All Posts Tagged With: "Silverstone"
Silverstone 2009: The Grid
For the first time this year, Jenson Button has failed to qualify in the top five, the Briton’s next worse result from qualifying this year being a P5 in Shanghai. However, all is not lost for the Brawn pilot and although fuel weights are not known yet, you cannot completely rule the championship leader out [...]
Silverstone 2009: Who Is Your Favourite For The British Victory?
The car weights are yet to be published from this afternoon’s qualifying session, but already we can see who is looking keyed into the Silverstone circuit and who is struggling. You can’t rule out Jenson Button for a victory tomorrow, but you have to say he hasn’t made his life easy by qualifying in P6. [...]
Silverstone 2009: Sebastian Vettel Romps To British Pole
Red Bull Racing pilot Sebastian Vettel has comfortably taken pole position for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The German was fastest of all in the second session as well as the crucial third run, which saw him take the top spot from Brawn’s Rubens Barrichello by 0.347s. Vettel’s team mate Mark Webber completed the [...]
Silverstone 2009: Sutil Stops Qualifying After Heavy Shunt
Adrian Sutil has crashed quite heavily at the Abbey complex at Silverstone, resulting in the session red-flagged. Sutil removed himself from the Force India car and walked away, seemingly fine. Praise due to the strength of cars, of course, but the stoppage effected Lewis Hamilton’s lap and both these drivers are now out of qualifying. [...]
Silverstone 2009: Qualifying Result
Potentially the last qualifying session at the Silverstone, if Bernie Ecclestone is to be believed any way, and so far it looks like the Red Bulls have the upper-hand. Jenson Button was the favourite to win on home soil prior to the weekend, and the British crowds lining the circuit will be cheering the championship [...]
Silverstone 2009: Friday Practice Two
I promise you, there has been some on-track action today, with both free practice sessions having been completed at Northamptonshire’s Silverstone circuit. While the news of the day has been centred on the political wranglings, Sebastian Vettel has been driving well and managed to out-pace his team mate for the second session and post another [...]
Silverstone 2009: Friday Practice One
Believe it or not, there is actually a race happening this weekend, the host being Silverstone in the UK and currently being billed as the final Formula One race the Northamptonshire circuit will hold. And moments ago the first practice drew to a close with the Red Bull pilots looking comfortable at the top of [...]
British Grand Prix Could Be Postponed Until 2011
In the ongoing saga of the 2010 British Grand Prix, Bernie Ecclestone has now stated that the race, due to be held at Donington Park in 2010, could be postponed for a year while the upgrades to the circuit are completed. This news comes after it was reported that the event could be in real [...]
