F1 teams in action at Silverstone

The F1 teams return to the testing arena today at Silverstone, where the majority will be in action for the three days.

However, Lewis Hamilton won't be as McLaren have given the rookie the week off in order to unwind before the start of the Goodwood Festival of Speed where he will be making an appearance.

Instead, McLaren will have test driver Pedro de la Rosa sharing the driving duties with Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari will join their rivals at the British track, where they'll be testing a new aero package in the hope of gaining back some lost ground to the Woking team.

Red Bull's Mark Webber will be handed the testing duties for the first two days with team-mate David Coulthard taking over on Thursday.



However, the man who put DC out of the US GP, Ralf Schumacher, won't be in action. Instead Toyota are planning on using tester Franck Montagny on Tuesday and Jarno Trulli for the remaining two days.

Robert Kubica is another race-driver who won't be testing as he remains sidelined following his Canadian GP accident. Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock will test for BMW.

Williams will be using both their race drivers, however, only for one day a piece. Tester Kazuki Nakajima will be in action on Tuesday, Alex Wurz on Wednesday and Nico Rosberg on Thursday.

Honda, Renault and Spyker are the final three teams taking part in this week's Silverstone test.