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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 .
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.
On 8 February 2024, Silverstone and Formula One extended its contract to host the British Grand Prix until 2034. [21] At the 2024 British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton, on his final season driving for Mercedes, won the race for the ninth time. The 104th win of his career, it broke Michael Schumacher's record for most wins at a single circuit. [22]
The victory marked Hamilton's ninth on the Silverstone racetrack, breaking an F1 record for most wins on a single circuit. Lewis Hamilton gets record-breaking win at British Grand Prix, earning ...
The second session began sunny and windy, but heavy clouds formed low around Silverstone, and rain fell in the final ten minutes, [39] [41] creating a slippery track surface that slowed drivers. [42] Häkkinen set the day's fastest lap of 1:22.827 with 14 minutes left, 0.067 seconds quicker than teammate Coulthard. [ 43 ]
The 2017 British Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 16 July 2017 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom.
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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 circuit has undergone several changes.