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Fantasy Formula 1 - British GP Preview
12:48 PM on July 3rd, 2012 by Nathan Susanto

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The British GP at Silverstone has a special place in Formula 1 history because it was the setting for the inaugural world championship race in 1950. The Formula 1 calendar has included a British round ever since, something only matched by the Italian GP.

Grand Prix motor racing first made an appearance in Britain in 1926, though, after Henry Segrave's successes in France and San Sebastián piqued interest in the sport. Segrave established an event at Brooklands that year and also in 1927 but that was to be the last grand prix in Britain until Silverstone Circuit hosted what many recite as the first British GP of the modern era in 1948.

On May 13th, 1950, the British GP heralded a new dawn in Formula 1 motor racing. Giuseppe Farina - who went on to win the first Formula 1 world championship - won from pole ahead of his fellow Alfa Romeo drivers Luigi Fagioli and Reg Parnell. Silverstone has hosted the vast majority of British GP since 1950 but Aintree and Brands Hatch have also held the event.

Silverstone has always been one of the fastest circuits on the Formula 1 calendar despite evolving over the years to meet modern Formula 1 requirements. The most recent change to the layout occurred in 2010, with the start/finish line and pits relocating the following year.

The 2012 Formula 1 season continues on Sunday, July 8th with Silverstone Circuit hosting the British GP. Double world champion Fernando Alonso will go into the race full of confidence after he became this season's first two-time winner courtesy of victory at the European GP last time out. The Valencia race saw Sebastian Vettel retire while leading and Lewis Hamilton crash out, allowing Alonso to open up a 20 point lead at the top of the world drivers' championship over Mark Webber. Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber are the last two drivers to win at Silverstone.

Remember to make your game picks in the 2012 Fantasy Formula 1 thread before the deadline of Saturday, July 7th at 7:55 AM ET, five minutes before qualifying begins. Here we run down some British GP facts and season stats.



Race Info
Grand Prix British GP
Round 9 of 20
Circuit Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone, Northamptonshire/Buckinghamshire, England
Circuit Type Race circuit
Circuit Length 3.667 mi (5.901 km)
Circuit Direction Clockwise
Turns 18 (8 Left, 10 Right)
Lap Record 1:30.874, Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 2010
Race Length 190.604 mi (306.747 km)
Laps 52
2011 Polesitter Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing)
2011 Winner Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
Timetable
Free Practice 1 Friday, July 6th at 5 AM ET - 6:30 AM ET
Free Practice 2 Friday, July 6th at 9 AM ET - 10:30 AM ET
Free Practice 3 Saturday, July 7th at 5 AM ET - 6 AM ET
Fantasy Deadline Saturday, July 7th at 7:55 AM ET
Qualifying Saturday, July 7th at 8 AM ET
Race Sunday, July 8th at 8 AM ET



Silverstone facts:
  • The polesitter has won three times in the last nine year at Silverstone.
  • Only one of the last five grands prix in Britain has been won by the polesitter.
  • The polesitter has finished on the podium in nine of the last 11 Silverstone races.
  • The British GP winner has started from no lower than fourth on the grid since 1996.
  • There has been a different race winner at Silverstone for the last five grands prix.
  • Michael Schumacher (3) and Fernando Alonso (2) are the only current drivers with multiple British GP wins.
  • Ferrari has the most British GP wins with 15.
  • McLaren has the most Silverstone victories with 12.
  • Ferrari and McLaren have five British GP wins each in the last 13 years.
  • Red Bull Racing has two wins and a total of five podium finishes in the last three races at Silverstone.
  • The most positions gained in a Silverstone race since 2002 is 14 by Giancarlo Fisichella in 2004.
  • Just once has there has been more than five retirements at Silverstone in the last nine years.
  • There has been a first lap retirement at four of the last 11 British GP.
  • The safety car has been deployed at five of the last nine Silverstone races.
  • Three of the last ten grands prix in Britain have been wet.



