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3:28 AM on June 30th, 2014 by Nathan Susanto

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The British GP at the Silverstone Circuit holds a unique place in Formula 1 history because they were the event and venue that ushered in the sport's World Championship era in 1950. A British round has been ever-present since then, something only matched by the Italian GP. Alfa Romeo's Giuseppe "Nino" Farina won that inaugural World Championship race on his way to the title, but Grand Prix motor racing first appeared in Britain many years prior to the introduction of Formula 1.

After racing successes in France and San Sebastián in the early-1920s, Henry Segrave decided to bring the Grand Prix to a British audience whose interest in the sport was on the rise. The first British GP took place in 1926 at Brooklands. The concrete oval circuit hosted the following year's race, too, but that was to be the last event until 1948.

Silverstone has been synonymous with the British GP since the late-1940s but down the years it's alternated hosting duties with Aintree and Brands Hatch, although Silverstone has been the exclusive host from 1986 onwards. It was announced Donington Park, venue for the 1993 European GP, would replace Silverstone from 2010. Ultimately, though, a lack of funds sank the project.

Silverstone has always been one of the fastest circuits on the calendar despite going through a number of changes. The most recent layout alteration occurred in time for the 2010 race, with the start/finish line and pits relocating the following year.

Silverstone in Britain is the setting for round nine of the 2014 Formula 1 season, taking place on Sunday, June 6th. Nico Rosberg returned to the front of the field last time out in Austria, with Lewis Hamilton making sure Mercedes notched another 1-2 finish. The surprise of the weekend was Williams locking out the front row of the grid and they backed that up on race day with Valtteri Bottas claiming his first ever podium and Felipe Massa securing fourth.

In 2013, Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole at his home Grand Prix by nearly half a second and looked settled in first place in the opening seven laps of the race. However, Hamilton dramatically fell to the back of the field when he suffered a puncture going down the Wellington Straight. There were further punctures for Felipe Massa and Jean-Éric Vergne, prompting the safety car to be deployed. Sebastian Vettel, who had inherited the lead from Hamilton, was cruising in front until his gearbox failed. This handed Nico Rosberg the lead and after a second safety car period he held off the fast-approaching Mark Webber, with Fernando Alonso completing the podium.

Remember to make your game picks in the 2014 Fantasy Formula 1 thread before the deadline of Saturday, July 5th at 8 AM ET, when qualifying begins. Here we run down some British GP facts and season stats.



Race Info
Grand Prix British GP
Round 9 of 19
Circuit Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone, Northamptonshire/Buckinghamshire, England
Circuit Type Race circuit
Circuit Length 3.661 mi (5.891 km)
Circuit Direction Clockwise
Turns 18 (8 Left, 10 Right)
Lap Record 1:30.874, Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 2010
Race Length 190.260 mi (306.198 km)
Laps 52
2013 Polesitter Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
2012 Winner Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
Timetable
Free Practice 1 Friday, July 4th at 5 AM ET - 6:30 AM ET
Free Practice 2 Friday, July 4th at 9 AM ET - 10:30 AM ET
Free Practice 3 Saturday, July 5th at 5 AM ET - 6 AM ET
Fantasy Deadline / Qualifying Saturday, July 5th at 8 AM ET
Race Sunday, July 6th at 8 AM ET



Silverstone facts:
  • The polesitter has won twice in the last ten years at Silverstone.
  • Only one of the last seven races in Britain has been won by the polesitter.
  • The polesitter has finished on the podium in ten of the last 13 Silverstone races.
  • The British GP winner has started from no lower than fourth on the grid since 1996.
  • Fernando Alonso (2) is the only current driver with multiple British GP wins.
  • Only one driver has finished on the podium after starting from behind the front three rows since 2009.
  • The first three on the grid have all finished on the podium in four of the last eight British GP.
  • McLaren (12) has the most Silverstone victories.
  • Ferrari and McLaren have five British GP wins each in the last 15 years.
  • Red Bull Racing has three wins and a total of eight podium finishes in the last five Silverstone events.
  • The most positions gained in a Silverstone race using its current layout is 12 by Paul di Resta in 2013.
  • Just once has there has been more than five retirements at Silverstone in the last 12 years.
  • The last first lap retirement occurred in 2008, but Vitaly Petrov retired prior to the 2012 race.
  • The safety car has been deployed at six of the last 11 Silverstone races.
  • Two of the last six Grands Prix in Britain have been wet.



