The GP2 Series arrives in England after a incident-filled and emotional weekend at Magny-Cours, where it burst back into action with a bang - literally.
Incredibly, the series now boasts a staggering seven different race winners, all from different teams, in the first seven races of the season - and with double champion ART Grand Prix yet to reach the top step of the podium.
Indeed, it was at
Silverstone, more than twelve months ago because of the 2006 date changes, that the French team last won a GP2 Series race, when a certain
Lewis Hamilton triumphed on home soil after pulling off one of the most outrageous moves the championship has seen - going three-wide into Becketts and coming out first. Remarkably, that was to be the last time the champion-elect took the chequered flag first, with title rival Nelson Piquet Jr making up ground in the second half of the season, but the Briton doing enough to keep his nose in front with a series of podiums.
Hamilton's double victory at Silverstone last season means that there will be a new face on top of the podium this time around - and what odds on an eighth and ninth different winner for 2007?
In all reality, that has to be a bit unlikely, despite the depth of talent in the field this year. More predictable is that one of the seven podium-toppers to have already featured will break the sequence and become a double - or even triple - winner. Despite the embarrassing situation that led to him enduring a largely point-less - in the races anyway - weekend at Magny-Cours, championship leader
Timo Glock remains the favourite for success each time the series ventures out and enjoyed the rebirth of his GP2 ambitions at Silverstone last season following his switch to iSport from BCN. With a point (or ten) to prove, the German will be a man on a mission.
