The British Grand Prix Thread (Montoya wins!)

[Ed]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the eleventh round of the 2005 season taking place at Silverstone in Britain between the 8th and 10th of July.

The British Grand Prix Preview is now available here.
The main British Grand Prix Main Page is available here.

To submit your 8 'n' Pole Picks for Britain click here, to register in the competition click here (it is never too late to enter as the winner of each round wins a prize in addition to the overall prizes)

The Team preview page is now available here

Previews availabe from (updated as they become available)
Williams, BAR, Toyota, Sauber, Jordan, McLaren, Renault

Michelin, Bridgestone

Team and Driver quotes:
Friday Practice
Qualifying
Race

FIA Press Conferences
Thursday with Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Giancarlo Fisichella and Mark Webber
Friday with Ross Brawn, Mike Gascoyne, Sam Michael, Adrian Newey, Pat Symonds
Saturday with Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button
Sunday with Juan Pablo Montoya, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen

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The event timetable for the British Grand Prix

Friday
1st Friday Practice 11:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
2nd Friday Practice 14:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

Saturday
1st Saturday Practice 09:00 local time - 08:00 GMT
2nd Saturday Practice 10:15 local time - 09:15 GMT
Qualifying 13:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 13:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

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The latest weather forecast for the British Grand Prix (last updated 9 July)

Friday
1st Practice - 11:00 - 18 - Mostly Cloudy
2nd Practice - 14:00 - 19 - Mostly Cloudy

Saturday
1st Practice - 09:00 - 16 - Partly Cloudy
2nd Practice - 10:15 - 17 - Partly Cloudy
Qualifying - 13:00 - 21 - Partly Cloudy

Sunday
Race - 14:00 - 24 - Sunny

[Byron Forbes]

Theory #1- Frank Williams will announce the end of the Williams F1 team within a few months unless he can secure Cosworth for next year.

Theory #2 - If we see Williams-Cosworth next year, Ford will finally get off their fat, lazy behinds and start producing the best engines in F1 for 5 years or so. Frank will get enthused by this and decide to get his act together for a few more dominant years before ultimately strolling off into retirement on a sweet note.

Dream on..........................

[Kapel]

The latest weather forecast for the British Grand Prix (last updated 5 July)

Friday - 21 - Scattered Showers
1st Practice - 11:00
2nd Practice - 14:00

Saturday - 24 - Few Showers
1st Practice - 09:00
2nd Practice - 10:15
Qualifying - 13:00

Sunday - 23 - Showers
Race - 14:00

Hahaha..i doubt it

Watch out for Montoya!!!

[Ed]

Hahaha..i doubt it

Seems you are right!

Latest weather forecast doesn't mention rain!

[Kapel]

If the prediction by Friday evening is for sunny weather,then expext rain ( i swear i'n not on Iced tea)
Usually forecast changes after friday

[Byron Forbes]

Wonder if bombings will effect race?

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Statement from Silverstone Circuits Limited

Following the events that took place in London today Silverstone would like to reassure all visitors attending the 2005 FORMULA 1? Foster?s British Grand Prix that the security of both spectators and participants is of paramount importance.

Silverstone has a well established set of security measures in place that have been agreed and planned in detail with the Police and other agencies.

Silverstone is confident that these measures are adequate to ensure the safety of all attending.

[Graham Ross]

McLaren are going to be hard to beat but I doubt Renault will be too far behind. BAR will probably get the better of Ferrari and Toyota.
I am really worried about Williams and hope that Sir Frank can save the situation otherwise they seem to be in serious decline

[rah]

I am picking Alonso ahead of Kimi. I just think that renault are more sorted at the moment. I also believe that BAR will be on a bit of a come back for the rest of the year. They can only get better.

Williams? well I think I will wait until after this race to make any predictions. I just hope they do better than last weekend.

[Byron Forbes]

Yeah, it's an interesting psychological blow to have an engine supplier lose faith in you like that - not only do they need to rebound quickly but they need to hurry up and get a good engine deal for next year before the light at the end of the tunnel disappears. Ideally it would be an exclusive deal - Honda, Mercedes and Ford being the possible exceptions but all of these have long relationships with their respective teams also.

Can't blame BMW though - I think they have been supplying Williams with a winning engine from day 1 and Williams have only come close once in 6 seasons. I'd be personally doubting Frank's enthusiasm too if I were them.

[JayVee]

I think this will be a very close race between Alonso The Cute and Kimi. Montoya could do well too.
BAR should have a good race too. Ferrari yet again say they will be competitive but on race day they'll find something to blame
Trulli could have a good race!

It will be a nightmare for Williams to have another poor result. They can't be going backwards! I would say France was a one off.

Villeneuve could score a point again

[Kapel]

I think Montoya could be the suprise of the race.
He just need to be in the top 8 in Q & he could change things in the race.

I've him in 3rd,wondering should i change it

[JayVee]

I think Montoya could be the suprise of the race.
He just need to be in the top 8 in Q & he could change things in the race.

I've him in 3rd,wondering should i change it

You should change the winner