F1 British Grand Prix live updates: Follow latest from today's race with Max Verstappen on pole
This is it. A true gem in the F1 crown. History. Modernism. Speed. Overtaking. Silverstone exudes everything that is great about this sport.
Seven of the 10 F1 teams are based nearby and a host of drivers will consider this their home race — even Alex Albon, who is British-born but races under the Thai flag.
Abbey, Copse, Maggots, Becketts, Stowe… Even the corner names evoke sharp imagery.
Lewis Hamilton is the most successful driver around this circuit with a phenomenal tally of NINE victories.
This weekend is his first visit as a Ferrari driver — coincidentally the team with the most victories here (18).
As for the key circuit facts: Circuit length: 5.89 km (3.66 miles)
(3.66 miles) Laps: 52
Lap record: 1:27.097 (Max Verstappen, 2020)
(Max Verstappen, 2020) First GP: 1950
You can take a trip around the iconic Silverstone track with Madeline Coleman 's circuit breakdown, which is linked below.
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'But it doesn't feel right, at least to me. I know my team-mates and I will do our best to go forward, but, for me, I don't see myself just moving on and playing football happily ever again. I've never felt like this before.' Advertisement It's a difficult thing to talk about. The Athletic contacted dozens of players involved in similar situations, most of whom politely declined to contribute to this article, which is entirely understandable. One player didn't wish to talk about his experiences, partly on the basis that the death of a team-mate opened up a place for him in the team, which was a factor in his career progressing. Mark McGhee not only had to replace a player when Phil O'Donnell died, but he had to replace a role model. 'In that team, Phil was a man amongst boys,' he says. 'He gave us much, much more than simply his performance on the pitch. He was a level above the rest in terms of maturity and experience.' Eventually, they did manage to think about football. Motherwell finished third in the Scottish Premier League that season, behind Celtic and Rangers, and while McGhee was keen not to lean too much on a 'do it for Phil' message, that clearly hung over the squad for the whole season. 'Come the end of a season,' says McGhee, 'there are real dilemmas because you're usually changing the squad, there are a lot of players who are out of contract. But I felt such loyalty to that group that I thought, 'How could we possibly break this group up? They need to stay forever because of what we've gone through together'.' Sharing such a traumatic experience will bond a group. An ultimately unwanted bond, perhaps, but a bond nonetheless. Andy McMillan and the York players who lost their team-mate David Longhurst are still in touch to this day. 'We try to get together, or we send a happy birthday message to someone, or say 'remember this day' when some funny YouTube clip comes up, we share the link. There is a bond. 'Some of the other players, I think they would bottle the whole thing up and don't speak about it. For me personally, I think it helps to talk about him, even though it's taken me a while. I think because it just sort of keeps him alive.'
