Silverstone Preview

This year's British Grand Prix at Silverstone has already got off to a big bang with the announcement that Donington Park will be hosting the British GP starting 2010. There has been a constant battle with the BRDC for keeping the GP but and Max have found an alternate venue for one of the most important Grand Prix's on the Formula One calendar. Being the base and home for most of the teams, a calendar without the British GP would be unheard of. Donington Park will always be associated with the Senna name for his miraculous display on the first lap at Donington Park in 1993, the last time a race was held there. Senna overtook SIX cars en route to one of his greatest victories ever.

But saying that I personally will be sad to see Silverstone go!! It is a beautiful track with some of the most challenging corners amongst all Formula One circuits today. Copse is a perfect corner to start the lap which is almost flat before coming into the twisty Maggots and Beckets complex. Stowe is the famous corner where Michael Schumacher's brakes failed in 1999 and he went crashing into the barriers injuring his legs and putting him out of commission for most of that season.

The Ferrari's are clearly the favourites coming into this race following a dominant 1-2 at Magny-Cours. Kimi Raikkonen has always gone well here, consistently finishing on the podium for the last couple of years. This year he will be more than determined to win following his disappointing second place in Magny-Cours. Felipe Massa is probably in the form of his life and is driving very smartly this year to constantly finish in the points and be the current leader in the Championship. On current form, Ferrari are looking most likely to dominate this year's British Grand Prix.

As I previously wrote Lewis Hamilton has been struggling to fight the leaders in the last couple of races due to his own faults but will be more than motivated and inspired to perform in front of his home fans this weekend. He has super quick last week during the three-day test at Silverstone and could probably be the only driver who will be able to split the Ferrari's this weekend or even pull off a surprise win. Lewis seems to be in good shape this weekend and don't be surprised if he is on pole come Saturday. His team-mate Kovalainen is due for some luck but I don't see him challenging the top three at Silverstone, even though his first win is not too far away.

Surprise package of the year, Robert Kubica and BMW hope to be back to 'normal' after their disappointing outing last time out in Magny-Cours, where they clearly seemed to be struggling. He will have to