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Aerial view of RAF Silverstone in 1945 Photo from Grandstand in 1952. 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 ...
Royal Air Force Silverstone or more simply RAF Silverstone is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station, built during the Second World War, and used by the RAF from 1943 until 1947. It straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border 10 miles (16 km) south west of Northampton , and is named after the nearby village of Silverstone.
Satellite view of the circuit in 2018. The Silverstone circuit is on the site of a Royal Air Force bomber station, RAF Silverstone, which was operational between 1943 and 1946. [3] The station was the base for the No. 17 Operational Training Unit. The airfield's three runways, in classic WWII triangle format, lie within the outline of the ...
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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.
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RAF Silverstone: SV England Northamptonshire: 1943 1947 Straddles Buckinghamshire border. Now Silverstone International Motor Racing Circuit. RAF Skaebrae: Scotland Orkney: 1940 1957 RAF Skellingthorpe: FG England Lincolnshire: 1941–1952 1952 RAF Skipton-on-Swale: SK England Yorkshire: 1942 1945 RAF Skitten: Scotland Caithness: 1940 1945 RAF ...
The event was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire for the 59th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 5–7 July. [2] The Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 75th running of the British Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.