Images from the British Grand Prix of Silverstone

Brit life: beer, skin so white it’s nearly transparent and also holy cats somebody lost a bet.

Gotta admit: the NR connecting rod-based cone, center, is genius.

Pub banter. A staple of Brit life.

Would you like to buy and eat some slush?

Rossi fans …

Hero.

Marquez: he even led qualifying on the blanket track.

This is what your eyes look like after a near lap record qualifying session at RAF Silverstone.

Marquez. The first man to pull a sub-2.00 lap of Silverstone on a motorcycle.

No rain. Shock.

Rossi waves to Paul Butler.

American Joe Roberts compresses himself into a Moto2 bike.

Images by Bonnie Lane