2012 british grand prix articles archive

Fernando Alonso pipped Mark Webber to pole position by less than five hundredths of a second after rain forced a lengthy stoppage to qualifying.

Fernando Alonso was quickest in a dry final hour of practice ahead of Jenson Button and Romain Grosjean.

There’s little information to be gleaned from two washed-out practice sessions which one driver described as “boring”.

Silverstone is taking the unprecedented step of asking some fans not to attend Saturday’s action at the track.

Can you predict the top five finishers in the British Grand Prix?

Lewis Hamilton was quickest in a very wet second practice session which saw little running in the first hour.

Romain Grosjean was quickest for Lotus in a wet first practice session at Silverstone where some drivers didn’t set times.

Britain has just had the wettest June since records began in 1910 and rain is likely to be a feature of the upcoming Grand Prix weekend.

All the session times for the British Grand Prix plus this weekend’s IndyCar, GP2 and GP3 races.

Red Bull say they’ll be in a good position for the rest of the season if they are competitive at Silverstone. But Ferrari also fancy their chances.

Pirelli will bring an experimental new hard tyre compound for teams to test during practice at this weekend’s British Grand Prix.