Jacques Villeneuve's lap of Silverstone.

Lucky Strike BAR Honda's Jacques Villeneuve has won twice at Silverstone - once in 1996 and again in 1997, his World Championship year.

With the track so close to the team's Brackley base, both JV and team mate Olivier Panis have spent a considerable amount of time testing there and here Villeneuve talks us through a lap of the track:

''The first corner, Copse, is very difficult but exciting - it's almost flat, very fast and good fun. Then you get into another quick section - firstly Maggotts and then the Becketts complex, which is a succession of three corners.''

''The first of these is a right-hander that is almost flat too - a little bit faster than Copse even. After that you have to lift a little for the left-hander.

''It's difficult to get a good balance for the car here because from travelling very quickly you have to slow for the next corner while trying to stay tight. For the Chapel curve you slow down a little more and drop down a gear.''

''That gives you speed for the Hangar straight. There are some overtaking possibilities at the end of the straight as you approach another high-speed corner, Stowe.''

''This is pretty quick...maybe 150mph/240 km/h and again, you tap on the brakes as you turn in. The track is off camber here - that's the opposite of banking, which makes the car go a little bit light so it's a difficult corner to drive correctly.''

''After Stowe you come to two corners that are not so nice - Vale and Club - and for me these are the least enjoyable parts of the track. You brake heavily into Vale, a very tight left-hander, which suddenly goes into a right-hander with long acceleration.''

''It's just not that much fun. Next you reach Abbey Curve, which is another annoying section. After a little bit of a straight, you brake heavily for Abbey, but it doesn't have much rhythm or logic.''

''Then you get into the very fast Bridge corner. You can take it flat in qualifying, but you have to lift a little in the race. You don't want to lose control through here though because the wall is not far away!''

''It's quite an exhilarating corner and your line through it is important because it sets you up for the next corner, Priory, a fairly fast left-hander taken at just under 125mph/200 km/h. Here it's just a tap on the brakes before you turn in - that's all you need so it's good fun.''

''After Priory there are two slow corners - Brooklands and Luffield. Both are long corners taken in second gear, but well designed so they've got a good rhythm. You complete the lap by accelerating through Woodcote and onto the start/finish straight.''

''Silverstone isn't a home Grand Prix for me so Monaco and Montreal are more special, but it is important for the rest of the team because a lot of guys that work at the factory can't come to any other race.''

''I do enjoy racing at Silverstone though. There's a huge crowd and the fans are great. They're really into motor racing so it is great to race in front of them, especially as the track is fun to drive.''