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Last year's race

A miscalculated pass from Vettel cause him to crash into Verstappen, keeping both drivers away from the podium. Lewis Hamilton won at Silverstone for the 6th time.

Season Standings
after 3 races

DRIVERS
POS   DRIVER   NATIONALITY   CAR   PTS
1   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   MERCEDES   63
2   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   MERCEDES   58
3   Max Verstappen   NED   RED BULL RACING HONDA   33
4   Lando Norris   GBR   MCLAREN RENAULT   26
5   Alexander Albon   THA   RED BULL RACING HONDA   22
6   Sergio Perez   MEX   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   22
7   Charles Leclerc   MON   FERRARI   18
8   Lance Stroll   CAN   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   18
9   Carlos Sainz   ESP   MCLAREN RENAULT   15
10   Sebastian Vettel   GER   FERRARI   9
11   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   RENAULT   8
12   Pierre Gasly   FRA   ALPHATAURI HONDA   6
13   Esteban Ocon   FRA   RENAULT   4
14   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   2
15   Daniil Kvyat   RUS   ALPHATAURI HONDA   1
16   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   HAAS FERRARI   1
17   Kimi Räikkönen   FIN   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   0
18   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0
19   Romain Grosjean   FRA   HAAS FERRARI   0
20   George Russell   GBR   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0

CONSTRUCTORS
POS   TEAM   PTS
1   MERCEDES   121
2   RED BULL RACING HONDA   55
3   MCLAREN RENAULT   41
4   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   40
5   FERRARI   27
6   RENAULT   12
7   ALPHATAURI HONDA   7
8   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   2
9   HAAS FERRARI   1
10   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0

Timetables
all times are local (GMT+1)

THURSDAY 30th JULY        
Formula 1   Team Track Walks   09:00 - 12:30
Formula 1   Press Conference   14:00 - 17:35
         
FRIDAY 31st JULY        
FIA Formula 3   Practice Session   09:35 - 10:20
Formula 1   Practice 1   11:00 - 12:30
FIA Formula 2   Practice Session   12:55 - 13:40
Formula 1   Press Conference   13:00 - 14:00
FIA Formula 3   Qualifying Session   14:05 - 14:35
Formula 1   Practice 2
15:00 - 16:30
FIA Formula 2   Qualifying Session   17:00 - 17:30
FIA Formula 3   Press Conference   17:45 - 18:15
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup   Practice Session   17:55 - 18:40
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   18:15 - 18:45
         
SATURDAY 1st AUGUST        
Formula 1   Team Pit Stop Practice   08:10 - 08:40
FIA Formula 3   First Race (20 Laps or 40 Mins)   09:25 - 10:10
FIA Formula 3   Press Conference   10:25 - 10:55
Formula 1   Practice 3   11:00 - 12:00
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup   Qualifying Session   12:45 - 13:15
Formula 1   Qualifying   14:00 - 15:00
Formula 1   Press Conference   15:00 - 16:00
FIA Formula 2   First Race (29 Laps or 60 Mins)   15:45 - 16:50
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   17:05 - 17:35
         
SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST
     
FIA Formula 3   Second Race (20 Laps or 40 Mins)   08:45 - 09:30
FIA Formula 2   Second Race (21 Laps or 45 Mins)   10:10 - 11:00
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   11:15 - 11:45
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup   Race (13 Laps or 30 Mins)   11:25 - 12:00
Formula 1    Drivers' Presentation   12:20 - 13:00
Formula 1   National Anthem   13:54 - 13:56
Formula 1   Grand Prix (52 Laps or 120 Mins)   14:10 - 16:10

that's 3 in a row for Hamilton

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Motorsports trend for 2024: everything is a bad taste joke now

To continue the futile gesture, I'd say it's rained at some point every day here over the last few weeks, but the rain is now apparently stopping until next monday.

Where no doubt, it'll rain from mon-fri again before clearing up for the Grand Prix of Stowe School or whatever the hell they're calling the 2nd one

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

It will probably be a decent GP 50 seconds behind the two Mercs.

Perez got an inconclusive Covid test, being retested now.

Perez is in isolation and being retested because of an inconclusive Covid-19 test.

So if it comes back positive, Vandoorne or Senor Oops would take his place.

And so it begins

Perez flew to Mexico last week to pick up his family, which didn't seem like a good idea to begin with and now...

The scuttlebutt is that the test is positive but they want a second test to make sure because of the implications.

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Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

Aww this is cute https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/15092 ... british-gp

False positives seem pretty common. Wouldn't be surprised if there are two false positives...

But seeing as how he went to Mexico...

Let's just say that was not the smartest move as I've seen tons of flights from there to here have confirmed cases.

Apparently he met with a small group of his mechanics so they've been isolated and tested as well.

Good to see that Lewis and Grosjean have made up. Glad that Romain apologised and admitted he was wrong: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/15093 ... neel-uturn

The bigger story is probably that, even if he comes back negative the second time, Perez should not be taking part in either Silverstone race because Mexico is not on the exemption list. He has already broken the quarantine he was supposed to be undertaking, so TVP might be interested.

EDIT: Even if he went to Spain first and came back after midnight on Sunday, the same still applies.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus ... nal-travel

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

It's positive. Bye Checo: https://www.fia.com/news/f1-statement-c ... rgio-perez

Not good. Have to imagine this is likely to be only the first of several over the course of this season. A real shame for Perez, hope he recovers quickly and it's not a severe case.
And unfortunately he's likely to miss next weekend's race too, even if he has a mild case, due to the protocols before he can be considered safe to return.

So, Vandoorne or Senor Oops?

isn't Gutierrez away for more than 3 years? maybe he doesn't have a superlicense anymore

that's why he'll be picked up

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Some noise around Hulkenberg but I'll be surprised if it's not Gutierrez. Will be interesting to see what he can do in a good car at short notice. Imagine it'll be the equivalent of a weekend like Di Resta's at Hungary three years ago. Anything better would be quite impressive

I hope it's Vandoorne. He still has a lot of recent racing experience compared to Guttierez. But Guttierez might be prefered by the Mexican sponsors of RP if his superlicense thing works out...

Vandoorne has commitments in Berlin, although maybe they are flexible.

Regardless, the choice is obvious;