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Overview of Silverstone Circuit, British Grand Prix

Posted on December 2, 2007 15:16 by ScottDrake

The 2008 British Grand Prix will take place on July 6 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone. The track has 17 turns and a distance of 5.141 KM (3.194 mile). Michael Schumacher set the track record of 1:18.739 while driving for Ferrari in 2004.

The modern layout rFactor track (http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Northamptonshire) has a 4 1/2-star rating from members of the rFactorCentral.com community.

The following older layouts are also available:

Future entries about this track will include:

  • First Impressions, including AI hot laps, screen captures and statistics about each turn
  • Ranking the corners for hot lapping
  • Hot laps and lessons learned
  • Passing zones, re-ranking the corners for passing
  • Racing and lessons learned