2011 British GP Qualifying Results
Rank
Driver Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Grid
1.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing
1:32.670
1:31.673
1:30.399
1
2.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing
1:32.977
1:32.379
1:30.431
2
3.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:32.986
1:31.727
1:30.516
3
4.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:32.760
1:31.640
1:31.124
4
5.
Jenson Button
McLaren
1:34.230
1:32.273
1:31.898
5
6.
Paul di Resta
Force India
1:34.472
1:32.569
1:31.929
6
7.
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
1:32.702
1:32.588
1:31.933
7
8.
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
1:34.324
1:32.399
1:32.128
8
9.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:34.186
1:32.295
1:32.209
9
10
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
1:33.581
1:32.505
1:32.376
10
11.
Adrian Sutil
Force India
1:34.454
1:32.617
-
11
12.
Sergio Pérez
Sauber
1:34.145
1:32.624
-
12
13.
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:34.160
1:32.656
-
13
14.
Vitaly Petrov
Renault
1:34.428
1:32.734
-
14
15.
Rubens Barrichello
Williams
1:33.532
1:33.119
-
15
16.
Nick Heidfeld
Renault
1:35.132
1:33.805
-
16
17.
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus
1:34.923
1:34.821
-
17
18.
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso
1:35.245
-
-
18
19.
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
1:35.749
-
-
19
20.
Timo Glock
Virgin Racing
1:36.203
-
-
20
21.
Jarno Trulli
Lotus
1:36.456
-
-
21
22.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Virgin Racing
1:37.154
-
-
22
23.
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Hispania Racing
1:37.484
-
-
23
24.
Daniel Ricciardo
Hispania Racing
1:38.059
-
-
24


107% Time:
1:39.156






Qualifying Notes
Red Bull locked out the front row.
Ferrari had two cars in the top-4.
McLaren had two cars in the top-10.
It rained during Q1 and Q3.



2011 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.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari

2
40
1
1
0
1
45
2.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing

3
38
1
1
2
0
45
3.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing

5
36
1
0
0
0
42
4.
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren

1
34
1
0
0
0
36
5.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari

1
32
1
0
0
0
34
6.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1
30
1
0
0
0
32
7.
Sergio Pérez
Sauber

0
28
1
0
0
0
29
8.
Nick Heidfeld
Renault

0
26
1
0
0
0
27
9.
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes

0
24
1
0
0
0
25
10.
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso

0
22
1
0
0
0
23
11.
Adrian Sutil
Force India

0
20
1
0
0
0
21
12.
Vitaly Petrov
Renault

0
18
1
0
0
0
19
13.
Rubens Barrichello
Williams

0
16
1
0
0
0
17
14.
Pastor Maldonado
Williams

1
14
1
0
0
0
16
15.
Paul di Resta
Force India

1
12
1
0
0
0
14
16.
Timo Glock
Virgin Racing

0
10
1
0
0
0
11
17.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Virgin Racing

1
8
1
0
0
0
10
18.
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Hispania Racing

0
6
1
0
0
0
7
19.
Daniel Ricciardo
Hispania Racing

0
4
1
0
0
0
5
Ret.
Jenson Button
McLaren
Wheel
1
2
0
0
0
0
3
Ret.
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
Collision
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ret.
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
Oil Leak
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Ret.
Jarno Trulli
Lotus
Oil Leak
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ret.
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus
Gearbox
0
0
0
0
0
0
0



2011 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)
5
37
2
1
2
0
47
McLaren (Lewis Hamilton/Jenson Button)
1
18
0
0
0
0
19
Ferrari (Fernando Alonso/Felipe Massa)
3
36
2
1
0
1
43
Mercedes (Michael Scumacher/Nico Rosberg)
0
27
2
0
0
0
29
Renault (Nick Heidfeld/Vitaly Petrov)
0
22
2
0
0
0
24
Williams (Rubens Barrichello/Pastor Maldonado)
0
15
2
0
0
0
17
Force India (Adrian Sutil/Paul di Resta)
0
16
2
0
0
0
18
Sauber (Kamui Kobayashi/Sergio Pérez)
0
19
0
0
0
0
19
Toro Rosso
(Sébastien Buemi/Jaime Alguersuari)
0
11
0
0
0
0
11
Lotus (Heikki Kovalainen/Jarno Trulli)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Hispania Racing
(Daniel Ricciardo/Vitantonio Liuzzi)
0
5
2
0
0
0
7
Virgin Racing (Timo Glock/Jérôme d'Ambrosio)
0
9
2
0
0
0
11



Race Notes
Classified finishers Top-19 drivers.
Two classified finishers Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Williams, Force India, Virgin, Hispania.
Race leaders Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari).
Laps led Vettel (1-27), Alonso (28-52).
Fastest lap Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) on lap 41 (1:34.908).
Miscellaneous The race began on a wet track; subsequently drying.

The "off-throttle blown diffuser" was banned for this race.

Daniel Ricciardo - making his debut - replaced Narain Karthikeyan at Hispania.



