Behind the scenes at Silverstone

Torrential rain might have threatened to overshadow the weekend, but there were plenty of other stories during the British Grand Prix. Jonathan Noble reports from behind the scenes at Silverstone

Published Jul 9, 2012, 12:25 PM

The British contingent in the paddock are often mocked for being obsessed with the weather, but there was truly only one topic of conversation on anyone's lips over the Silverstone weekend.

The wettest June in the United Kingdom since records had begun - allied to unprecedented rainfall at Silverstone in the week before the race - had left campsites and grassy car parks like mud baths, and meant organisers faced an uphill battle to try to get the weekend running as smoothly as possible.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.