In 2005 Juan Pablo Montoya won his first race at Silverstone for McLaren and after a podium finish in Monaco two weeks ago the Colombian will be hungry for more at Silverstone this weekend.
"It was great to be back on the podium at Monaco and everyone in the team has continued to push hard since to try and find more performance in the car for the British Grand Prix," said Montoya. "Silverstone is a great track, with some really exciting corners, I love to race at it and I hope we can repeat the result from last year when I took my debut victory for the team in front of our home crowd."
"The track is such a contrast to the streets of Monte Carlo, it is all about super fast corners and pushing the limits of the car. The Maggots - Becketts - Chapel sequence at the start of the lap is awesome, you have to push really hard through here, so long as you have the good balance you need, and are changing direction so quickly, hooking up the apexes, it is great fun! In addition to needing good balance, it is important to find a set-up compromise between high speed stability for much of the track and good grip to ensure we are also quick for the slower corners at the end of the circuit. Silverstone tends to be quite hard on the tyres, the left front sees the greatest wear because of the fast right hand corners."
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