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- wikipedia2008 British Grand Prix is the ninth race of the 2008 Formula One season. It is to be held on 4 July–6 July at Silverstone, England. It will be the 59th British Grand Prix which has been an event in a world championship. The British Grand Prix will once again be sponsored by Santander. The event is a complete sell out for all sessions.
French Grand Prix winner Felipe Massa leads the Drivers' Championship for Ferrari by 2 points from Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber. World Champion Kimi Räikkönen is 5 points behind team-mate Massa, with home driver Lewis Hamilton a further 5 points back for McLaren.
After dominating the 2008 French Grand Prix, Scuderia Ferrari lead the Constructors' Championship by 17 points from BMW Sauber. Force India are the only team yet to score points in the Championship.
Four former British Grand Prix winners will be in the field this year. Kimi Räikkönen won the race in 2007 on his way to the World Title. Fernando Alonso of Renault won the World Title the previous year after a British Grand Prix win. Honda's Rubens Barrichello won the race whilst at Ferrari in 2003 British Grand Prix whilst home favourite David Coulthard of Red Bull Racing won the British Grand Prix for McLaren in 1999 and in 2000. He is the last Brit to win the race. The last Englishman to win the race was Johnny Herbert in 1995.
Ferrari have won 15 World Championship British Grand Prix, including 5 of the last 10. Only Renault have stopped Ferrari and McLaren from winning in the last decade. McLaren's last win in Britain came from Juan Pablo Montoya in 2005.
DRIVER STANDINGS
CONSTRUCTOR STANDINGS01 Felipe Massa 48
02 Robert Kubica 46
03 Kimi Räikkönen 43
04 Lewis Hamilton 38
05 Nick Heidfeld 28
06 Heikki Kovalainen 20
07 Jarno Trulli 18
08 Mark Webber 18
09 Fernando Alonso 10
10 Nico Rosberg 8
11 Kazuki Nakajima 7
12 David Coulthard 6
13 Timo Glock 5
14 Sebastian Vettel 5
2005 Winner - Juan Pablo Montoya01 Ferrari 91
02 BMW Sauber 74
03 McLaren-Mercedes 58
04 Red Bull-Renault 24
05 Toyota 23
06 Williams-Toyota 15
07 Renault 12
08 Honda 8
09 STR-Ferrari 7
10 Force India-Ferrari 0
2006 Winner - Fernando Alonso
2007 Winner - Kimi Raikkonen
Moto Sport Weather - BBC 5 Day Forecast
Live Stream - Friday Practice, Quali and Race. http://itv-f1.com
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So 2 things to start off, anyone else attending? I'm sat at Stowe C.
And, who will come out on top? Ferrari or McLaren?