British Grand Prix Facts & Figures
By Andrew Hooper
July 11 2003
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Silverstone circuit has been modified several times since the first Grand
Prix took place there in 1950, this year's Grand Prix will be the 37th to be
held on the circuit. Other British Grands Prix have been staged at Aintree
(five) and Brands Hatch (twelve). Three European Grands Prix have also been
held in England - at Brands Hatch in 1983 and 1985 and at Donington Park in
1993. * In recent years, major improvements have been made to the circuit's infrastructure. Following the rain-soaked Grand Prix in 2000, modifications to the circuit's access roads and car parks have been made as well as a host of other alterations to improve the site for the paying public. * The current Grand Prix circuit covers 5.141 kilometres. The race distance (60 laps) is 308.355 kilometres. * Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) holds the lap record, set in 2002, with a time of 1:23.083 minutes. * Juan Pablo Montoya claimed pole position in 2002 for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team with a time of 1:18.998 minutes, the fifth of seven poles for the Colombian last season. Ralf Schumacher started from fourth place on the grid. Changeable weather conditions produced a great stage for some great racing. Both BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers drove a faultless race. Montoya, despite running on
inferior wet-weather tyres, finished in third place whilst team mate Ralf
Schumacher was heading for fourth when a faulty fuel rig during his pit stop
pushed him back into eighth place. Michael Schumacher secured victory ahead
of his Ferrari team mate Barrichello. |
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