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 2002 - 2011 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
4
2
3.00
7.25
1
3
2
1
33.50
Season
8
3
5.38
6.75
1
6
5
1
33.13
A
Mark Webber
RBR
Race
10
1
8.90
11.30
1
5
3
1
22.30
Season
8
1
6.88
4.88
1
7
6
1
34.75
A
Jenson Button
MCL
Race
10
0
11.70
10.30
4
6
3
0
22.70
Season
8
0
7.00
10.50
1
4
2
1
24.00
A
Lewis Hamilton
MCL
Race
5
1
7.60
5.20
1
4
4
1
35.00
Season
8
2
2.00
6.25
1
7
5
1
34.00
A
Fernando Alonso
FER
Race
9
2
4.56
7.56
1
6
4
2
31.00
Season
8
0
7.63
4.13
1
8
6
2
36.75
A
Felipe Massa
FER
Race
9
0
8.56
8.33
4
7
4
0
26.89
Season
8
0
12.00
12.63
6
3
1
0
18.00
B
Michael Schumacher
MER
Race
7
0
6.86
4.57
1
7
4
2
36.00
Season
8
0
7.25
16.50
3
3
1
0
12.63
B
Nico Rosberg
MER
Race
6
0
11.33
7.33
3
5
2
0
28.83
Season
8
1
5.13
6.50
1
6
2
1
32.13
B
Kimi Räikkönen
LOT
Race
8
1
3.38
4.75
1
7
6
1
36.88
Season
8
0
8.50
6.25
2
7
4
0
31.38
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
5.75
12.75
2
4
3
0
19.63
B
Paul di Resta
FI
Race
1
0
6.00
15.00
15
0
0
0
14.00
Season
8
0
12.38
9.25
6
5
0
0
25.00
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
Race
1
0
13.00
10.00
10
1
0
0
23.00
Season
8
0
12.38
11.63
5
4
1
0
20.13
B
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
Race
2
0
10.00
14.00
6
1
0
0
16.00
Season
8
0
10.63
13.63
5
4
1
0
16.63
B
Sergio Pérez
SAU
Race
1
0
12.00
7.00
7
1
0
0
29.00
Season
8
0
12.75
9.38
2
4
2
0
25.00
B
Daniel Ricciardo
TR
Race
1
0
24.00
19.00
19
0
0
0
5.00
Season
8
0
13.75
13.50
9
1
0
0
16.13
B
Jean-Éric Vergne
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
16.88
13.88
8
1
0
0
15.63
B
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
Race
1
0
7.00
14.00
14
0
0
0
16.00
Season
8
1
9.88
14.13
1
2
1
1
17.25
B
Bruno Senna
WIL
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
14.63
13.88
6
4
0
0
15.88
B
Heikki Kovalainen
CAT
Race
5
1
11.40
14.60
5
2
1
0
16.00
Season
8
0
18.00
17.13
13
0
0
0
9.13
B
Vitaly Petrov
CAT
Race
2
0
15.00
12.50
12
0
0
0
18.00
Season
8
0
19.50
17.25
13
0
0
0
8.25
B
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
Race
2
0
15.00
16.50
11
0
0
0
11.00
Season
8
0
22.00
20.57
17
0
0
0
2.38
B
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
Race
1
0
17.00
20.00
20
0
0
0
2.00
Season
8
0
23.50
20.57
15
0
0
0
2.88
B
Timo Glock
MAR
Race
4
0
15.00
13.75
9
1
0
0
15.75
Season
7
0
21.29
17.43
14
0
0
0
8.00
B
Charles Pic
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
21.88
19.13
15
0
0
0
5.13
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
Race
7
3
7.07
9.50
1
7
5
2
27.86
Season
8
4
6.13
5.81
1
13
11
2
35.13
TM
McLaren
MCL
Race
10
3
6.20
6.55
1
16
13
2
32.90
Season
8
2
4.67
8.38
1
11
7
2
30.50
TM
Ferrari
FER
Race
10
1
4.75
5.10
1
17
14
5
37.60
Season
8
0
9.81
8.38
1
11
7
2
28.25
TM
Mercedes
MER
Race
2
0
9.25
6.75
3
4
1
0
31.00
Season
8
1
6.19
11.50
1
9
3
1
22.38
TM
Lotus
LOT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
7.13
9.50
2
11
7
0
26.13
TM
Force India
FI
Race
4
0
14.50
13.38
8
2
0
0
19.25
Season
8
0
12.38
10.44
5
9
1
0
23.25
TM
Sauber
SAU
Race
10
0
11.25
10.45
2
12
2
0
23.10
Season
8
0
11.69
11.50
2
8
3
0
21.13
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
Race
6
0
15.75
16.58
10
1
0
0
8.50
Season
8
0
15.31
13.69
8
2
0
0
16.38
TM
Williams
WIL
Race
10
1
10.50
9.65
2
11
5
0
25.20
Season
8
1
12.25
14.00
1
6
1
1
16.63
TM
Caterham
CAT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
18.75
17.19
13
0
0
0
9.38
TM
HRT
HRT
Race
2
0
23.50
19.00
18
0
0
0
6.00
Season
8
0
22.75
20.57
15
0
0
0
3.00
TM
Marussia
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
8
0
21.60
18.33
14
0
0
0
6.13



