New layout, looks interesting from other races and computer games.
Apparently will challenge Monza for fastest track on the calender.
Picks in before start of quali as always please..

Shane you have it in the wrong order...


Button
Hamilton
Webber

Matt

1. Button
2. Vettel
3. Alonso

Some big news coming out of silverstone today.
Frank Williams is stepping down from his day to day role at Williams, but will still remain team principle.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85076

Bruno Senna is to be replaced by Sakon Yamamoto for the race weekend and possibly beyond.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85082

Safety car rules made even more confusing, especially now the human crash machine is back in F1.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85072

Not much to say about the safety car.
The stepping down of Williams is not a huge surprise, it'll be good that he will remain on though, now if only Patrick head and Sam Michael would just p*ss off and Williams might finally have a chance.

As for Senna, its a bit of a shock considering the marketing value of his name. But he hasn't exactly set the world on fire, and Chandok has appeared much more comfortable in the car. I could see him being picked up by another team in 2011

Craig. wrote on Jul 8^th, 2010 at 4:37pm:


Making drivers slow down to the actual estimated speed of the safety car itself......Actual estimated, what is that for a statement. It is either actual or estimated And when estimated it is open to a mass gathering of F1 team lawyers all queuing at Charlie Whiting's door all saying why their respected driver should not have a drive through and in the case of Ferrari, why everyone else should have a drive through
They would be better off making drivers at the start of a safety car drive back to the pits on the pit lane limiter.........at least then they would all be doing a set standard speed

As for Senna, probably saw what Ralf did and thought he could make a buck or two before being dumped.............at least Ralf lasted more than a season though

Matt

Vettel
Webber
Hamilton

.mic

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Button

Senna will continue at the end of this race..

probably has something to do with the money that HRT needs but hey if it gets someone another chance why not...

Hamilton
Vettel
Webber

Just remembered with 10 mins spare!!

I love how Alonso stares continuously at the Red Bull cars after qualifying, thats the second time I've seen him do that. Can only imagine what's going through his mind.

ShaneG wrote on Jul 10^th, 2010 at 9:08am:


Do you seriously have some magic 8-ball that predicts these results, mate you are on fire?

Redbull should walk this, right up to turn 1 where they are going to take each other out again. It's going to be absolutely fascinating to watch what happens because, Webber seems more focused on Vettel than he does the actual race.

The Ruptured Duck wrote on Jul 10^th, 2010 at 10:33pm:


But Vettel now has Webbers new front wing...and Horner saying that he isnt favoring vettel...not what it looks like.

This is where we discover that getting the qualifying order right, will cost you more points than that 5 point bonus is worth. 

Something I have noticed from watching the BBC post race forum. Murray Walker has slipped back into presenter mode perfectly. For a man of his age he is still so in control of his facultys and his memory is still so sharp. I know people give him grief for his mistakes, but that was purely excitement, and I for one would give my right arm to see him come back full time and replace Legard in the commentary booth..

The Ruptured Duck wrote on Jul 11^th, 2010 at 1:59pm:


And the problem is


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Good point, but he will not be doing himself any favours making remarks like that. Magnanimous in defeat also works in victory. He should be taking the high ground if he wants the support of the press and fans. Publicly putting down your employer regardless of the reason always has come backs.

Matt