hamilton (2007, 2013, 2015-2018, 2020). Other pole seater from the current grid:
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Alonso (2005-2006)
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Vastapane (2021, 2023)
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Sainz (2022)
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George Russell (2024)
What makes special: Silverstone hosted the first F1 championship race in 1950 and is an important part of the calendar today. High speed corners and overtaking opportunities means that it offers some best racing on the calendar.
What the driver says about it: “The best high-speed track in the world.” – Lando Noris
Where to see: Backets Grandstand. Changes in the direction of an F1 car through Magots, Backets and Chapel are something that every fan should witness. Sometimes you will also see even after an overtaking move in the anger as the drivers continue to go to wheel-to-wheel.
What happened last year?
Hamilton won in dramatic fashion Under mixed conditions, a win back to 2021 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix dried back.
The Mercedes driver defeated his old enemy Max Verustapen by 1.4 seconds, and in doing so, he won its ninth win over the soil of the house in Silverstone – the most for any driver in the same circuit in Formula 1 history.
Who will win?
McLaren placed a clear speed marker in Austria, but things should be close in silverstone, especially if the promised rain becomes physical through the weekend.
Noris won the piastry home race to kick the season and we are supporting Australians to repay the favor this week.
As for the rest? Hard to say. Rainfall can help bring Mercedes into the competition, while Max Vastapane thrives in situations. But it seems like a perfect place for Hamilton’s first Ferrari Grand Prix Podium – he has produced some of the best magic of his career in front of the silverstone crowd.
How to see championship
Piastry remains the championship leader after Austria, McLaren is 15 points ahead of the team’s partner Noris and Noris has five wins.
Four -time champion is to catch something after Vestapen Accident out of Austrian Grand Prix – He sits 46 points from Noris in the third.
In constructors, this is a battle for another as McLaren dominates 207 points, while Ferrari moves one digit from Mercedes at 210 points.
How to see GP
For fans only in the US, see on ESPN and ESPN+,
Live Broadcasting Coverage Sky Sports F1 and BBC Radio 5 Live in the UK.
For news, analysis and updates, Follow coverage with ESPN’s F1 team Nate Saunders and Lawrence Edmondson in Silverstone and on social media.
Session below session in BST (British summer).
Friday
Free practice one: 12:30 – 13:30 BST
Free practice two: 16:00 – 17:00 BST
Saturday
Free practice three: 11:30 – 12:30 BST
Qualification: 15:00 – 16:00 BST
sunday
Race begins: 15:00 BST (Live Text Commentary Build-up 13:45 from BST Espn.co.uk,
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