Silverstone Circuit, Britain

Lap distance: 5.891 km (3.66 miles)
Number of laps: 52
Racing direction: Clockwise
Corners: 10
Most driver wins: 9 Lewis Hamilton
Most constructor wins: 18 Ferrari
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Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain

Converted from a World War 2 airfield in 1948, Silverstone held the first ever round of the World Championship in 1950. The circuit has hosted the majority of British GP's, with others being held at Brands Hatch and Aintree. It has undergone a series of changes and upgrades over the years, and despite some arguments about its continued place in the calendar, it continues to be an excellent circuit. Silverstone is a high speed circuit that the drivers like and is popular with the fans. The 1987 race that Nigel Mansell won from Nelson Piquet still ranks as one of the classic races of F1. The track underwent a major redevelopment during 2010/11 that saw a reconfiguration of the track layout for 2010 and a move of the start line and a new pit lane for 2011. This is the third longest track on the F1 calendar.

2024

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
George Russell took pole position from Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris. The first time three British drivers have taken the first three places on the grid since 1966. A wet and dry race made being on the right tyre at the right time critical. Lewis Hamilton got all this right and won the race ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. George Hamilton retired with a mechanical problem. The mixed weather conditions made this an exciting race with overtaking and change in positions through the pit stops. This was Lewis Hamilton's 9th British GP win.

2023

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Max Verstappen won from pole position ahead of Lando Norris in a McLaren and Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes.

2022

Race winner: Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari
Carlos Sainz took his first pole position and then his first F1 GP win. He finished ahead of Sergio Perez in a Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes

2021

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
This was the first trial of the sprint qualifying. Lewis Hamilton was quickest on Friday qualifying, but Max Verstappen took pole in the sprint qualifying on Saturday with Sergio Perez crashing and having to start from the pit lane. George Russell had another strong qualifying and race for Williams but still ended up outside the points. Lewis Hamilton pushed Max Verstappen hard in the first half of the first lap and then took Max Verstappen out in Copse corner leading to the race being red flagged. Charles Leclerc led most of the race but Lewis Hamilton overcame the 10 second penalty to win the race.

2020 Anniversary GP

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
The second race on consecutive weekends due to changes in the calendar from COVID-19 so softer tyres were used leading to most teams having 2 stops. Valterri Bottas took pole position but after the first pit stops Max Verstappen took the lead due to his different tyre strategy. He held on for the win despite a late push by Lewis Hamilton.

2020

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton won from pole position, but only just. After an early safety car all the drivers changed to the hard tyres but with 2 laps to go Bottas had to pit after his tyre de laminated and then Hamilton had the same problem and only just held off Max Verstappen despite finishing with only 3 good tyres. Ferrari continued to struggle with Sebastian Vettel only managing 10th.

2019

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Valtteri Bottas took pole position but Lewis Hamilton took the win making the most of a pit stop under a safety car, finishing ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen had a coming together that dropped both of them down the order.

2018

Race winner: Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton had a poor start from pole and was then spun by Kimi Raikkonen which dropped him to the back of the pack but he fought his way back to second place behind Sebastian Vettel with Kimi Raikkonen in third.

2017

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton won the race from pole position, led all the laps and had the fastest lap. Late in the race both Ferrari's suffered punctures dropping Kimi Raikkonen to third behind Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel down to 7th.

2016

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton took pole position and won after a wet start behind the safety car that caused various drivers to have spins and trips off track. Max Verstappen was second ahead of Nico Rosberg.

2015

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were on the front of the grid for 2015, but Felipe Massa got a great start to take the lead and after a safety car, the two Williams of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas led the Mercedes. When rain came later in the race the decision when to change on to intermediate tyres was crucial. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel timed the choice right enabling Lewis Hamilton to take the win from Nico Rosberg ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with the two Williams relegated to fourth and fifth. McLaren had another difficult day as Fernando Alonso took out Jenson Button when avoiding the two Lotus cars taking each other off.

