Early Thursday morning there was hardly any spirit around driving to Anfield from the main gate of Silver Stones and over the bridge. Come on weekends though it will be very different with a record 400,000 spectators expected to arrive in three days. In many ways it was calm before a possible storm - but on track instead of a sky. Before the season, it was hoped that Ferrari would join the title fight this year and make it a three-way fight with the Red Bull and Mercedes. He stopped his bargaining chip just to overtake current world champion Mercedes.
But after the upgrade in Barcelona, Mercedes has shown itself capable of re-engaging in controversy and with a significant new package for Silverstone - where they traditionally bring an impressive collection of updates - to a smooth surface. Together to alleviate their bouncing misery and a track. The layout that plays with the powers of the Silver Arrows is widely believed to be a great weekend for the team. It's always interesting to come to my home Silverstone race, said George Russell, the only driver in the top five in every race this season when we spoke at Silverstone on Thursday. As a team we have a lot to be interested and excited about. Definitely not going away. On paper, this should be a more competitive weekend than we've seen recently.
His seven-time world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton added that it is always good to be upgraded. The incredible amount of work going on in the background is overwhelming and extraordinary. People are delivering and it is always a big pressure to bring these components into the current situation. I am very proud of each one and I hope it gets on track. Favorites though are the Red Bulls - winners of the last six events and the speed they last showed in 2013 when the Milton Keynes-based organization won its fourth doubles championship on the bounce. The high straight line speed of the RB18s will once again make Max Verstappen a powerful force, especially with further upgrades in which the Dutchman wants to extend his already beautiful 46-point championship lead.
Verstappens on a roll - but could he win three in a row this weekend?
Not surprisingly, he played it all down - even to say that winning five out of six is nothing to celebrate because he really cares the most at the end of the season. But he spoke in a tone that undermined certain confidence in his chances of continuing his excellent form. It's too early to comment on the threat posed by Mercedes and Ferrari, "he said. The weekend of each race has been a little different for some teams. Do your best to do our best here. We know what we have with the car and we will just try to improve everything. But it's also a track layout - there are so many different layouts you should be good at.
Farm Guide Is the Verstappens Stellar Run Ready to Continue in the 2022 British Grand Prix? Perhaps the black horses here are fugitives whose initial season charge has lost its way since F1 returned to Europe from Australia. Basically the car is fast and capable of fighting for victory - but the combination of operational strategic and mechanical problems has thwarted their attack on both championships. Canada was a reshuffle for them last time, although Charles Laker made good use of a fresh one - though not updated - to reduce the Red Bull deficit in terms of power units and straight line speeds for combat. A new rear wing designed for From the back of the grid to the fifth. Meanwhile, his teammate Carlos Sanes put in his best all-round performance of the season to fight for the win before finishing second.
Charles Leclerc loves Silverstone and hits the top of the podium.
Ferrari should be fast around Silverstone and here too the Senses are getting a new rear wing. Laker, meanwhile, has an excellent record around the Northamptonshire circuit, which, despite finishing third and second in the last three races of the British Grand Prix, has a car that did not claim a podium on net performance.
I don't know why I'm so strong in Silverstone] he said. I love it we need the first place right now! I really like this place. Considering the last three times we've been here, this was not the best car to fight for this position, so it was a good result. But this year we have a car to fight for victory so we will go for victory. "It's a fresh engine. Hopefully there's no problem and we can have a clean weekend. We're already missing Barcelona, which I think is Miami," he said. Hopefully we can finally have a good weekend and win.
Very few people are tipping Leclerc to win - and given the current form of Verstappens, this could be a step too far. But due to a change of fortune, he is hungry for it and he has a car that can get him the desired final trophy for his Silver Stone set. It should be fun to watch him fight for it - and try to stop the championship's famous Red Bull and the re-emerging Mercedes. Let's keep it up.
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