Game, time, checkered flag: Formula-1 will distract fans of football and tennis – Новости Формулы-1 – Auto / Moto

Friday, 6th of July
12.00 – first training session
16.00 – second training

Saturday 7th of July
13.00 – third training
16.00 – qualification

Sunday, July 8
16.10 – race

The season of "Formula 1" has almost reached the equator. Sunday at Silverstone will be the tenth stage of 21 scheduled. After completion, the teams will have some respite, as the British Grand Prix will be the third race in the last three weeks.

And the last to take place during the World Cup. Last Sunday, the "Austrian Grand Prix" took place during the 1/8 final match, during which the Russian national team in penalty kicks beat the Spanish national team. Do not think that the audience of football and "Formula 1" do not overlap. The Spielberg race remained in the shadow of the 2018 World Cup. Even though it's turned out to be incredibly steep.

"British Grand Prix" will take place on a day off from football. And briefly distract the attention of football – and even tennis (after all goes worship for the British Wimbledon) – the fans themselves. In fact, the situation in the most prestigious race series is worthy of the day to forget everything else. And you can only be happy for fans who have such a rich choice.

After the race at the "Red Bull Ring", the difference between the two leaders is one point. Sebastian Vettel is ahead of Lewis Hamilton again, but the Brit is determined to win the home race. In front of the fans, who led it ten years ago to the first in the championship career. Hamilton after the failure of the Mercedes in Austria noted that the "Ferrari" now exceeds the German team in the power of the power plant, and that is a decisive factor in the fight of both teams the strongest of the championship. To say that someone from at Silverstone will have an advantage, since he has won four consecutive races, is now risky. In this season, the historical series are interrupted one after the other. And yet – Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix four years in a row, and all in his Silverstone account five wins, like that of Alain Prost and Jim Clark. And the next victory will be for him a record. Vettel won in the UK once

Almost all teams will rely on the British Grand Prix on their own, but Williams seems to be waiting for only God's help or the manna from heaven. For the home race, the season 's underdog has prepared a huge package of updates, but the team' s updates speak of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Everyone hopes that these updates will eliminate the gap. "But, as recently testified test driver " Williams "Robert Kubica, of the good in the car only" Mercedes "engine and paint.On the basis of the team, it has already been revealed that the main problem is the loss of the clamping force in the diffuser and the lower zones caused by a design error.

These updates should help solve the problems These are new additional details. "I hope the situation after the upgrade will seriously change," said Williams' Russian driver, Sergei Sirotkin, his hope. By the tenth race of the season, he remained the only rider who did not score a single point.

There have been some changes from last year at Silverstone. The layout of the route remained virtually unchanged, but its coverage was completely replaced. Historically, Silverstone is extremely demanding on rubber, and the company "Pirelli" has brought to the UK the three most rigid compositions – software, medium and hard. In fact, the Italian shinnik has a superhard, but it is unlikely that he will be in demand during the season.

It is worth noting that more than one set of hard, namely two, was chosen by only five drivers. , Nico Hulkenberg and Sergei Sirotkin. Moreover, Hülkenberg was the only one of all pilots to stop at a single support game, which obviously can only be used directly in the race.

Another has been added to the two existing DRS zones – on the start line. That is to say that the riders of the first and second turns, if desired, can pbad with an open rear wing. The DRS zone at this location means that the cars will have less support, which increases the likelihood of a bend. In 2011, for this reason, the FIA ​​banned the use of DRS in the tunnel of Monaco.

GRAND PRIX GREAT BRITAIN

Circuit of the Silverstone
The length of the circle – 5 891 km
The number of circles – 52
The distance from the run – 306 20 km.