Poll: Official 2023 British Grand Prix Thread - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone - Round 11

Rate Silverstone 2023 out of ten

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Silverstone​

When was the track built?​

Little did those laying the perimeter road to the RAF Silverstone airfield in 1942 know that they were setting down what would become one of the world’s greatest race tracks. But, well, they were! The Silverstone circuit was first used for a proper motor race in 1947 – although sadly, a local sheep lost its life during the proceedings…

When was its first Grand Prix?​

Silverstone was the first Grand Prix, hosting the inaugural Formula 1 World Championship round on May 13 1950. Old campaigner Giuseppe Farina, who’d take that year’s title, won the race in his Alfa Romeo 158.

What’s the circuit like?​

At the 2018 British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton compared a flat-out lap around Silverstone to flying a fighter jet, which should tell you all you need to know about the Northamptonshire circuit. Despite numerous layout changes over the years, Silverstone has always maintained its essential character as one of the fastest tracks on the F1 calendar, while historic corners like Maggotts, Becketts and Abbey provide some of the biggest challenges for racing drivers anywhere in the world.

Why go?​

It’s hard to stop the goose bumps from prickling as you walk around one of the great cathedrals of motorsport, while in terms of atmosphere, the British fans are always reliably raucous – this is the country that invented football (that’s soccer, mind), after all.

Where is the best place to watch?​

No where, the entire forum has already decided that Max is going to win by a margin of several seconds so don't bother watching it.

British Grand Prix 2023 - Schedule Information & TV Broadcast Times​

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Channel 4 Coverage (Live for British GP) - Broadcast Times​

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Weekend Weather Forecast (as at 14:00 on 03/07/2023)​


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Track Diagram & Information​


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Previous Race Highlights​

Championship Standings​

Drivers Championship​


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Constructors Championship​


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Just a reminder, but consider it a warning - can we not have any further derogatory name calling of drivers, team bosses and the like. We don't expect you to like every driver/team, but at least keep comments respectful.

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Scam said:
This is what I’m not liking about these regs. One week you’re talking about the second coming of a team, the next they’re absolutely nowhere. I don’t recall ever seeing it as bad as this - it seems much more random than being able to show any real improvements/gains made by any particular team.
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I think it had a lot to do with teams still not really understanding some of the regs and how ground effect works v the previous aero regs.
 
BuffetSlayer said:
Really happy for McLaren and a great job by their drivers. I wonder if Lewis will be driving for them in the 2024 season if this performance boost has some longevity? It’s where he started - maybe that’s where he wants to finish.

Generally an OK race. Not sure how Stroll avoided penalties. George seems proper bitter at Lewis’s podium.

Genuinely hope McLaren can keep this up and push Max a bit. Not saying he is having it easy but the performance advantage is definitely providing a comfortable safety net and it would be nice to get another team genuinely in contention.

Also, WTF is going on with Perez…..? Has he checked out in his head do you think?
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Hamilton to McLaren isn't the worst suggestion. If their performance keeps up, sure Merc would love to take Norris.
 
Jono8 said:
Lol, wow ok Russell. Totally throwing shade at Hamilton's podium with such emphasis on "deserved". Clearly mega bitter.

Yes, Lewis was lucky, but come on man, support your teammate. No need to say a competitor in a rival team deserved it like that.
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Personally I'm finding Russell more and more unlikeable, not that I was ever his biggest fan.nut he seems to have got worse.
 
KiNgPiN83 said:
See, i'm not so sure on this these days. I honestly think Newey comes up with the best car possible and that is that, i doubt he compromises on anything bar some adjustments to make the drivers job a bit easier. However i also think Max (Even though this pains me to say it..) is one of those few brilliant drivers who can literally drive whatever is under him, maximise its performance and get the very most out of it. Much like the Alonso's and Hamilton's of the world. I.e. the ones that manage to tack on that extra few percent in performance.

A counter example to this is Danny R. Great at RB but terrible in the Mclaren that didn't suit his driving style. Similar to this I'd like to see Lando in another car as he seemingly tamed the terrible Mclaren a while back.
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In my time watching F1 (since the 90's) I'd put Senna, Schumacher, Alonso and now Verstappen in the bucket of "driving whatever is under them", I don't think personally I'd put Hamilton in that bracket as he's struggled with the Merc for two years now, often getting beaten by Russell, he's never really had much experience of a truly bad car until now though so I can't really blame him, he's never had to struggle with a backmarker or midfield Minardi, Jordan, Torro Rosso or utter mince Ferrari!
 
Trusty said:
Disagree about Hamilton there, he dragged that McLaren to a world title in 08. Kovalainen finished like 8th in the drivers standings in the same car if i remember correctly. The Ferrari was a far superior car. Hence it needed some good fortune in Brazil so Hamilton could win that title.
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To be fair though, your comparing Hamilton who's clearly one of the best drivers of all time to Kovalainen who frankly in F1 and afterwards was less than bang average.
 
Combat squirrel said:
Daftest comment I've ever read, so you're not going to include quite literally the greatest driver of all time (stats don't lie), in your list of greatest drivers of all time........also as people have said he's driven some bad cars in his time and made them work - its just this era's Merc is extremely draggy in this rule set when efficiency is everything that the RB does so well.
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Maybe you should read again as that's not what I said, I didn't list my Greatest of All Time. I absolutely say he's one of the greatest drivers, as you say that can't be denied on stats alone, I'm just saying that in my opinion he's not as good as dragging a car beyond its capability as the likes of Schumacher, Alonso or Verstappen are but then he's barely had to.

I wouldn't agree he's done all that much with a bad car, if he had managed to drag a crap car to a World Title then fair enough but he hasn't.
There's little evidence that he's dragged a crap car anywhere, rubbish McLaren in 2009 and trounced an incredibly poor driver in Kovalainen, was basically equal with Button in 10, 11 and 12, matched Rosberg in 13 and from 14-21 had the luxury of the best car on the grid (OK 21 more debatable).

He didn't look that comfortable in a crap car last season and doesn't look that comfortable in the crap car this year albeit he seems to be handling it better than Russell has this year.

I don't really care what he does off the track, in the same way I don't care what any of the grid do off the grid.
 
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