Although last year’s British Grand Prix was held in dry conditions the entire weekend was affected by bad weather.
Prolonged rain in the days and weeks leading up to the race and more rain on practice day left thousands of spectators struggling to make it in through the mud. Some were advised not to turn up on Saturday. Fortunately on Sunday it brightened up and the race was run on a dry track.
Silverstone will be spared anything as bad as we saw last year. Rain is forecast for the first day of practice, with both sessions likely to see some rain, but after that conditions will improve.
The sun should being to peek through the clouds on Saturday, bringing temperatures up towards 20C. Things will continue in that fashion on Sunday as the cloud cover continues to lighten, though it is expected to be windier on race day.
There will be regular updates on the track conditions during each session on F1 Fanatic Live and the F1 Fanatic Twitter account.
Location of Silverstone
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2013 British Grand Prix
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William (@william)
27th June 2013, 10:34
What is the Dutch TT weather like over the course of the weekend for MotoGP
Xujun Zhang (@endofworld2012)
27th June 2013, 10:55
lotus dossn’t like rain !
KaIIe (@kaiie)
27th June 2013, 14:38
More good news for Pirelli, it looks like for the nth time they can’t get proper data on the new test tyres. Maybe in Germany then…
BasCB (@bascb)
27th June 2013, 18:01
Funny, it seems every time they try to test these tyres there’s rain! Lets call it poetic justice for testing :-)
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
28th June 2013, 3:07
Their timing is never the most appropriate.
William (@william)
29th June 2013, 4:10
Rain is here to stay for Qualifying and Race across the weekend with thunderstorms and heavy rain predicted for quali and race
David-A (@david-a)
29th June 2013, 4:30
@william – Where did you hear that?
William (@william)
29th June 2013, 4:37
@david-a
It was saying that about half an hour ago and now the weather is for cloudy conditions for qualifying and race