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BRITAIN’S BEST MOTORSPORT WEEKLY
GUEST EDITOR DAVID COULTHARD
How Silverstone helped save F1 2020
…and how you can enjoy all the action from home
30 JULY 2020 £3.99
BRITISH GP
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Get ready for two F1 battles at Silverstone
Silverstone is where the Formula 1 world championship began 70 years ago and, in these strange times, it’s great that the famous circuit will host two races in 2020.
The British Grand Prix is one of only two races – the other being the Italian GP – that has been a part of every F1 season since 1950, and so much of the F1 circus is based in the United Kingdom.
As circuit boss Stuart Pringle tells us on page 16, Silverstone has played a key part in making sure we have an F1 contest to savour this year, which is fantastic. It’s a shame that fans can’t come and enjoy the GP, but it’s the only way the event can work in the current circumstances. And you can still tune in to Channel 4 and visit Autosport.com to make sure you know all the important things that are going on!
The pace of the Mercedes W11 has been very impressive this year. Just when it looked as though Ferrari and Red Bull were beginning to apply pressure, this incredible team managed to find another gear. Mercedes now looks set to surpass the record of six straight constructors’ titles it currently shares with Ferrari, scored during the Jean Todt/Ross Brawn/Michael Schumacher era.
I was fortunate (or should that be unfortunate?!) enough to race against that Ferrari superteam. It meant that wins were tough to get, but beating the best was a strong motivation – and made victories all the sweeter.
Autosport asked me to help select my 10 best races (p26), which is not something I usually do as I like to look forwards. But it was good fun and reminded me how brilliant it was to be involved in such a fine era – and I’m sure it will be the same when the current drivers look back at their time trying to topple Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes.
David Coulthard Guest Editor autosport@autosport.com
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F1 British Grand Prix preview issue F1
BRITAIN’S BEST MOTORSPORT WEEKLY
GUEST EDITOR DAVID COULTHARD
How Silverstone helped save F1 2020
…and how you can enjoy all the action from home
30 JULY 2020
BRITISH GP
SPECIAL
F1 British Grand Prix preview issue F1
BRITAIN’S BEST MOTORSPORT WEEKLY
GUEST EDITOR DAVID COULTHARD
How Silverstone helped save F1 2020
…and how you can enjoy all the action from home
30 JULY 2020
BRITISH GP
SPECIAL
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