| Track Length: | 5.14 km |
The fifty-year-old Silverstone circuit hosted Formula One's first ever Grand Prix in 1950 and still hosts the British Grand Prix. This year it hosts one of the best GT races.
Copse corner has been widened since last year, but it is still a 4th gear corner. It is approached at 240 km/h and is usually taken at 200 km/h before accelerating towards the sweeps of Maggotts and Becketts which are a challenge for every driver. A well-balanced car can go through Maggotts at 200 km/h before slowing down a bit for the left, right, left of Becketts which is negotiated in third gear and almost 160 km/h.
Chapel is the entrance to the Hangar Straight, the fastest part of the circuit. Speeds up to 280km/h are reached here before slowing down to 150 km/h for Stowe which is the best place for overtaking and is a fast 'committed' corner. Vale leads to Club corner which is approached at 230 km/h and taken at 70 km/h and second gear at its apex before exiting the difficult long right-hander where the camber drops corner away.
A good exiting speed guarantees speeds of up to 230 km/h just before braking for Abbey which requires drivers to slow down to 100 km/h. A short straight called Farm follows before Bridge, the most 'committed' corner taken in 4th which you exit at around 220 km/h before braking hard for Priory which is in third gear and 125 km/h, followed by Brooklands which is even slower at 70 km/h.
Luffield is a long, slow right-hander which is entered at about 100 km/h. The speed at the exit of the corner is important with the start-finish straight following, Luffield is exited at around 130 km/h before taking Woodcote corner at about 220 km/h.
Address:
Silverstone, Nr Towcester, Northants, NN12 8TN, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1753 681736
Fax: +44 (0)1753 682938
Location:
Silverstone is 120 km north of London, 60 km
north-east of Oxford, and 25 km north-west of Northampton.
| Cars Entered by Chamberlain | Chassis C16 and Chassis C19 |
| Drivers | Ni Amorim & Will Hoy & Toni Seiler - C16
- Car Number 18 Christian Glasel & Christian Vann & John Hugenholtz - C19 - Car Number 19 |
| Qualifying | A quick morning period saw Ni Amorim, in
car number 18, produce a qualifying performance similar to Monza, gaining 5th place in the
grid with a time of 1:51.6. John Hugenholtz, driving in his first FIA race of the season,
posted a best time of 1:53.3 ensuring car number 19 would start the race from 10th place. A washed out afternoon session meant that no-one was able to improve their grid positions. However the team's remaining drivers of Will Hoy and Toni Seiler, in car 18, and Christian Glasel and Christian Vann, in car 19, were all able to gain some useful track experience. Team Principal, Hugh Chamberlain, was confident for tomorrows race: "Both the untimed and qualifying days were interrupted by rain and so the set up was a problem. However, despite this all the drivers seem very happy with the cars. Tomorrow could be good!" |
| Race | Ni Amorim & Will Hoy & Toni Seiler - C16
- Car Number 18 = DNF Christian Glasel & Christian Vann & John Hugenholtz - C19 - Car Number 19 = 4th place |
| Brief Synopsis
of events (official) |
The race, which
was over 500 miles, settled after early skirmishes into a battle between the factory
Vipers of ORECA, the Chamberlain Motorsport cars and the Roock Porsche team from Germany. All went well for Chamberlain, the first three hours with Amorim, Seiler and Hoy taking car number 18 up to fourth place, with car 19 rising to fifth place. However with little more than an hour to go, the lead Chamberlain car suffered gearbox failure allowing Vann, Glasel and Hugenholtz to move up to fourth, following an exciting battle between John Hugenholtz and the Roock Porsche of Ortelli and Hurtgen in the closing stages of the race. Hugh Chamberlain said; "Third and fifth in this company would have been very satisfactory, but I will settle for fourth." The team is now lying second in the Team Championship and is looking forward to the Le Mans 24-hour race in early June. |
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