The original post-war GPHistoric Silverstone`s spot on the annual F1 calendar is safer than most.
Any lingering expectation that the above statement is true was questioned even more recently, when much loved and legendary Spa Francorchamps got the chop.
But Richard Phillips, managing director at the British grand prix venue, played down fears that Silverstone - scene of the very first world championship race in 1950 - could again be endangered.
« I`m not even sure formula one can really think about Britain not having a Grand Prix » the Englishman told PA Sport. « It was the original post-war grand prix. It is iconic. »
Silverstone and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, however, share an uneasy past, with the Briton regularly threatening to abandon the increasingly outdated venue.
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