"It's pretty much the home grand prix for Enstone, and it's a special race for everyone who works in England in the
F1 industry - with our factory being so close to the circuit, we are always determined to put on a special show there," Bell commented, "And I think we're pretty upbeat about
Silverstone. It's a medium to high downforce track, with some high-speed corners, a bit like Barcelona – and the R28 has generally gone well in this configuration.
"You need good change of direction; good traction; good high-speed performance and so I think it will suit the strengths of the car. And, having tested at Silverstone last week, we should be able to dial the car in quickly to the circuit and find a good set-up.
"We hope to have some new parts on the car for Silverstone, but they will probably be very late additions and we cannot say for sure whether they will make the car. We ran them in the test last week and, hopefully, they will allow us to take another small step forward.
"We have got to keep developing the R28 to put us in a position were we're regularly challenging
BMW and
McLaren and fighting for podiums by the end of the season. We need to do that so that we can go into 2009 feeling confident that we can move on from our current position to where we should be, which is at the front."
