In the fifties, sixties and to some extent even the seventies, Formula One racing was simple. Enthusiasts representing manufacturers and teams got together to build state-of-the-art racing cars which met the rules set by the ‘Formula’ and raced against each other. Racing was mostly on historic European circuits, and car makers stood a good chance of selling more cars when they won on Sunday afternoons. When the costs of car development mounted, a new breed of teams with huge financial backing sprang up. They used new-age metallurgy and tyre technology to take Formula One to a level where it became impossible for just any old bunch of enthusiasts to build cars and race them competitively. And so it was that Bernie Ecclestone made use of his tobacco millions and created the highly-televised, money-spinning circus that the world knows as Formula One today… Details
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Umbrellas, sunblock, winter-weight fleeces, shirtsleeves – Formula One is taking leave of Silverstone, a place where a midsummer weekend can encompass four seasons’ worth of weather, in traditional style. And as it prepares to say goodbye to one of its ancestral homes, where drivers have tussled over world championship points for six decades, the farewell messages are couched in every register from the exultant shriek of a 700-horsepower racing engine to a tangle of malicious whispers.
It was a Brazilian who most eloquently enunciated the feelings of the Silverstone public. “I’ve loved this place since I ran here in Formula Three,” said Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button’s team-mate, shortly after securing a starting position on the outside of the front row yesterday. “I know they cannot change the weather, but that’s England. It’s fast and it’s safe. Why the hell are they taking the race away from here?”…Â Details
Germany’s Sebastian Vettel led home Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber to claim an impressive victory in the British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday.
Vettel’s second success of the season leaves him 25 points behind world championship leader Jenson Button—who disappointed the home fans by finishing down in sixth place, the position he started from on the grid.
Button’s Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello finished behind the dominant Red Bulls in third place, to close to within 23 points of Button in the world drivers’ standings, with Vettel breathing down the Brazilian’s neck… Details