As soon as the gates open, fans move in to secure the best spots in the campsite as they prepare for a weekend of Formula One action Having announced he will retire at the end of the season, David Coulthard prepares for his final British Grand Prix Fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton looks over his McLaren before taking it out in the first practice session at Silverstone BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica stays calm and focused ahead of an intense few days that could see him top the drivers' championship Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen, currently third in the standings, moves out on to the track as he looks to set a quick time The McLarens of Heikki Kovalainen and Hamilton finish the opening session in second and third respectively Top spot goes to Ferrari's Felipe Massa who, despite suffering a high-speed crash, posts a time of 1mins 19.575secs The second session starts at 1400 BST and sees a much-improved performance from the Red Bull drivers with Coulthard coming fourth Hamilton is almost a second slower this time round but quick enough to again finish third with a time of 1:20.543 Mark Webber, the other Red Bull driver, puts in a decent drive shortly before the end of the session to finish second Kovalainen takes the honours for McLaren with a lap of 1:19.989 making it difficult to predict a winner at this early stage of the event
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