2013 British GP Qualifying Results
Rank
Driver Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Grid
1.
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:30.995
1:31.224
1:29.607
1
2.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:31.355
1:31.028
1:30.059
2
3.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing
1:31.559
1:30.990
1:30.211
3
4.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing
1:31.605
1:31.002
1:30.220
4
EX.
Paul di Resta
Force India
1:32.062
1:31.291
1:30.736
21
5.
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
1:32.097
1:31.182
1:30.757
5
6.
Adrian Sutil
Force India
1:32.002
1:31.097
1:30.908
6
7.
Romain Grosjean
Lotus
1:31.466
1:31.530
1:30.955
7
8.
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus
1:31.400
1:31.592
1:30.962
8
9.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:32.266
1:31.387
1:30.979
9
10.
Jenson Button
McLaren
1:31.979
1:31.649
-
10
11.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:32.241
1:31.779
-
11
12.
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
1:32.105
1:31.785
-
12
13.
Sergio Pérez
McLaren
1:31.953
1:32.082
-
13
14.
Nico Hülkenberg
Sauber
1:32.168
1:32.211
-
14
15.
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
1:32.512
1:32.359
-
15
16.
Valtteri Bottas
Williams
1:32.664
-
-
16
17.
Esteban Gutiérrez
Sauber
1:32.666
-
-
17
18.
Charles Pic
Caterham
1:33.866
-
-
18
19.
Jules Bianchi
Marussia
1:34.108
-
-
19
20.
Giedo van der Garde
Caterham
1:35.481
-
-
22
21.
Max Chilton
Marussia
1:35.858
-
-
20


107% Time:
1:37.364






Qualifying Notes
Mercedes had two cars in the top-2.
Red Bull had two cars in the top-4.
Lotus had two cars in the top-10.
Giedo van der Garde received a 5-place penalty for causing an avoidable accident at the previous event.
Van der Garde also received a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
Paul di Resta was excluded from the qualifying results because his car was underweight; he had qualified in fifth.



2013 British GP Race Results and Drivers' Fantasy Points
Rank
Driver Team Retirement
Q.P.
R.P.
C.F.
L.L.
M.L.
F.L.
TOTAL
1.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes

3
40
1
1
0
0
45
2.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing

1
38
1
0
0
1
41
3.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari

1
36
1
0
0
0
38
4.
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes

5
34
1
1
0
0
41
5.
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus

1
32
1
0
0
0
34
6.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
0
30
1
0
0
0
31
7.
Adrian Sutil
Force India

1
28
1
0
0
0
30
8.
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso

1
26
1
0
0
0
28
9.
Paul di Resta
Force India

0
24
1
0
0
0
25
10.
Nico Hülkenberg
Sauber

0
22
1
0
0
0
23
11.
Pastor Maldonado
Williams

0
20
1
0
0
0
21
12.
Valtteri Bottas
Williams

0
18
1
0
0
0
19
13.
Jenson Button
McLaren

1
16
1
0
0
0
18
14.
Esteban Gutiérrez
Sauber

0
14
1
0
0
0
15
15.
Charles Pic
Caterham

0
12
1
0
0
0
13
16.
Jules Bianchi
Marussia

0
10
1
0
0
0
11
17.
Max Chilton
Marussia

0
8
1
0
0
0
9
18.
Giedo van der Garde
Caterham

0
6
1
0
0
0
7
19.
Romain Grosjean
Lotus
Handling
1
4
1
0
0
0
6
20.
Sergio Pérez
McLaren
Puncture dam.
0
2
1
0
0
0
3
Ret.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing
Gearbox
2
0
0
1
2
0
5
Ret.
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
Puncture dam.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0