Recent Form Table
List
Driver/Team
TM
Last 4 Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
A
Fernando Alonso
FER
1,5,3,2
0
5.50
2.75
1
4
4
1
40.00
B
Nico Rosberg
MER
6,6,2,7
0
5.00
5.25
2
4
1
0
34.00
A
Mark Webber
RBR
4,7,1,11
1
9.00
5.75
1
3
2
1
33.25
B
Kimi Räikkönen
LOT
2,8,9,3
0
7.25
5.50
2
4
2
0
33.00
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
DNF,4,4,6
3
6.88
7.25
1
6
4
1
32.00
4,7,1,11
TM
Ferrari
FER
1,5,3,2
0
8.00
7.25
1
6
4
1
31.25
16,10,6,15
A
Sebastian Vettel
RBR
DNF,4,4,6
2
4.75
8.75
4
3
2
0
29.75
A
Lewis Hamilton
MCL
19CF,1,5,8
0
2.67
8.25
1
3
2
1
29.00
TM
Lotus
LOT
2,8,9,3
0
6.00
8.75
2
6
4
0
28.00
DNF,2,DNF,4
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
5,12,8,10
0
11.25
8.75
5
3
1
0
25.75
TM
Force India
FI
7,11,7,14
0
11.25
9.25
5
5
1
0
25.75
5,12,8,10
TM
McLaren
MCL
8,16,16CF,9
0
7.29
10.25
1
5
2
1
24.75
19CF,1,5,8
B
Paul di Resta
FI
7,11,7,14
0
11.25
9.75
7
2
0
0
24.00
TM
Mercedes
MER
3,DNF,DNF,DNF
0
6.25
11.13
2
5
2
0
22.75
6,6,2,7
B
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
12,13,DNF,1
1
7.50
12.50
1
1
1
1
22.00
B
Sergio Pérez
SAU
9,3,11,DNF
0
14.75
10.75
3
2
1
0
21.75
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
DNF,2,DNF,4
0
4.75
12.00
2
2
2
0
20.75
A
Felipe Massa
FER
16,10,6,15
0
10.50
11.75
6
2
0
0
20.25
A
Jenson Button
MCL
8,16,16CF,9
0
10.50
12.25
8
2
0
0
19.25
TM
Sauber
SAU
DNF,9,DNF,5
0
12.25
12.50
3
4
2
0
18.25
9,3,11,DNF
TM
Williams
WIL
12,13,DNF,1
1
11.38
13.75
1
3
1
1
17.50
10,17,10,DNF
B
Daniel Ricciardo
TR
11,14,DNF,13
0
15.50
13.75
11
0
0
0
15.25
B
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
DNF,9,DNF,5
0
9.75
14.25
5
2
1
0
15.00
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
11,14,DNF,13
0
16.38
14.63
11
0
0
0
14.25
DNF,15,12,12
B
Bruno Senna
WIL
10,17,10,DNF
0
15.25
15.00
10
2
0
0
13.75
B
Jean-Éric Vergne
TR
DNF,15,12,12
0
17.25
15.50
12
0
0
0
12.75
B
Heikki Kovalainen
CAT
14,18,13,16
0
17.75
15.25
13
0
0
0
12.50
B
Michael Schumacher
MER
3,DNF,DNF,DNF
0
7.50
17.00
3
1
1
0
12.00
TM
Caterham
CAT
14,18,13,16
0
18.38
16.25
13
0
0
0
11.00
13,19,DNF,17
B
Vitaly Petrov
CAT
13,19,DNF,17
0
19.00
17.25
13
0
0
0
8.25
B
Timo Glock
MAR
DNR,DNF,14,18
0
21.00
17.67
14
0
0
0
7.33
B
Charles Pic
MAR
15,20,DNF,DNF
0
22.00
18.50
15
0
0
0
5.50
B
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
18,DNF,15,DNF
0
23.00
19.75
15
0
0
0
5.00
TM
Marussia
MAR
DNR,DNF,14,18
0
21.75
17.75
14
0
0
0
5.00
15,20,DNF,DNF
TM
HRT
HRT
17,DNF,DNF,19
0
22.13
20.13
15
0
0
0
4.25
18,DNF,15,DNF
B
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
17,DNF,DNF,19
0
21.25
20.50
17
0
0
0
3.50

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