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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 but had to leave Juan Pablo Montoya
(McLaren-Mercedes) to win the race. Second
became Fernando Alonso (Renault) and third
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren-Mercedes).
Fastest Lap was clocked by Kimi Räikkönen:
1:20.502.
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)
"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)"
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