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British GP 'heading for Silverstone'A deal for next year's British Grand Prix to remain at Silverstone is imminent, according to Silverstone Holdings managing director Richard Phillips. The future of the British GP has been the subject of a long-running saga, with Donington... In this article: British Grand Prix, Silverstone, BBC Radio Northampton, Bernie Ecclestone, Northamptonshire, and Donington Park |
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BBC News | 12 hours ago
Silverstone 'close to British GP deal'
...last updated at 18:27 GMT, Monday, 23 November 2009 Silverstone 'set to seal F1 deal' Silverstone has to sign a contract for the British Grand Prix by 9 December Silverstone Holdings' managing director says a deal for the track to host...
In this article: Silverstone, Silverstone, Donington Park, European Grand Prix, Formula 1, BBC Radio Northampton, and Bernie Ecclestone
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New Kerala | 1 day ago
Future of British Grand Prix to be decided by December
London, Nov 22 : The future of the British Grand Prix is to be decided by December, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said Sunday. "If we do not have a signed contract by then, there will not be a British Grand Prix," Ecclestone said...
In this article: Bernie Ecclestone, Silverstone, Donington Park, London, and BBC
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Sportingnews | 1 day ago
F1 boss sets Dec. 9 deadline for 2010 British GP
Associated Press LONDON -- Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has announced a Dec. 9 deadline to decide whether there will be a British Grand Prix next year. The race that has run every year since 1948 at various circuits looked set to...
In this article: Bernie Ecclestone, All rights reserved, Formula One, Silverstone, Donington Park, London, and Associated Press
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Daily Express | 1 day ago
Ecclestone confirms British GP deadline
...confirms British GP deadline Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has revealed December 9 is the deadline for a deal to be done if the British Grand Prix is to take place next summer. Plans to switch the race from Silverstone to Donington...
In this article: Bernie Ecclestone, Lewis Hamilton, Formula One, Silverstone, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, and McLaren
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Telegraph.co.uk - Sport | 1 day ago
Bernie Ecclestone confirms Silverstone deadline for British Grand Prix
Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has revealed Dec 9 is the deadline for a deal to be done if the British Grand Prix is to take place next summer. Published: 10:36AM GMT 22 Nov 2009 Deadline: Silverstone talks with Bernie Ecclestone...
In this article: Bernie Ecclestone, Silverstone, Formula One, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, and McLaren
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British GP facing final deadline
...December is when it would be taken off the calendar. If there's no contract in place, there won't be a British Grand Prix." Donington Park was set to host the British GP but was seemingly ruled out after failing to show it had the necessary...
In this article: Bernie Ecclestone, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Silverstone, Donington Park, Formula 1, BBC Radio 5, and Michael Schumacher
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Autoblog | 3 days ago
British GP track Donington Park declares bankruptcy
...ride for Donington Park this year. The British racing circuit hosted a Formula One race back in 1993, and was set to take over the British Grand Prix from Silverstone until the race promoter fell on hard times. Donington Ventures...
In this article: Bankruptcy, Donington Park, Formula One Management, Silverstone, 1993 European Grand Prix, Autocar, and Bernie Ecclestone
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Sunday Mirror | 3 days ago
Bernie Ecclestone sets Silverstone December deadline over British GP
Bernie Ecclestone has given Silverstone until December 11 to agree a new deal for the British Grand Prix or face being booted out of the world championship. The F1 ringmaster said that is the date the sport's governing body meets for final...
In this article: Bernie Ecclestone, Silverstone, World Cup, Silverstone, Jenson Button, McLaren, Lewis Hamilton, and Hamilton
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Times Online | 4 days ago
Bernie Ecclestone ready to drop British Grand Prix
Navigation - link to other main sections from here Bernie Ecclestone ready to drop British Grand Prix With Jenson Button set to face Lewis Hamilton at McLaren Mercedes next season, fans of British motor racing have rarely been offered a...
In this article: Bernie Ecclestone, McLaren, Lewis Hamilton, Silverstone, Formula One, Damon Hill, and Jenson Button
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The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire. The British and Italian Grand Prix are the oldest continuously staged Formula One world championship Grand Prix.
Grand Prix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at the Brooklands course in 1926 after his winning of the 1923 French Grand Prix and the San Sebastián Grand Prix the following year, which raised interest in the sport. The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B.
Silverstone has hosted the race regularly since the start of the F1 championship in 1950 (in which it was the first race of the first ever official World Championship) and every year since 1987; it alternated with Brands Hatch between 1964 and 1986, and with Aintree (better known as a horse-racing course) between 1955 and 1962.
Before it was heavily modified in 1991, Silverstone was one of the fastest tracks on the Formula 1 calendar. The drivers loved the challenge of the sweeping and extremely demanding Copse, Stowe and Club corners. 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg held the all-time Formula 1 qualifying lap record for 16 years after posting fastest time for the 1985 British Grand Prix with an average speed of 258.983 km/h (160.92mph).
In recent times Silverstone has produced some fine race wins by British drivers, such as John Watson (1981), Nigel Mansell (1987, 1991, 1992), Damon Hill (1994), David Coulthard (1999, 2000) and Lewis Hamilton (2008).
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