After an unbroken run of 23 years, Silverstone will host its last Formula One grand prix race on Sunday as the blue riband event of British motorsport moves to Donington Park from 2010.
Neither Hamilton nor Button have anything against Donington per se, but neither driver can fathom why the race should be leaving Silverstone in the first place or why the track should not be offered the chance to pick up the slack if Donington hits the buffers.
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“Silverstone is one of the classics and there aren’t circuits like it these days. Every driver who races here in a Formula One car loves it. It’s really fast and you really push the car to its limits. You feel how amazing an F1 car is – the speed, the change of the direction, the braking, it’s just a perfect place to showcase a Formula One car’s performance.”
“I can’t imagine not having a British Grand Prix,” Button added. “A lot of the people who work in F1 are British. With the way British motorsport is and with Lewis winning the championship and me leading the championship, I don’t understand how it could happen.”
Hamilton agreed with his fellow Briton. “Formula One just wouldn’t be the same without the British Grand Prix,” he said. “It is out of the question.”
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