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4:14 PM on June 29th, 2015 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.

The 2015 Formula 1 continues this weekend with round nine at Silverstone. Nico Rosberg has upped the pressure on teammate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton by claiming victory in Austria last time out, his third win in the last four grands prix. He'll be looking to continue his strong run and make amends on Hamilton's home turf after technical problems ended his bid last year.

With the track drying, Nico Rosberg snatched pole position in 2014. The race was red flagged on the opening lap, though, when Kimi Räikkönen crashed. After the restart, Rosberg led the early stages but he was slowly being reeled in by Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg then retired with gearbox failure, handing the lead to his teammate. Hamilton went on to secure victory ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo.

Remember to make your game picks in the 2015 Fantasy Formula 1 thread before the deadline of Saturday, July 4th 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
2014 Polesitter Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
2014 Winner Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Timetable
Free Practice 1 Friday, July 3rd at 5 AM ET - 6:30 AM ET
Free Practice 2 Friday, July 3rd at 9 AM ET - 10:30 AM ET
Free Practice 3 Saturday, July 4th at 5 AM ET - 6 AM ET
Fantasy Deadline / Qualifying Saturday, July 4th at 8 AM ET
Race Sunday, July 5th at 8 AM ET



Silverstone facts:
  • The polesitter has won twice in the last 11 years at Silverstone.
  • Only one of the last eight races in Britain has been won by the polesitter.
  • The polesitter has finished on the podium in ten of the last 14 Silverstone races.
  • Lewis Hamilton's win from sixth last year was the first victory after starting below fourth since 1996.
  • Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton (both 2) are the only current drivers with multiple British GP wins.
  • All three podium drivers last year began the race from behind the second row.
  • The first three on the grid have all finished on the podium in four of the last nine British GP.
  • McLaren (12) has the most Silverstone victories.
  • Ferrari and McLaren have five British GP wins each in the last 16 years.
  • Red Bull Racing has three wins and a total of nine podium finishes in the last six Silverstone events.
  • Mercedes has won the last two British GP but they only have one other podium finish.
  • The most positions gained at Silverstone using its current layout is 12, last achieved by Valtteri Bottas in 2014.
  • Just once has there has been more than five retirements at Silverstone in the last 13 years.
  • Last year saw the first opening lap retirement since 2008.
  • The safety car has been deployed at seven of the last 12 Silverstone races.



2014 British GP Qualifying Results
Rank
Driver Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Grid
1.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:40.380
1:35.179
1:35.766
1
2.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing
1:45.086
1:36.410
1:37.386
2
3.
Jenson Button
McLaren
1:44.425
1:36.579
1:38.200
3
4.
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India
1:41.271
1:37.112
1:38.329
4
5.
Kevin Magnussen
McLaren
1:42.507
1:37.370
1:38.417
5
6.
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:41.058
1:34.870
1:39.232
6
7.
Sergio Pérez
Force India
1:42.146
1:37.350
1:40.457
7
8.
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing
1:44.710
1:38.166
1:40.606
8
9.
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso
1:41.032
1:36.813
1:40.707
9
10.
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso
1:43.040
1:37.800
1:40.855
10
11.
Romain Grosjean
Lotus
1:43.121
1:38.496
-
11
12.
Jules Bianchi
Marussia
1:41.169
1:38.709
-
12
13.
Max Chilton
Marussia
1:42.082
1:39.800
-
17
14.
Esteban Gutiérrez
Sauber
1:43.285
1:40.912
-
19
EX.
Pastor Maldonado
Lotus
1:43.892
1:44.018
-
20
15.
Adrian Sutil
Sauber
1:42.603
No Time
-
13
16.
Valtteri Bottas
Williams
1:45.318
-
-
14
17.
Felipe Massa
Williams
1:45.695
-
-
15
18.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:45.935
-
-
16
19.
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:46.684
-
-
18


107% Time:
1:47.406



20.
Marcus Ericsson
Caterham
1:49.421
-
-
21
21.
Kamui Kobayashi
Caterham
1:49.625
-
-
22



Qualifying Notes
McLaren and Mercedes had two cars in the top 6.
Force India, Red Bull and Toro Rosso had two cars in the top 10.
Esteban Gutiérrez received a 10-place grid penalty for an unsafe pit release at previous event and a
five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
Max Chilton received a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
Pastor Maldonado was excluded for not having enough fuel to return to the pits.
Marcus Ericsson and Kamui Kobayashi failed to set a time within the 107% time, they were allowed to race.
Qualifying was wet.



