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BRITAIN has some of the greatest sporting venues in the world and for the motor racing fan - it is Silverstone.
In World terms, there are few circuits that historically and emotionally rank in the same league and these include Monza in Italy and Indianapolis in the USA. In fact, Formula One itself started here in 1950 when the first ever race was held at the Northamptonshire circuit. Not only is Silverstone a legendary place but it is a place where legendary drivers such as Fangio, Clark, Hill, Stewart, Prost, Mansell and Senna had famous victories.
Silverstones history goes back to World War II, when the Royal Air Force chose the hill-top site, which lies between Northampton and Oxford, as an airfield. The bomber-training base closed at the end of the war but pre-...