Silverstone bosses look forward to an “unbelievable weekend of sport”

Silverstone  bosses  have  reacted  positively  to  Friday’s  football  World  Cup  draw,  and  the  news  that  England’s first  game  of  the  tournament  will  take  place  on  10  June  –  the  Saturday  of  the  2006  FORMULA  1™  Foster’s British Grand Prix (9-11 June).

“What  an  unbelievable  weekend  of  sport”,  commented  Richard  Phillips,  Managing  Director  of  Silverstone Circuits Limited. “The British Grand Prix is one of the biggest and most spectacular events on the UK sporting calendar, so with England’s opening game of the football World Cup scheduled to take place on the Saturday, sports fans are in for a real treat.” Phillips added, “If last year’s F1 season is anything to go by we’ll have a fantastic British Grand Prix on the 11 June,  in  front  of  another  sell  out  crowd.  The  main  thing  is  we’ve  avoided  the  later  rounds  of  the  World  Cup, when England will hopefully be through to the knock-out stages. Let’s just hope we have a British winner here at Silverstone, and that England go on to win the World Cup. It’ll certainly be a month for sports fans to remember! Phillips  is  also  confident  that,  as  in  2004  and  2005,  next  year’s  British  Grand  Prix  will  be a sell-out, “We are delighted with the rate that tickets have been selling” added Phillips.

“Tickets hadn’t gone on sale this time last year,  so  we’re  benefiting  from  the  opportunity  for  fans  to  buy  Grand  Prix  tickets  as  Christmas  presents.  £99 General Admission tickets have been selling particularly well over the past few weeks.” Tickets for the 2006 FORMULA 1™ Foster’s British Grand Prix can be booked at silverstone-circuit.co.uk or by calling 08704 588 300