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About the Formula 1 race Silverstone, Great Britain

Circuit/Race info - Formula 1 - Silverstone, Great Britain

Silverstone UK circuit description
The distance of the Silverstone circuit is 5.141 meters. The British Grand Prix has 60 laps that make a race of 308,4 kilometers.

Region
Silverstone is situated in the heart of the Midlands and, compared with many countries, nowhere in the UK is that far away. To the south, the sights of London, such as Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, are barely an hour and a half's journey by car. And from there, a one-hour flight can take you to the natural beauty of Scotland.

History info - Formula 1 - Silverstone, Great Britain

Last season info Silverstone
Kimi Raikkonen was hoping for better luck at Silverstone. It didn’t happen. He qualified less than three hundredths of a second behind Fernando Alonso, but another failed Mercedes V10 demoted him to 12th on the grid, dealing another heavy blow to the Finn’s world championship hopes. Sunday afternoon’s front row consisted Alonso and Jenson Button, giving British fans hope of a home win, or at least BAR’s first podium of the year. Juan Pablo Montoya had other ideas, sprinting from third on the grid to pass Button into Turn 1 and come alongside the leading Renault. By the time they reached Becketts, the Colombian had muscled ahead of Alonso, in a move that effectively clinched his first win for McLaren. It really was a McLaren-Renault race, just 18 seconds covering their four cars at the finish.

Winner + pole + fastest lap Silverstone
Fernando Alonso (Renault) started from pole position and also won the race. Second became Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) and third Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren-Mercedes). Fastest Lap was clocked by Fernando Alonso 1:21.599.

Historic info Silverstone
The British Grand Prix is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit. The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B. Silverstone has hosted the race regularly since the start of the F1 championship in 1950 and every year since 1987. During the 2003 British Grand Prix, Neil Horan, an Irish ex-priest, ran onto the track at the Hangar Straight, waving religious banners. He was immediately tackled by race officials and removed from the premises. In 2004 the British Grand Prix was left off the preliminary race schedule for 2005 because the BRDC refused to pay the race fee demanded by Bernie Ecclestone. However, after months of negotiation between the BRDC, Ecclestone and the Formula One constructors, an deal was made for the Grand Prix to be held at Silverstone until 2009.

Listings of past winners / teams (last 10 years)
2006 Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2005 Juan Pablo Montoya (McLaren-Mercedes)
2004 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2003 Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari)
2002 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2001 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2000 David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes)
1999 David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes)
1998 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
1997 Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault)
1996 Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault)

Travel info - Formula 1 - Silverstone, Great Britain

How to get there: Silverstone UK
With the closest train stations half an hour’s drive from the track, road is the easiest method of getting to Silverstone, which is located around 130 kilometres north of London’s two main airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, both of which are connected to London city centre by express train links.

How to get to the track (and back)
You can get to the circuit car, parking tickets you can buy them at : www.GrandPrix-Tickets.com . You can also arrive to the circuit by bus, there are special coaches organized from London, and from the different hotels and cities around the circuit. The other way into Silverstone is by air - helicopter is the drivers’ preferred mode of transport and on race day the circuit becomes the UK's busiest airport. Helicopter trip is done from London or Northampton.

Parking options
Parking tickets are sold by the circuit, it is very important to get it on time, you can buy it at the same time with your Formula 1 Ticket which gives access to the race. Parking is plentiful.

Where to stay
Most of the hotels to go to the Silverstone Grand Prix can be found in the nearby towns of Towcester, Buckingham or Northampton, along with many Bed & Breakfasts in the surrounding areas. Hotels are more or less to 14 miles from the circuit. Also there are hotels from London which offer transport to the circuit on the race day.

Tickets info - Formula 1 - Silverstone, Great Britain

General information
Silverstone circuit - the home of the motorsports as Britons like to call it is an old circuit. It is a beautiful track with huge stands. Most stands offer bucket seats and facilities for visitors are reasonable. All the popular stands are aligned from the last corner to the first corner. The huge Pit Straight stands is divided into sections and only some are covered. Woodcote and Copse stands in the corners are covered and that is not a luxury in the UK. Bridge and Farm are Enclosures and offer terrace like seating. The General admission area is also very popular as the track is quite long and there are many good spots to view the race. Since this year the organisers added two specific standing areas around Copse and Luffield (Bronze Plus).

Viewing quality
The track view is good from all stands. The quality is mainly decided by the location of the stand with the pit straight and Copse stands being the most sought after. A good choice also is the Luffield stand or the Woodcote stand. At the far side of the track Stowe is also a good location to view the race.

Prices
Britain used to be amongst the more expensive tracks but the last couple of years prices have come down. Prices can be compared with other European events. Gold 4 (top category) tickets cost around 425 Euro. The Silver - Enclosure - sections are of good value at 275 Euro. Bronze - General Admission - can be considered expensive when comparing with other venues at around 180 Euros for the entire Weekend. These are priority prices valid until the end of January.

Best Deal
The best deal on F1 tickets for the Grand Prix of Britain is the Farm Enclosure. Located in Abbey area you have a great view of the approaching cars braking and then accelerating to Farm and Bridge. With a price of around 250 Euro this stand offers the best deal.