Fri, 06 Jul, 2012 - 15:13
The expected heavy rain and grey skies dominated first practice ahead of Sunday’s British Grand Prix.
Remarkably, the atrocious weather failed to dampen the enthusiasm of many of the fans, with a record 80,000 for a Friday at Silverstone looking on.
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