Why Verstappen will be “counting some sheep” at Silverstone

Mercedes may be utterly dominant in Formula 1 2020, but there is one standout driver causing the reigning champions problems. Max Verstappen is frank on his chances of beating Mercedes this weekend, but right now he seems to be the only one who can...

Alex Kalinauckas Aug 5, 2020, 4:23 PM

Upd: Aug 5, 2020, 4:49 PM

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Silverstone's expanse is flat, wide, spacious - it's what made it such a good spot for an airfield. The track is famously flat too, and the circuit's wide and spacious nature are the reason it is one of the few tracks in the UK that can actually accommodate everything required to host a Formula 1 grand prix.

Wide and spacious apply to the Wing complex too. In the summer of 2020, the pit building-cum-exhibition space (in 'normal' times) is strictly organised per the track's COVID-secure protocols – a warren of one-way paths to follow to a destination – team and crew catering, coronavirus testing area, the media centre. Of those examples, the final terminus had the feel of an exam hall: wide and spacious, with individual desks delicately spaced out, generally quiet and calm.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.