2014 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.
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes

1
40
1
1
2
1
46
2.
Valtteri Bottas
Williams

0
38
1
0
0
0
39
3.
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing

1
36
1
0
0
0
38
4.
Jenson Button
McLaren

2
34
1
0
0
0
37
5.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing

3
32
1
0
0
0
36
6.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
0
30
1
0
0
0
31
7.
Kevin Magnussen
Ferrari

1
28
1
0
0
0
30
8.
Nico Hülkenberg
Force India

1
26
1
0
0
0
28
9.
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso

1
24
1
0
0
0
26
10.
Jean-Éric Vergne
Toro Rosso

1
22
1
0
0
0
24
11.
Sergio Pérez
Force India

1
20
1
0
0
0
22
12.
Romain Grosjean
Lotus

0
18
1
0
0
0
19
13.
Adrian Sutil
Sauber

0
16
1
0
0
0
17
14.
Jules Bianchi
Marussia

0
14
1
0
0
0
15
15.
Kamui Kobayashi
Caterham

0
12
1
0
0
0
13
16.
Max Chilton
Marussia

0
10
1
0
0
0
11
17.
Pastor Maldonado
Lotus
Exhaust
0
8
1
0
0
0
9
Ret.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
Gearbox
5
6
0
1
0
0
12
Ret.
Marcus Ericsson
Caterham
Suspension
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
Ret.
Esteban Gutiérrez
Sauber
Collision dam.
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
Ret.
Felipe Massa
Williams
Collision dam.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ret.
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Accident
0
0
0
0
0
0
0



2014 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/Daniel Ricciardo)
1
34
2
0
0
0
37
Mercedes
(Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg)
2
23
0
1
2
1
29
Ferrari
(Fernando Alonso/Kimi Räikkönen)
0
15
0
0
0
0
15
Lotus
(Romain Grosjean/Pastor Maldonado)
0
13
2
0
0
0
15
McLaren
(Jenson Button/Kevin Magnussen)
2
31
2
0
0
0
35
Force India
(Nico Hülkenberg/Sergio Pérez)
1
23
0
0
0
0
24
Sauber
(Adrian Sutil/Esteban Gutiérrez)
0
9
0
0
0
0
9
Toro Rosso
(Jean-Éric Vergne/Daniil Kvyat)
1
23
2
0
0
0
26
Williams
(Valtteri Bottas/Felipe Massa)
0
19
0
0
0
0
29
Marussia
(Jules Bianchi/Max Chilton)
0
12
2
0
0
0
14
Caterham
(Kamui Kobayashi/Marcus Ericsson)
0
8
2
0
0
0
10



Race Notes
Classified finishers Top-17 drivers.
Two classified finishers Red Bull, McLaren, Toro Rosso, Marussia, Caterham, Lotus.
Race leaders Hamilton (Mercedes), Rosberg (Mercedes).
Laps led Rosberg (1-18), Hamilton (19-24), Rosberg (25-28), Hamilton (29-52).
Fastest lap Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) on lap 26 (1:37.176).
Miscellaneous Safety car (Lap 2); Race was red flagged on lap 1.

Pastor Maldonado retired on lap 50/52 but was classified (+3 laps).



