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Jul 12, 2010

Happy campers flock to Silverstone Jul 12, 2010

A balmy summer weekend saw the British Formula One Grand Prix return to Silverstone – ‘the home of motorsport’ – and Red Bull were there to continue their ongoing support with Whittlebury Campsite,...

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Jul 7, 2010

GP Great Britain: Ones to Watch Jul 7, 2010

Silverstone gained a reprieve as home to the British Grand Prix after Donington's dreams failed to become reality, but with the top four in the standings now within a win of one another in the...

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Jul 5, 2010

Vettel looks forward to British Grand Prix Jul 5, 2010

We met Sebastian Vettel after the European Grand Prix in Valencia to get his view of the upcoming British GP. Britain has become a second home to Seb – not only is his car built in Britain, mainly by...

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Event Details

Location

Silverstone, UK (Map this address )

Start

JUL 9, 2010 at 12:00 AM

End

JUL 11, 2010 at 12:00 AM

About

The British Grand Prix, currently held at the Silverstone Circuit, holds the joint honour with the Italian Grand Prix as the oldest continuously staged Formula One World Championship races. It was first established in 1926 and Silverstone has regularly been its home since the first ever official race of the World Championship in 1950. It alternated between Silverstone and Aintree, the famous horse racing course, between 1955 and 1962 and Silverstone and Brands Hatch between 1964 and 1986. Silverstone has been the sole host every year since 1987. A dispute between Silverstone's owners and the Formula One authorities in 2003, over funding for necessary track improvements, led to doubts over the future of the race. In October 2004 the British Grand Prix was left off the preliminary race schedule for 2005 because the BRDC refused to pay the race fee demanded by Bernie Ecclestone. After months of negotiation a deal was made for the Grand Prix to be held at Silverstone until 2009. On 4 July 2008, it was announced that Donington Park had been awarded the contract to host the British Grand Prix for 10 years from 2010. However, it failed to secure the necessary funding to host the race, and its contract was terminated in November 2009. On 7 December 2009, Silverstone signed a 17 year contract to host the British Grand Prix from 2010 onwards. The 2010 race will be the debut of a new circuit configuration, with a brand new 'Arena' layout being used.