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Silverstone GP2 round; GP2 Series; Venue: Silverstone Circuit: Location: Silverstone, United Kingdom: First race: 2005: Last race: 2016: Most wins (driver) Lewis Hamilton Pastor Maldonado (2) Most wins (team) ART Grand Prix (6) Lap record: 1:42.297 (Mitch Evans, RT Russian Time, GP2/11, 2014
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. The 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the first race in the newly created World Championship of Drivers.
This is a list of circuits which have hosted a World Championship race from 1949 to 2025.. In total, 74 different circuits have hosted World Championship races. The first to do so was the Snaefell Mountain Course, home of the Isle of Man TT, which also has the distinction, at 60.718 km (37.728 mi) long, of being the longest track which hosted a World Championship race.
English: Track map of Silverstone Circuit. Includes all turn numbers and names plus optional sections and a possible club car track. Note that the "Club Straight" is also known as the "National Straight".
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: Montreal Canada: Grand Prix 4.361 km (2.710 mi) North America Circuit of the Americas: Austin United States: Grand Prix 5.513 km (3.426 mi) North America Circuit Paul Ricard [N 3] Le Castellet France: Grand Prix (1C–V2) 5.842 km (3.630 mi) Europe Circuit Zandvoort: Zandvoort Netherlands: Grand Prix 4.259 km (2.646 mi)
The 1998 British Grand Prix (formally the LI RAC British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit, England on 12 July 1998. It was the ninth race of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 60-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from second position.
The 1995 British Grand Prix (formally the XLVIII British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 July 1995 at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England. It was the eighth round of the 1995 Formula One World Championship.
Silverstone Circuit is built on the site of a World War II Royal Air Force bomber station, RAF Silverstone, which opened in 1943. The airfield's three runways, in classic WWII triangle format, lay within the outline of the present track. Since its first use in the 1940s, the circuit has undergone several changes.