F1 British Grand Prix: 5 Best Moments at Silverstone

#2 Schumacher’s tales

Schumacher crashes into the tire wall and injures his legs

The only F1 race ever to be won in the pit lane, and there was only one man who could have done it, Michael Schumacher during the 1998 race.

Mika Hakkinen who was on lead spun in the deteriorating wet conditions leading to the deployment of Safety car. Hakkinen erred once again and Schumacher took a lead over him and thus gained a 10-second stop-go penalty as it was during Safety car period.

Schumacher went to pit lane at the last lap to serve it, but while he was on pit lane having crossed the finished line, he won the race. Though McLaren appealed against this, the race stayed with Schumacher.

The next year too Schumacher was making news at Silverstone. During the 1999 British Grand Prix red flags were out as both Jacques Villeneuve and Alessandro Zanardi stalled on to the grid.

Schumacher without noticing this went on to overtake his Ferrari teammate Eddie Irvine, got his brakes locked crashed straight into the tire wall, breaking his leg.