The Brackley-based Honda driver, the most experienced Grand Prix driver of all time, rolled back the years as he drove his car to a well-deserved third position.

Although unable to catch Lewis Hamilton, Barrichello climbed to second position in the closing stages during the last round of pit-stops before dropping back to his final finishing position of third.
"I am so happy," Barrichello said afterwards. "The team really deserve this result. Everyone has been working so hard and this is the best way to repay them."

While Barrichello celebrated his podium finish, his team-mate, Jenson Button, was disappointed not to finish his home Grand Prix – a victim of a spin on lap 38.

Button had been running well, but an error at Priory sent him spinning off the track and into retirement.

He said: "It was a shame to finish the British Grand Prix in this way. I was enjoying myself and it would have been good to finish the race. I am so pleased for Rubens."

While Honda could celebrate, the Silverstone-based Kingfisher Force India team were in no position to, with both their cars retiring. Adrian Sutil crashed out on lap ten following a spin at Abbey, while Giancarlo Fisichella exited sixteen laps later.

The GP2 Series provided the Silverstone crowds with some of the finest racing seen during the 2008 season as the F1 stars of tomorrow battled throughout two thrilling races during the Grand Prix weekend.

Saturday's opening encounter, the feature race, that requires mandatory pit-stops, was held in sunshine on a dry circuit, while Sunday's sprint race was run under dark skies and torrential rain, on a treacherous track.

The feature race was simply top drawer. Throughout the entire field cars diced wheel-to-wheel around the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, with former Grand Prix driver, Giorgio Pantano, winning at the wheel of his Racing International entry.

Pantano, the most experienced man in GP2, won by a margin of four seconds from Lucas Di Grassi (Barwa International Campos Team), after taking the lead with a stunning overtaking pass at Stowe corner in the closing third of the race.

Brackley's Karun Chandhok, driving for the iSport International team, finished third to repeat the podium finish he scored at Monaco in May.

Behind the top three there was a massive squabble for the remaining point scoring positions, with Sebastien Buemi, Romain Grosjean, Bruno Senna, Andreas Zuber and Luca Filippi eventually filling the places.

The sunshine of Saturday made way for rain on Sunday, and twenty years after his late uncle, Ayrton, won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Bruno Senna, in similar conditions, dominated the Sprint Race to score a popular victory.

Wearing the Senna colours of yellow, green and blue on his crash helmet, Bruno Senna took the lead early on and drove with great maturity on a difficult track to win from Lucas Di Grassi and Giorgio Pantano.

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