Putting the politics, the FIA, FOTA and the future of the sport to one side, more than 300,000 people turned up at Silverstone last weekend to see what happened on the track. Jonathan Noble dissects the British GP

Beneath the huge political clouds that hung heavy over the Silverstone paddock throughout the British Grand Prix, it seemed at times difficult not to feel that what was happening on track was a bit of a distraction.

Such was the significance of what was announced by the teams late on Thursday night, that any conversation in the paddock was dominated by talk about what was going to happen in the future – rather than what was going on right now.

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