Silverstone reveals plans it will put in place to avoid repeat of 2012 travel chaos

Silverstone has announced improvements to its traffic management scheme and infrastructure in a bid to avoid a repeat of the travel chaos caused by heavy rain at this year's British Grand Prix.

Although 10,000 ticket holders didn't attend on the Friday and Saturday - which Silverstone has now confirmed cost the venue £1 million in refund claims - a record crowd still turned up on race day and Phillips is confident the full three days will run more smoothly in 2013. "Given the extreme weather conditions and position we found ourselves in on the Friday, I don't think race day could have gone much better," said Phillips. "The sun shone, we had a great race and I'm delighted that we were able to get more than 127,000 people in and out of the circuit safely. "We are confident that we won't see a repeat of the events of this year. Tickets for next year's British Grand Prix are selling reasonably well and we're already looking forward to what will be a fantastic three days of world class F1 action and entertainment."