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Motor sports in the UK


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INTRODUCTION

A brief guide to motor sports in the UK.

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MOTOR RACING

British Grand Prix, Silverstone

Racing driver

The annual international Formula 1 competition is popular in the UK. Most of the grand prix races take place in other countries, so they are normally watched on television. The 2008 races will be as follows:

Number	Grand Prix	Location	Date
1	Australian	Melbourne	16 March 2008
2	Malaysian	Kuala Lumpur	23 March 2008
3	Bahrain	Sakhir	6 April 2008
4	Spanish	Barcelona	27 April 2008
5	Turkish	Istanbul	11 May 2008
6	Monaco	Monaco	25 May 2008
7	Canadian	Montreal	8 June 2008
8	French	Magny-Cours	22 June 2008
9	British	Silverstone	6 July 2008
10	German	Hockenheim	20 July 2008
11	Hungarian	Budapest	3 August 2008
12	European	Valencia	24 August 2008
13	Italian	Monza	7 September 2008
14	Belgian	Spa-Francorchamps	14 September 2008
15	Singapore	Singapore	28 September 2008
16	Chinese	Shanghai	12 October 2008
17	Japanese	Fuji	19 October 2008
18	Brazilian	Sao Paulo	2 November 2008

The British Grand Prix takes place in the summer at Silverstone race track (in Northamptonshire, about 1 hour from London by car). The location is shown on this map. For details of the race calendar at Silverstone this year, see: http://www.silverstone-circuit.co.uk.
To buy tickets for this event: click here.
From 2010 the British Grand Prix will move to Donington Park: http://www.donington-park.co.uk

For up-to-date grand prix news, see: http://www.itv-f1.com

Lewis Hamilton: My Story
(British Formula 1 driver)
Author: Lewis Hamilton
Publisher: HarperSport
Date: November 2007

Lewis Hamilton - Life In The Fast Lane (DVD)
Studio: Warner Music Entertainment
Date: October 2007

Vocabulary

If English is not your first language, here is some vocabulary which may help you to understand a grand prix race on television:

general: formula one (F1), drivers' championship, constructors' championship, track, straight, turn, corner, a hairpin bend, lap number
the race: front row of the starting grid, to be in pole position, to have a good/bad getaway, to go through, to let through, to pass, to overtake, to make a move, to gain a place, to impede, to be on someone's tail, to close the gap, to close in on, to catch, to cut across, to lead, to be back in contention, to run wide, to be in someone's slipstream, to fall back, to spin, to crash, to retire from the race, to lap someone, to pass the chequered flag, to stand on the podium
the car: pit crew, to make a pit stop, mechanics, engineers, garage, nose, back, rear, wing, inside, outside, cockpit, gearbox, gears, hydaulics, engine, throttle, tyres [soft tyres, intermediate tyres, full/extreme wet weather tyres], traction, grip
problems: a lock-up, engine cut-out, burst tyre, collision, suspension failure, safety car, debris, to spin off

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RALLY RACING

See: http://www.britishrallying.com

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Network Q Rally

LINKS

London-Brighton veteran car run: Ideas/Album/VeteranCarRun
Sport in the UK: Life/Sport
Monthly guide to events in the UK: Ideas/Events

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