F1 Great Britain

Redbull have really turned it up notch. Vettel got his second poll in a row and Webber came really close to making it an all Redbull front row. Brawn GP were definitely off the pace but the real surprise was that Barrichello out qualified Button for the first time this season. I have a suspicion that Barrichello may not have shared all of his practise data with Button this time. I have no evidence to support my theory; it is just a hunch.

In the race, Vettel kept it on the track for the first lap this time and pretty much cruised to the victory, with Weber passing Barrichello in the pits to make it a Redbull one-two finish. Thankfully, there was plenty of good racing in the rest of the field. Who could have imagined Hamilton and Alonso fighting over fifteenth place, but it was fun to watch them throwing their poorly handling cars around the track. Unfortunately this is the only proof that McLaren were actually at the race. Ferrari showed better performance in the race than in qualifying but were completely unable to explain why. Williams is also improving. The rest of the season is going to be interesting.

Finally, Silverstone is an historic F1 circuit. The fact that the F1 management are willing drop it from the calender is, I think, indicative of what has gone wrong with the sport. The modern circuits might be better in some technical ways but they feel sterile compare to places like Silverstone.