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 2005 - 2014 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
Lewis Hamilton
MER
Race
8
2
6.63
4.88
1
7
6
2
36.38
Season
8
7
1.13
1.63
1
8
8
4
47.13
A
Nico Rosberg
MER
Race
9
1
9.33
8.67
1
6
3
1
27.00
Season
8
1
2.13
1.88
1
8
8
3
43.88
A
Daniel Ricciardo
RBR
Race
4
0
12.75
10.75
3
2
1
0
22.00
Season
8
0
7.75
8.25
5
7
1
0
27.50
A
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
Race
2
0
16.00
7.00
2
1
1
0
29.00
Season
8
0
7.00
5.86
3
6
5
0
28.25
A
Sebastian Vettel
FER
Race
7
2
3.00
8.29
1
5
4
1
30.43
Season
8
0
4.50
3.25
1
8
8
1
38.88
A
Fernando Alonso
MCL
Race
10
3
5.50
5.10
1
8
6
2
36.40
Season
7
0
15.29
17.14
11
0
0
0
8.00
B
Daniil Kvyat
RBR
Race
1
0
9.00
9.00
9
1
0
0
26.00
Season
8
0
9.50
10.29
4
5
1
0
20.13
B
Felipe Massa
WIL
Race
10
0
8.80
8.80
4
7
5
0
25.90
Season
8
0
8.00
6.88
3
7
3
0
30.13
B
Kimi Räikkönen
FER
Race
8
0
6.38
6.38
1
7
6
1
33.00
Season
8
0
7.50
7.00
2
6
5
0
30.25
B
Jenson Button
MCL
Race
10
0
11.30
10.60
4
6
3
0
22.20
Season
8
0
16.29
14.57
8
1
0
0
11.75
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
Race
4
0
10.00
10.00
8
3
0
0
23.50
Season
8
0
11.63
11.75
6
3
0
0
19.75
B
Sergio Pérez
FI
Race
4
0
12.25
15.00
7
1
0
0
13.50
Season
8
0
13.25
10.25
7
4
0
0
22.75
B
Max Verstappen
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
10.13
13.38
7
2
0
0
16.38
B
Carlos Sainz Jr
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
10.38
12.00
8
4
0
0
19.25
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
Race
3
0
9.33
12.33
6
1
0
0
19.00
Season
8
0
9.00
10.50
7
4
0
0
22.50
B
Pastor Maldonado
LOT
Race
4
0
9.67
14.50
11
0
0
0
14.50
Season
8
0
10.88
14.63
7
2
0
0
13.50
B
Marcus Ericsson
SAU
Race
1
0
20.00
19.00
19
0
0
0
4.00
Season
8
0
13.50
13.13
8
2
0
0
16.88
B
Felipe Nasr
SAU
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
12.88
10.63
5
3
1
0
22.00
B
Will Stevens
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
19.00
16.67
15
0
0
0
7.13
B
Roberto Merhi
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
19.29
16.29
14
0
0
0
9.00
TM
Mercedes
MER
Race
5
2
6.30
7.30
1
8
4
2
31.60
Season
8
8
1.63
1.75
1
16
16
7
48.38
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
Race
10
3
6.10
8.40
1
12
10
3
30.20
Season
8
0
8.63
9.20
4
12
2
0
24.50
TM
Williams
WIL
Race
10
0
12.95
11.25
2
8
3
0
21.30
Season
8
0
7.50
6.40
3
13
8
0
30.38
TM
Ferrari
FER
Race
10
1
7.05
6.65
1
16
11
2
32.90
Season
8
0
6.00
5.13
1
14
13
1
35.63
TM
McLaren
MCL
Race
10
2
7.35
7.60
1
15
11
2
30.80
Season
8
0
15.93
15.86
8
1
0
0
9.25
TM
Force India
FI
Race
7
0
11.77
12.64
7
5
0
0
20.00
Season
8
0
12.44
11.00
6
7
0
0
21.88
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
Race
9
0
14.17
15.28
8
4
0
0
11.89
Season
8
0
10.25
12.69
7
6
0
0
18.00
TM
Lotus
LOT
Race
3
0
8.40
10.67
5
3
2
0
23.33
Season
8
0
9.94
12.56
7
6
0
0
17.75
TM
Sauber
SAU
Race
10
0
11.60
12.00
2
8
2
0
19.70
Season
8
0
13.19
11.88
5
5
1
0
20.13
TM
Marussia
MAR
Race
3
0
18.33
16.67
14
0
0
0
10.67
Season
8
0
19.15
16.46
14
0
0
0
8.38



