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Mark Webber has won the Grand Prix of Great Britain for the second time in three years after a late charge on Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard suffered in his final stint and lost the win 5 laps from the end. With Alonso second, Sebastian Vettel finished third to make this a great result for Red Bull Racing.
F1T - Alonso on top in dry final practice
Really? Can't say I've noticed that myself. Perhaps some of us do but most of us don't - which camp are you in? Judging by the amount of foreign aid we send around the world I would say that making fun of other people's misfortunes isn't a British trait - maybe it's just a trait shared by a certain sector of the country.andartop wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100986
I know this will sound inflammatory and I apologize for that, but I can't help but laugh at the irony here: the British are always among the first to make fun of others' misfortunes and/or screw ups, but they need to have a long hard look at themselves.
If this happened every year, then yes, we would. But last year we didn't have these problems because last year we didn't have a month of rain in a few days. I'm 10 miles from Silverstone and we've had 60mm of rain in the last 5 days and it hasn't rained all day every day. (The average July rainfall is about 70mm for the month I think). The last time SIlverstone had these problems was when Bernie made them hold the race in April which was done as a way to get at the BRDC (Silverstone's owners) because they wouldn't bow before him.If it were another country we would probably have talks about scrapping the Grand Prix by now.
Actually, the traffic has been pretty good since the A43 was dualled between the M40 and the M1. There are still some hold ups but it's nowhere near as bad as it was 10 years ago and amazingly good when you consider they are trying to get 100000 people in to a limited amount of car parks in a short period of time. The problems this year is because people were turning up at campsites and car parks and being turned away because the ground was waterlogged - so instead of the traffic flowing freely off the road, it's being put back on to it with nowhere else to go.I mean, seriously, the huge traffic jams have been a problem for Silverstone for like, I don't know, 20 years now? And if there's one place in the world where one should expect rain to be an issue that would be right here.
Well, it'll give you something else to moan about, I supposeHere's to a massive downpour during the Olympics opening ceremony!!!
The M40 and the M1 often have accidents which create tail backs but otherwise it all flows reasonably well - except for the rush hour periods of course but that's a different issue altogether.myurr wrote:Unfortunately the road infrastructure in the UK is abysmal and is a nationwide issue. I've not been to Silverstone so I can't speak for the circuit itself, but the main roads around that area often have traffic issues even when the GP is not on. That, unfortunately, is a political and national investment issue.
