Hamilton took pole position during Saturday's qualifying, his eighth of the season, ahead of Rosberg and the two Williams of Silverstone was used in its revised 2011 Arena Grand Prix layout, which has been described as "one of the fastest circuits in the F1 calendar".The second session on Friday afternoon was red-flagged early on when Romain Grosjean got stuck in a In the third and final practice session, held on Saturday morning, World Champion Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time, half a second ahead of his teammate, who spent the better part of the session in the garage while his team investigated a possible gearbox oil leak. ; Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina won that first race for Alfa Romeo.
Hat-trick Hamilton takes a record from Stewart 2015 British Grand Prix stats and facts Posted on . Should they have let him through – or just let the pair fight it out? The MotoGP and Moto3 races were held in wet conditions, while the Moto2 race was in dry conditions with cloudy weather. Stirred by text messages from "What a great race! Both Ferrari drivers made a pit stop for new tyres early, on laps 14 and 15, apparently set for a two-stop strategy.By the halfway point, the drivers were told that rain was expected before the end of the race. 2015 British Grand Prix Race Report Posted on Sunday, 05 Jul 2015 17:00 (UTC) "A good day for morale" Silverstone, Sunday July 5. We have noticed that you are using the English version of our web site. Playing next. Appropriately, the driver of car number 44 won the Driver of the Weekend poll with 44.44% of the vote.Two Williamses leading, a drop or two or rain – and a McLaren in the points.
Only two tracks have hosted more - Monza (64) and Monte Carlo (62). The 2015 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 30 August 2015. Great Britain is the first of only two ever-present races on the Formula 1 World Championship calendar, and Silverstone is the venue again this year, as it was for F1’s very first championship round in 1950. Bottas complained that he was faster and requested permission to overtake for the lead, which Williams granted. That's not racing, but it would have been nice to have been able to race when I had the best opportunities. Compare how they did and vote for the best.Lewis Hamilton became the seventh driver in Formula One history to win his home race three times – something even his idol Ayrton Senna never managed.It all came right on lap number 43 for car number 44: Lewis Hamilton’s smart pit call won him the British Grand Prix and exorcised his Monaco demons.Were Williams right to tell Bottas to stay behind Massa? Both circuits, like Silverstone, were on the inaugural Formula One racing calendar in 1950, though the British circuit had the honour of hosting the very first round of the world championship. GP3 2015 British Grand Prix Race One part 1/2. But had it stayed dry, one of their drivers could have beaten the all-conquering Mercedes.When the rain arrived at the British Grand Prix most drivers managed to resist the temptation to switch to intermediate tyres – but some headed to the pits too soon.Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap on his way to victory but Nico Rosberg put him under pressure while the track was drying later in the race.The stewards have cleared all five drivers who were involved in the first-lap collision at the British Grand Prix.Nico Rosberg said he thought Lewis Hamilton had made a mistake by pitting for intermediate tyres late in the British Grand Prix.Romain Grosjean held Daniel Ricciardo responsible for the first-lap collision which wiped out both Lotus drivers.Valtteri Bottas said he passed up chances to overtake team mate Felipe Massa because his team told him not to.Lewis Hamilton said his decision to pit for intermediates in the British Grand Prix was a rare example of him making a “perfect” pit call.Lewis Hamilton took his fifth victory of 2015 in front of his home crowd at Silverstone despite a rain shower and a strong showing from Williams.Lewis Hamilton extends his championship points lead to 17 over Nico Rosberg. There are definitely elements or risk and reward to balance when pushing hard. Who do you think was the best driver during the 2015 British Grand Prix weekend? 2015 FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING ... Standings It is the word ‘almost’ that makes this section of the circuit both difficult and a firm driver favourite. Fernando Alonso scored what he described as ‘the first point of many’ for McLaren-Honda today.