Silverstone: Renault race report
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07/07/2008 02:17. It was a British Grand Prix of mixed fortunes for the ING Renault F1 Team as Fernando Alonso finished in sixth, while team-mate Nelson Piquet retired from the race.
Conditions at Silverstone were wet throughout the day with frequent rain showers hitting the Northamptonshire circuit. Both Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet started the race on wet weather tyres and ran strongly towards the front in the opening stint of the race.
At the first round of pit stops, Fernando opted to keep his wet weather tyres on lap 20, while Nelson took a new set of wet weather tyres a couple of laps later. Ultimately the latter decision proved more fruitful because Fernando lost pace on his older tyres and pitted for a fresh set of wets on lap 26.
A heavy rain shower a few laps later caused confusion with... // F1SA