Recent Form Table
List
Driver/Team
TM
Last 4 Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
TM
Mercedes
MER
2,3,1,2
4
1.50
1.63
1
8
8
4
49.25
1,1,2,1
A
Nico Rosberg
MER
1,1,2,1
1
1.75
1.25
1
4
4
3
46.25
A
Lewis Hamilton
MER
2,3,1,2
3
1.25
2.00
1
4
4
1
45.75
A
Sebastian Vettel
FER
3,2,5,4
0
6.25
3.50
2
4
4
0
37.75
TM
Ferrari
FER
3,2,5,4
0
7.38
6.00
2
7
6
0
33.00
5,6,4,DNF
TM
Williams
WIL
4,14,3,5
0
9.38
7.00
3
6
4
0
30.75
6,15,6,3
B
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
4,14,3,5
0
7.75
6.50
3
3
3
0
30.75
B
Felipe Massa
WIL
6,15,6,3
0
11.00
7.50
3
3
1
0
28.50
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
7,5,13,10
0
8.25
7.50
4
6
2
0
27.75
10,4,9,12
A
Kimi Räikkönen
FER
5,6,4,DNF
0
8.50
8.50
4
3
2
0
27.25
B
Daniel Ricciardo
RBR
7,5,13,10
0
9.25
8.75
5
3
1
0
26.50
B
Daniil Kvyat
RBR
10,4,9,12
0
7.25
8.75
4
3
1
0
26.50
TM
Force India
FI
15,11,8,6
0
11.63
10.00
6
4
0
0
24.25
13,7,11,9
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
15,11,8,6
0
10.50
10.00
6
2
0
0
23.50
B
Sergio Pérez
FI
13,7,11,9
0
12.75
10.00
7
2
0
0
23.50
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
8,12,10,DNF
0
9.25
11.25
8
2
0
0
20.75
B
Carlos Sainz Jr
TR
9,10,12,DNF
0
9.25
11.75
9
2
0
0
19.75
B
Felipe Nasr
SAU
12,9,16,11
0
13.75
12.00
9
1
0
0
19.25
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
11,DNF,15,8
0
9.00
12.38
8
3
0
0
19.00
9,10,12,DNF
TM
Lotus
LOT
8,12,10,DNF
0
9.38
12.25
7
4
0
0
18.50
DNF,DNF,7,7
TM
Sauber
SAU
14,13,14,13
0
14.25
12.75
9
1
0
0
18.50
12,9,16,11
B
Max Verstappen
TR
11,DNF,15,8
0
8.75
13.00
8
1
0
0
17.50
B
Pastor Maldonado
LOT
DNF,DNF,7,7
0
9.50
13.50
7
2
0
0
16.50
B
Marcus Ericsson
SAU
14,13,14,13
0
15.00
13.75
13
0
0
0
16.00
A
Jenson Button
MCL
16,8,DNF,DNF
0
14.33
15.00
8
1
0
0
12.50
B
Will Stevens
MAR
17,17,17,DNF
0
19.25
17.25
17
0
0
0
9.75
TM
Marussia
MAR
17,17,17,DNF
0
19.25
16.88
14
0
0
0
9.25
18,16,DNF,14
B
Roberto Merhi
MAR
18,16,DNF,14
0
19.25
16.50
14
0
0
0
8.25
TM
McLaren
MCL
DNF,DNF,DNF,DNF
0
14.29
17.38
8
1
0
0
7.25
16,8,DNF,DNF
A
Fernando Alonso
MCL
DNF,DNF,DNF,DNF
0
14.25
19.75
19
0
0
0
2.50

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