2013 British GP Teams' Fantasy Points
Team Drivers
Q.P.
R.P.
C.F.
L.L.
M.L.
F.L.
TOTAL
Red Bull Racing
(Sebastian Vettel/Mark Webber)
3
19
0
1
2
1
26
Ferrari
(Fernando Alonso/Felipe Massa)
0
33
2
0
0
0
35
McLaren
(Jenson Button/Sergio Pérez)
0
9
2
0
0
0
11
Lotus
(Kimi Räikkönen/Romain Grosjean)
1
18
2
0
0
0
21
Mercedes
(Nico Rosberg/Lewis Hamilton)
5
37
2
1
0
0
45
Sauber
(Nico Hülkenberg/Esteban Gutiérrez)
0
18
2
0
0
0
20
Force India
(Paul di Resta/Adrian Sutil)
0
26
2
0
0
0
28
Williams
(Pastor Maldonado/Valtteri Bottas)
0
19
2
0
0
0
21
Toro Rosso
(Jean-Éric Vergne/Daniel Ricciardo)
0
13
0
0
0
0
13
Caterham
(Charles Pic/Giedo van der Garde)
0
9
2
0
0
0
11
Marussia
(Jules Bianchi/Max Chilton)
0
9
2
0
0
0
11



Race Notes
Classified finishers Top-20 drivers.
Two classified finishers Mercedes, Ferrari, Force India, Williams, Sauber, Marussia, Caterham, Lotus,
McLaren.
Race leaders Vettel (Red Bull), Rosberg (Mercedes), Hamilton (Mercedes).
Laps led Hamilton (1-7), Vettel (8-40), Rosberg (41-52).
Fastest lap Mark Webber (Red Bull) on lap 52 (1:33.401).
Miscellaneous Safety car (15-21, 42-46).

Sergio Pérez retired on lap 47/52 but was classified (+6 laps).

Romain Grosjean retired on lap 52/52 but was classified (+1 lap).



Points and Bonus Points Key
Q.P.
Qualifying Points
R.P.
Race Points
C.F.
Classified Finisher(s) Bonus Point(s)
L.L.
Lap Led Bonus Point
M.L.
Most Laps Led Bonus Points
F.L.
Fastest Lap Bonus Point



