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4.649 km (2.888 miles) Race lap record. 1:44.0 (Nino Farina, Alfa Romeo 159B, 1951, F1) Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix.
In the info box Mark Webber is credited with the lap record on the 2011-present circuit (10 meters shorter than 2010), yet in the lap record table below Fernando Alonso is given as the record holder on the 2010 circuit, at a considerably faster speed. The BBC thinks it's Webber: the BRDC, who own Silverstone, thinks it's Alonso.
Silverstone Circuit was first used for motorsport by an ad hoc group of friends who set up an impromptu race in September 1947. One of their members, Maurice Geoghegan, lived in nearby Silverstone village and was aware that the airfield was deserted. He and eleven other drivers raced over a two mile circuit, during the course of which Geoghegan ...
Aerial view of the Silverstone Circuit. The event, which was held over the weekend of 16–18 July, was the only Formula One race at Silverstone in 2021, [7] after the venue had held two races behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom during 2020; the 2020 British Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton, while the other one-off race, the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix ...
The 1960 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, on 16 July 1960. It was race 7 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 6 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by reigning World Champion Jack Brabham and Innes ...
October 3, 2024 at 1:40 AM. The European Le Mans Series is inspired by the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race [Getty Images] An endurance racing championship will return to Silverstone in 2025 ...
The 1950 British Grand Prix, formally known as The Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix d'Europe Incorporating The British Grand Prix, [ 4 ][ 5 ] was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 1950 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, England. It was the first World Championship Formula One race, as well as the fifth British Grand Prix, and the ...
2020 British Grand Prix. The 2020 British Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix 2020) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 August 2020 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the fourth round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship. [ 1 ] The event was the seventy-first running ...