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Formula One returns the home of motorsport for its third consecutive weekend of racing, as sunny Silverstone hosts the heritage British Grand Prix. Join The Roar for a live blog from 11pm AEST.
In its 70th appearance, the 5.8km circuit based at a former World War II airbase, will see it tackled at the fastest speeds ever seen in a Formula One car – with the edition of a third DRS zone and more corners to be taken flat out.
The 52-lap British Grand Prix has been a fortress of Mercedes AMG, with the last five races having been won by the Silver Arrows juggernaut. Lewis Hamilton, who is the only Brit contesting this year’s race, has won the last four.
Ferrari have not won at Silverstone since 2011, whilst championship leader Sebastian Vettel has only a single British Grand Prix win to his name from 2009.
Pirelli have brought their hardest compounds of tyres to this race, given the nature of circuit being bumpy. The blue-marked hard tyre makes its 2018 debut, alongside the medium and soft tyres – which’ll be tested amongst the high track temperatures.
An aggressive two-stop strategy can be expected, with blistering set to plague even the hardest of Pirelli’s tyres.
Hamilton claimed his fourth consecutive pole position on home soil, which was also his 50th for Mercedes AMG overall by the narrowest of margins over the Ferraris – who were left scratching their heads.
Sebastian Vettel leads Kimi Räikkönen on the grid and what they’ll be encouraged by, is that they have the better car with the better race pace.
Can the Prancing Horse ultimately look after its tyres better than the Silver Arrow? That’ll be the question burning on minds for the race.
There’ll be no disparity in the strategies either, with all drivers inside the top ten to start on the soft tyres, having set their fastest Q2 laps on the yellow-marked compound.
Haas once again join Red Bull as best of the rest and inside the top ten, as Charles Leclerc in the Sauber makes another impressive Q3 appearance in ninth.
Two heritage British names in McLaren and Williams both had lacklustre qualifying sessions, with Stoffel Vandoorne eliminated in Q1 and Fernando Alonso only managing thirteenth.
Both Williams’ cars were out in Q1 with a disappointing crash from Lance Stroll.
Tune in on The Roar from 11pm AEST for live blog coverage of the British Grand Prix, as the iconic BRDC Trophy awaits its latest recipient.
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