British GP 2004 - 2013 and This Season's Statistics
List
Driver/Team
TM
This
Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
A
Sebastian Vettel
RBR
Race
6
2
3.17
8.83
1
4
3
1
29.50
Season
8
0
7.38
10.00
3
5
4
0
23.88
A
Lewis Hamilton
MER
Race
7
2
6.71
5.43
1
6
5
1
35.00
Season
8
4
2.38
5.50
1
6
6
4
37.85
A
Nico Rosberg
MER
Race
8
0
10.38
7.50
1
6
3
1
28.88
Season
8
3
2.25
1.63
1
8
8
3
45.00
A
Fernando Alonso
FER
Race
10
3
4.30
5.50
1
8
6
2
35.70
Season
8
0
5.88
5.13
3
8
5
0
33.88
A
Kimi Räikkönen
FER
Race
8
1
4.13
3.88
1
8
7
1
38.63
Season
8
0
8.13
9.50
7
6
0
0
24.88
A
Jenson Button
MCL
Race
10
0
11.30
10.60
4
6
3
0
22.20
Season
8
0
10.13
8.63
3
4
2
0
26.25
B
Daniel Ricciardo
RBR
Race
3
0
14.33
13.33
8
1
0
0
16.67
Season
8
0
3.63
5.57
1
6
5
1
29.75
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
Race
2
0
8.50
12.50
6
1
0
0
19.00
Season
8
0
13.00
13.00
8
2
0
0
16.88
B
Pastor Maldonado
LOT
Race
3
0
9.67
13.67
11
0
0
0
16.33
Season
8
0
17.71
15.86
12
0
0
0
9.50
B
Kevin Magnussen
MCL
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
9.63
10.00
2
5
1
0
23.50
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
Race
3
0
12.00
10.67
10
2
0
0
22.00
Season
8
0
9.63
6.38
5
8
4
0
30.75
B
Sergio Pérez
FI
Race
3
0
14.00
16.33
7
1
0
0
10.67
Season
8
0
12.13
9.86
3
5
1
0
20.75
B
Adrian Sutil
SAU
Race
6
0
14.17
13.67
7
2
0
0
15.50
Season
8
0
16.50
16.75
11
0
0
0
9.50
B
Esteban Gutiérrez
SAU
Race
1
0
17.00
14.00
14
0
0
0
15.00
Season
8
0
16.00
16.00
12
0
0
0
10.63
B
Jean-Éric Vergne
TR
Race
2
0
14.00
18.00
14
0
0
0
7.50
Season
8
0
10.50
15.88
8
2
0
0
11.50
B
Daniil Kvyat
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
11.13
13.88
9
3
0
0
15.50
B
Felipe Massa
WIL
Race
10
0
8.20
7.60
4
8
5
0
28.40
Season
8
1
8.38
10.63
4
4
1
0
23.25
B
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
Race
1
0
16.00
12.00
12
0
0
0
19.00
Season
8
0
7.38
7.38
3
7
3
0
29.25
B
Jules Bianchi
MAR
Race
1
0
19.00
16.00
16
0
0
0
11.00
Season
8
0
19.00
16.38
9
1
0
0
10.13
B
Max Chilton
MAR
Race
1
0
21.00
17.00
17
0
0
0
9.00
Season
8
0
19.75
16.38
13
0
0
0
10.13
B
Kamui Kobayashi
CAT
Race
3
0
10.67
13.00
6
1
0
0
17.67
Season
8
0
19.25
16.88
13
0
0
0
8.88
B
Marcus Ericsson
CAT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
21.00
17.50
11
0
0
0
7.63
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
Race
9
3
6.22
8.89
1
10
8
3
29.44
Season
8
0
5.50
7.93
1
11
9
1
27.13
TM
Mercedes
MER
Race
4
1
7.00
6.75
1
7
3
1
32.25
Season
8
7
2.31
3.56
1
14
14
7
43.63
TM
Ferrari
FER
Race
10
1
5.50
5.45
1
17
13
3
36.10
Season
8
0
7.00
7.31
3
14
4
0
30.63
TM
Lotus
LOT
Race
2
0
7.75
8.75
5
3
2
0
28.00
Season
8
0
15.73
14.33
8
3
0
0
13.25
TM
McLaren
MCL
Race
10
3
7.35
7.50
1
15
11
2
31.00
Season
8
0
9.88
9.31
2
9
3
0
25.38
TM
Force India
FI
Race
6
0
12.91
13.17
7
4
0
0
19.00
Season
8
0
10.88
8.00
3
12
5
0
26.13
TM
Sauber
SAU
Race
10
0
11.70
11.10
2
11
2
0
21.70
Season
8
0
16.27
16.38
11
0
0
0
10.50
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
Race
8
0
14.75
16.00
8
2
0
0
10.13
Season
8
0
10.81
14.88
8
5
0
0
13.25
TM
Williams
WIL
Race
10
0
12.35
10.95
5
8
3
0
22.10
Season
8
1
7.88
9.00
3
11
4
0
27.25
TM
Marussia
MAR
Race
2
0
21.25
17.50
16
0
0
0
9.00
Season
8
0
19.38
16.38
9
1
0
0
10.63
TM
Caterham
CAT
Race
2
0
19.25
16.67
15
0
0
0
7.50
Season
8
0
20.13
17.19
11
0
0
0
8.63