2014

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Qualifying for 2014 was damp leading to changing track conditions which meant that both Ferrari's and both William's were eliminated in Q1 leaving them at the back of the grid. Lewis Hamilton thought he had pole position as part of the track was wet so he aborted his final lap leaving Nico Rosberg to take pole position. A first lap accident by Kimi Raikkonen led to a red flag and a 1 hour delay. At the restart Nico Rosberg led and Lewis Hamilton came through from 6th. However Nico Rosberg retired with gearbox problems, giving the lead to Lewis Hamilton. Valtteri Bottas had a good race for Williams coming from 14th to 2nd and Jenson Button had a good race finishing 4th for McLaren. Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso diced wheel to wheel for 5th and 6th place.

2013

Race winner: Nico Rosberg Mercedes
The 2013 race was disrupted by several tyre failures including one down the main straight and Sebastian Vettel retired from the lead with a drive failure. Nico Rosberg won the race from Mark Webber who had a poor start but recovered well as did Paul DiResta who had to start from the back of the grid after a penalty and Lewis Hamilton finished 4th despite having a tyre blow out.

2012

Race winner: Mark Webber Red Bull
Fernando Alonso took pole position in 2012 in a very wet qualifying and led for most of a dry race but Mark Webber won the race thanks to a good drive and better tyre strategy. Lotus had a good race with both cars in the points, but again McLaren were struggling to get enough speed out of their car.

2011

Race winner: Fernando Alonso Ferrari
In 2011 Mark Webber took pole position for the second year, but only finished third behind Fernando Alonso taking his and Ferrari's first win of the season. At the start of the race the track was partially wet and partially dry making tyre choice and driving difficult. However the podium positions were influenced by pit stops, with Sebastian Vettel loosing out to Fernando Alonso in a pit stop and Jenson Button retiring after his crew failed to put a nut on one of his wheels.

2010

Race winner: Mark Webber Red Bull
The 2010 race was a success on the remodelled track, although not for the first time this season Red Bull managed to conspire between themselves to stop them scoring what should have been an easy first and second place. Mark Webber took the race win with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button taking second and fourth in McLaren's that did not handle well.

2009

Race winner: Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
The 2009 race may have been the last at Silverstone and was won by Red Bull's Vettel from pole position, however the redevelopment of the Donnington track ran into financial problems and so the British Grand Prix will continue at Silverstone.

2008

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton McLaren
Heikki Kovalainen took pole position in dry conditions but the race was run in changing wet conditions meaning being on the right tyre at the right time was important for a good race. After spins and off track excursions from many of the drivers, Lewis Hamilton won the race Ahead of Nick Heidfeld in the BMW and Rubens Barrichello in a Honda.

2007

Race winner: Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton took pole position, but ended up third as he moved down the order during pit stops. Kimi Raikkonen's win over Fernando Alonso helped by advantageous traffic. Felipe Massa Stalled on the grid and so started the restart from the pit lane but finally finished 5th.

2006

Race winner: Fernando Alonso Renault
Fernando Alonso took pole position, won the race and had the fastest lap. Behind him was Michael Schumacher in a Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen in a McLaren.

2005

Race winner: Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren
On a hot race day Juan Pablo Montoya won from Fernando Alonso who had taken pole position ahead of third placed Kimi Raikkonen.

2004

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Michael Schumacher won the race ahead of Kimi Raikkonen who had taken pole position and Rubens Barrichello in a Ferrari. Jarno Trulli rolled his Renault but escaped unhurt.

2003

Race winner: Reubens Barrichello Ferrari
Rubens Barrichello won the race having started on pole, ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams and Kimi Raikkonen in a McLaren. The race was notable for a one man track invasion causing a safety car to be deployed.

2002

Race winner: Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Juan Pablo Montoya qualified his Williams on pole ahead of the two Ferrari's, but in a wet race Michael Schumacher took the win ahead of Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello. The rain and the difference in performance of the Michelin and Bridgestone tyres had an influence on the result of the race.

2001

Race winner: Mikka Hakkinen McLaren
Michael Schumacher took pole position in his Ferrari ahead of the two McLaren's, but in the race Mikka Hakkinen took he win in his McLaren ahead of the Ferrari's of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.

2000

Race winner: David Coultard McLaren
Rubens Barrichello took pole position for Ferrari but he retired from the race with mechanical failure. The race was won by David Coultard ahead of his McLaren team mate Mika Hakkinen.

Silverstone Circuit, Britain

Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain

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