British Grand Prix at McLaren is home race for Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso . `` I think I broke the lap record 11 times in the last 15 laps , '' he said at the time . Former F1 world champion Nigel Mansell used to say home crowd gave him advantage . British Grand Prix drivers to have backing of the majority of 100,000-plus crowd due to attend . Defending champ Fernando Alonso is favorite despite Nigel Mansell leading championship .
British Grand Prix at McLaren is home race for Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso . Former F1 world champion Nigel Mansell used to say home crowd gave him advantage . British Grand Prix drivers to have backing of the majority of 100,000-plus crowd due to attend . Defending champ Fernando Alonso is favorite despite Nigel Mansell leading championship .