Recent Form Table
List
Driver/Team
TM
Last 4 Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
A
Nico Rosberg
MER
2,1,2,1
2
1.75
1.50
1
4
4
2
46.25
TM
Mercedes
MER
1,2,DNF,2
3
2.63
3.50
1
7
7
3
43.50
2,1,2,1
B
Daniel Ricciardo
RBR
3,3,1,8
0
4.25
3.75
1
4
3
1
37.25
A
Lewis Hamilton
MER
1,2,DNF,2
1
3.50
5.50
1
3
3
1
35.75
A
Fernando Alonso
FER
6,4,6,5
0
5.75
5.25
4
4
2
0
33.75
TM
Ferrari
FER
6,4,6,5
0
6.63
7.50
4
7
2
0
30.75
7,12,10,10
TM
Williams
WIL
13,7,12,4
1
6.75
8.38
3
5
3
0
29.50
5,DNF,7,3
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
4,DNF,3,DNF
0
5.88
7.88
1
6
5
1
29.25
3,3,1,8
B
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
5,DNF,7,3
0
5.75
7.75
3
3
2
0
28.75
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
10,5,5,9
0
10.75
7.25
5
4
2
0
28.75
B
Felipe Massa
WIL
13,7,12,4
1
7.75
9.00
4
2
1
0
27.50
A
Jenson Button
MCL
11,6,4,11
0
10.25
8.00
4
2
1
0
27.50
TM
McLaren
MCL
11,6,4,11
0
10.25
8.75
4
5
1
0
26.50
12,10,9,7
TM
Force India
FI
10,5,5,9
0
11.13
9.50
5
6
2
0
25.00
9,DNF,11,6
A
Kimi Räikkönen
FER
8,12,10,10
0
7.50
9.75
8
3
0
0
24.75
B
Kevin Magnussen
MCL
12,10,9,7
0
10.25
9.50
7
3
0
0
24.50
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
8,8,DNF,14
0
12.25
11.25
8
2
0
0
20.50
B
Sergio Pérez
FI
9,DNF,11,6
0
11.50
11.75
9
2
0
0
20.00
A
Sebastian Vettel
RBR
4,DNF,3,DNF
0
7.50
12.00
3
2
2
0
19.75
TM
Lotus
LOT
8,8,DNF,14
0
14.63
13.00
8
2
0
0
15.00
14,DNS,DNF,12
B
Adrian Sutil
SAU
17,DNF,13,13
0
17.00
15.25
13
0
0
0
12.25
TM
Sauber
SAU
17,DNF,13,13
0
16.71
15.63
13
0
0
0
12.25
16,DNF,14,19
B
Jules Bianchi
MAR
18,9,DNF,15
0
19.00
16.00
9
1
0
0
11.25
B
Esteban Gutiérrez
SAU
16,DNF,14,19
0
16.33
16.00
14
0
0
0
10.75
TM
Marussia
MAR
19,9,DNF,15
0
19.13
16.88
9
1
0
0
10.00
19,14,DNF,17
B
Jean-Éric Vergne
TR
DNF,DNF,8,DNF
0
11.50
16.75
8
1
0
0
9.75
B
Pastor Maldonado
LOT
14,DNS,DNF,12
0
17.00
15.33
12
0
0
0
9.00
TM
Caterham
CAT
DNF,13,DNF,16
0
20.88
17.13
11
0
0
0
8.75
20,11,DNF,18
B
Kamui Kobayashi
CAT
DNF,13,DNF,16
0
20.50
17.00
13
0
0
0
8.50
B
Marcus Ericsson
CAT
20,11,DNF,18
0
21.25
17.25
11
0
0
0
8.25
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
DNF,DNF,8,DNF
0
11.25
17.25
8
1
0
0
8.25
14,DNF,DNF,DNF
B
Daniil Kvyat
TR
14,DNF,DNF,DNF
0
11.00
17.75
14
0
0
0
7.75
B
Max Chilton
MAR
19,14,DNF,17
0
19.25
17.75
14
0
0
0
7.25

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