Britain: Nice Surprise in Store at Silverstone?


By Jamie Makin
July 6 2005

Jacques Villeneuve is looking forward to this weekend's British Grand Prix at Silverstone. It's a track that has treated him well in the past with one pole position and two wins to his credit. He has also had good reliability at the circuit, parking his car only once in eight starts.

Jacques Villeneuve (Car #11):

"Silverstone is a very different track from the others we race on. It is quite high-speed, but most of that speed is in corners rather than on straights. Because of that we have to use hard tyres. The weather is also unpredictable: it can be cold, hot or raining, you just don’t know what to expect.

"Unlike most of the other teams we didn’t test there this year so it will be hard to find the right set-up. Therefore I have no idea what to expect overall, or whether Silverstone will suit our car, but sometimes you get nice surprises."

Jacques Villeneuve - Results for British GP:

YEAR QUAL RACE COMMENTS
2003 9 10 -
2002 9 4 -
2001 12 8 -
2000 10 16 -
1999 9 DNF Halfshaft
1998 3 7 -
1997 1 1 -
1996 2 1 -


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