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The Silverstone circuit is on the site of a Royal Air Force bomber station, RAF Silverstone, which was operational between 1943 and 1946. The station was the base for the No. 17 Operational Training Unit.
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- The Grand Prix Arrives
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- Significant Remodelling Brings Extra Driver Challenges
- More Changes Bring New Courses
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So it was that the first Grand Prix was run at the beginning of October 1948, though on a significantly different course to what would subsequently follow. Using both main runways and part of the perimeter roads, the course was laid out with oil barrels and straw bales, spectators held back from the track edge by nothing more robust than a rope lin...
In 1961 the BRDC acquired the lease to the agricultural land both within and around the circuit, increasing the opportunities for future development. After two accidents in the then 'open face' pit facilities, a new pit lane – separate from the main track and on an elevated platform – was built in 1964, greatly improving safety for competitors and ...
Further significant redevelopment happened over the winter of 1990, designed to take the circuit through the 1990s. The run off at Copse was increased by tightening the entry and re-routing the corner, while the original Becketts corner was by passed with a sweeping – and high speed – series of corners forming a new Maggotts/Becketts/Chapel Curve s...
More alterations were made in 1996, when a better solution was found for Stowe Corner; by adding a gradual kink towards the end of the Hangar Straight and moving the track towards the infield, greater room was created for run-off and a faster Stowe could once again be restored. Another new addition at this part of the track was the self-contained S...
Uncertainty over the future of the Formula One race (which had flirted with plans to race first at a redeveloped Brands Hatch and then committed to Donington Park) led to Silverstone bosses begin to look elsewhere for its headline event. Plans to bring back the MotoGP racers for the first time since 1986 were hatched, and with it a much revised cir...
Circuit length. 5.891 km. Number of laps. 52. Race distance. 306.198 km. Lap record. 1:27.369 - Hamilton (2019) For the latest updates on the 2020 F1 schedule, see f1.com/coronavirus-latest.
- 5.891 km
- 52
- 1:27.369-Hamilton (2019)
- 306.198 km
Silverstone hosted the first round of the world championship in 1950 and has been the permanent home of the British Grand Prix since 1987. It first came into use after World War Two when the runways where Wellington bombers used to take off were converted for use as a racing circuit.
Silverstone Circuit. Get up to speed with everything you need to know about the 2022 British Grand Prix, which takes place over 52 laps of the 5.891-kilometre Silverstone Circuit on Sunday, July 3. Using the links above you can find the full weekend schedule, including details of practice and qualifying sessions, support races, press ...
Dec 12, 2023 · Maps, lengths & corner names of the four different Silverstone circuit configurations: National, International, GP & Stowe. Plus more info...
This in-depth circuit guide to the Silverstone GP racing track analyses racing lines, braking references and what it takes to put a great lap together at Silverstone GP. If you're headed there for a test or track day, this is an ideal introductory guide.
