For me, the only winners in this are the trackside spectators and we get a decent looking first corner.
They've ripped apart Club, which made for some cracking battles into what normally wouldn't be an overtaking spot (Abbey).
They've taken away one of the better chicanes still left (why do they only ever remove the good chicanes on F1 tracks?)
We don't get any new overtaking points - anyone who's watched racing into Brooklands will know it's a difficult overtaking spot even in lower formula.
We've got a sea of run off tarmac all along the new section.
Bridge, no matter how easy it is in the dry now, is still a big-balls corner in every condition other than perfect... and this is England!
The new part just looks like it could be on any new track on the calender. It's completely generic.
Silverstone needed to change, but the bits which required that change weren't on the track!