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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.
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".
2024’s track programme at the Festival consists of 20 races from across Grand Prix, GT, Sports and Touring car history. Both Silverstone’s paddock complexes are used during the weekend of the Festival to accommodate the large number of entrants, with racing taking place out of the National Paddock in the morning and the International Paddock in the afternoon.
A team of model makers have spent hundreds of hours recreating a Scalextric version of the iconic Silverstone circuit - home of the British Grand Prix. The 82ft-long detailed replica is made up of ...
The track is slightly longer than the Grand Prix circuit, as it uses parts of the three main configurations at Silverstone – the Grand Prix circuit from the start-finish to Abbey corner, then turns right to go up part of the International layout in reverse, before joining the National Circuit's straight from a left-hand hairpin known as the ...
Total track length was approximately 3.7 miles (5.9 km), substantially longer than the 2.9 miles (4.7 km) of Silverstone's classic layout, and longer even than the current 3.2-mile (5.1 km) circuit design. This was the only Grand Prix event ever held on this track layout, as from 1949 onward Silverstone circuits used only the perimeter roads.
English: The new "Arena Grand Prix" version of Silverstone Circuit. ... Name curves 2. 19:04, 21 September 2014: 1,350 × 830 (161 KB) Gustavo Girardelli:
Official name: 2006 Formula 1 Foster's British Grand Prix [1] Location: Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England: Course: Permanent Road Facility: Course length: 5.141 km (3.194 miles) Distance: 60 laps, 308.355 km (191.603 miles) Weather: Sunny: Pole position; Driver