"The British Grand Prix at Silverstone will be a particularly special weekend for our team this year," team principal Ross Brawn said. "Our base in Brackley (England) is just eight miles from the circuit, and we are very proud, as a British team, to be going into our home race leading the constructors' and drivers' championships."

Michael Schumacher (2004) and Jim Clark (1965) are the only other drivers to win six of the first seven grand prix in a season. Schumacher went on to win 12 of the first 13 races in '04. He clinched his record-extending seventh drivers' title that year, as well as set records for most victories (13) and most points accumulated (148) in a season.

Barrichello is looking to rebound after his worst performance of the season two weeks ago in the Turkish Grand Prix. The Brazilian driver started third, but fell way back in the field after he stalled off the start line. He later made contact with McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, suffering significant damage to the nose of his car. Barrichello eventually retired, marking the first time this year a Brawn GP driver was knocked out of an event. He ended up with a 19th-place finish.

Lewis Hamilton is happy to return to his home country after the season woes continued for the defending world champion with a 13th-place finish in Turkey. Hamilton has scored only nine points so far this season. He won last year's British GP in a then dominant McLaren car.

"When I'm in the car, I can actually see the fans around the circuit waving banners and cheering," Hamilton said. "It's as if they were racing every lap with me - incredible."

There have been several back-to-back winners of the British GP, with Scotsman David Coulthard the last to do it from 1999-2000. The pole sitter has won this race 22 of 60 times, but just twice in the past 11 years.