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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.
March – Eurosport replaces BT Sport as rights holder to British Speedway. [28] 2021. April – Sky Sports begins showing Extreme E motor racing. [29] 16 May – Live broadcasts of MotoGP return to terrestrial television with live coverage of 2021 French motorcycle Grand Prix on ITV4 and the 2021 British motorcycle Grand Prix on ITV. [30]
This marked the first world championship victory for a British car, fittingly driven by two British drivers at the British Grand Prix. [29] Brooks retired from Formula One in 1961 over safety concerns saying "I felt I had a moral responsibility to take reasonable care of my life". [30] Coulthard driving for Red Bull at the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix
This was the first Grand Prix victory for a British-built car- Formula One would soon be mostly made up of British teams. 1958 was when Peter Collins won in a Ferrari and Bernie Ecclestone was entered in a Connaught but his car was driven by Jack Fairman, and 1959 and 1960 saw Australian Jack Brabham win in a mid-engined Cooper. The last race ...
29 January – Sean Kerly, British field hockey player; 31 January – George Benjamin, composer and conductor; 4 February – Siobhan Dowd, British writer and activist (died 2007) 6 February Jeremy Bowen, journalist and television presenter; Harry Thompson, British comedy writer (died 2005) 10 February – Robert Addie, actor (died 2003) 19 ...
The translator of the after-quali and after-race interviews is LÅ‘rinc Pattantyús-Ábrahám. The presenter is Andrea Petrovics-Mérei. During the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Zoltán Szújó who had been previously pit reporter between 2002 and 2012, and commentator between 2013 and 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix left/was fired from M4 Sport channel.
13 July – The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting is established to consider the future of broadcasting, cable and "the possibility of television for public showing". ". Their report, published in 1962, criticises the populism of ITV and recommends that Britain's third national television channel (after the BBC Television Service and ITV) should be awarded to th
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