Formula 1. Silverstone will host British Grand Prix

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On July 6-8th in Great Britain on the Silverstone Circuit tenth stage of the World Championship of racing in the Formula 1 car class – the British Grand Prix will take place, which is the oldest and will be held for the 52nd time, informs sportonline.ua.

Note that this is a high-speed circuit, located on a former military airfield of the Second World War. The configuration includes many high-speed turns. Pole at Silverstone is not very important.
This year, the organizers completely replaced the asphalt covering, and also corrected the longitudinal and transverse profiles of the route in order to improve the efficiency of the drainage system.

Recall, the record holders for the number of victories in the Grand Prix are Jim Clarke, Alain Prost and Lewis Hamilton, in the asset of which for five wins.
In addition to Hamilton (2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), among the current car racers Fernando Alonso (2006, 2011), Kimi Räikkönen (2007) and Sebastian Vettel (2009) became champions of the British Grand Prix.

Before the start of the British Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel (146 points) leads the race, ahead of Lewis Hamilton (145) and his partner Kimi Räikkönen (101).
In the Cup of designers Scuderia Ferrari (247) leads, ahead of 10 points Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport.

Earlier «Journalist» reported that the organizers of Formula-1 named the date of the beginning of the new season.