Lewis Hamilton is poised to give the home fans fans something to cheer as the sun finally shone over Silverstone ahead of tomorrow’s British Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso gave Ferrari their first win in 11 races as a pit-stop blunder from Red Bull cost Sebastian Vettel another victory.

Sebastian Vettel got the jump on Mark Webber at the start of the British Grand Prix to take his customary place at the head of the field at a damp Silverstone.

Red Bull Racing shrugged off the technical row that has so far cast a shadow over the British Grand Prix weekend by locking out the front row of the Silverstone grid.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has suggested he will remove the British Grand Prix from next season's calendar if Silverstone does not agree to a deal in the next two days.

Lewis Hamilton vowed to bring the good times back to his legion of fans after enduring a British Grand Prix weekend to forget.

Jenson Button was handed a stark warning on and off track as a British Grand Prix that began with hope ended in disappointment.

Sebastian Vettel proved to Jenson Button this season’s Formula One world title fight will not be a walk in the park after a storming British Grand Prix victory.

Sebastian Vettel will start in pole position for tomorrow's British Grand Prix after crushing his rivals in qualifying, leaving championship leader Jenson Button down in sixth.

Lewis Hamilton rocked Silverstone to its roots and sent 90,000 fans into a frenzy with a British Grand Prix victory.

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a superb start to a rain-hit British Grand Prix after storming off the line from fourth place to challenge pole-sitter and McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen for the lead.

The British Grand Prix has been saved – but its new home is to be Donington Park from 2010 and not Silverstone.

The British Grand Prix weekend got off to a dramatic start today as the first official practice session at Silverstone was marred by a sizeable shunt for world championship leader Felipe Massa.

Silverstone chiefs are confident they are prepared for the worst should the British Grand Prix be hit by rain this weekend.

Fernando Alonso clinched his fourth successive pole position on a day of disaster for Jenson Button.

Michael Schumacher was quickest in practice for the British Grand Prix this morning.

Giancarlo Fisichella put his only flying lap to good use at Silverstone today by setting the fastest time for a race driver in practice for the British Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso stole pole position for the British Grand Prix with a stunning lap at Silverstone today to add to world championship rival Kimi Raikkonen’s woes.

Fernando Alonso will start in pole position at tomorrow's British Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen suffered a shattering blow to his world title bid after sustaining an engine failure for the second successive grand prix weekend.

The British Racing Drivers’ Club has called a board meeting in the hope of finding a way to revive talks to save the British Grand Prix.

Jackie Stewart has refused to admit defeat in the long-running battle to save the British Grand Prix.

The prospect of there being a Silverstone Grand Prix next summer looked increasingly bleak today after Formula One rights holder Bernie Ecclestone appeared to draw a line under negotiations with the British Racing Drivers’ Club and moved on to consider overseas alternatives.

Michael Schumacher has won the British Grand Prix from Kimi Raikkonen with Rubens Barrichello third.

Ferrari had no regrets for setting the tone which turned pre-qualifying into a farce and resulted in Bernie Ecclestone slamming what transpired as “very stupid.”

Silverstone specialist Rubens Barrichello has his eye on a second consecutive victory in the British Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen stole the limelight from Jenson Button to claim pole position for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone today.

Pre-qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone today became a contest over who could drive slowest as teams prepared for rain.

Fernando Alonso will lose 10 grid positions after qualifying today for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone following an engine failure in fourth practice this morning.

Minardi chose not to run their cars in the first of this morning’s practice sessions for the British Grand Prix out of respect for sporting director John Walton, who died late yesterday.

Brazil’s Rubens Barrichello triumphed in one of the most dramatic British Grands Prix of recent years after a demonstrator risked his life by running along the Silverstone track today.

Barrichello, whose future at Ferrari is understood to be in doubt, took the chequered flag for the sixth victory of his career today, maintaining fifth place in the drivers’ championship, but with a much more healthy 49 points.

Rubens Barrichello has won British Grand Prix for Ferrari.

Ten laps from home, Barrichello Is on course for his first win since the penultimate race of last season in the United States.

With 20 laps remaining, Raikkonen is just two tenths clear of Barrichello.

Raikkonen has taken the lead at the start of lap 31 due to da Matta pitting, albeit with a good stop of 6.8 seconds.

Today’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone was disrupted by a protester who forced his way on to the track and walked into the path of the high-speed Formula One cars.

Jarno Trulli holds a 0.6-second advantage over Raikkonen by the end of 10 laps, with Barrichello a mere half a second back followed closely by the Schumacher brothers and then Montoya, with the top six separated by just 4.4secs.

Renault’s Jarno Trulli made a sensational start to the British Grand Prix as pole sitter Rubens Barrichello was left trailing in the wake of the Italian.

Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari will start tomorrow's British GP at Silverstone from pole position after topping qualifying.

Juan Pablo Montoya posted a warning to Michael Schumacher that he is determined to claim his first pole position of the season.

Kimi Raikkonen today refused to be overshadowed by the Ferraris as he topped the standings at the end of the penultimate practice session for the British Grand Prix.