“Silverstone is a very exciting racetrack, especially the first half which is really quick. You arrive at Turn One in seventh gear and on a good day it’s flat: we’re talking 100 percent foot down and no braking. It’s a ballsy corner and much tougher than Eau Rouge at Spa, for example.
“Then you come into Becketts, which is an awesome part of the circuit. The entry is very bumpy and you have to position the car correctly for the right-hander, which you can always do flat. Then there is a very fast change of direction for a left-hander, but you still don’t touch the brakes.
You shift down a gear and slow the car using a four-wheel drift, which is fun. There’s then another downshift for the next right - again no braking - and you get a bit of understeer through here, which you kill by flooring the throttle for the exit onto the Hangar Straight.
“At the end of Hangar Straight is Stowe, which is the first time on the lap that you actually touch the brakes. You have to remember that they will be cold, so they will have slightly different characteristics to normal. When you brake, you are already turning into the corner, so it’s difficult to outbrake someone and you expect to have some oversteer on entry.
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