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. The 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the first race in the newly created World Championship of Drivers. The race rotated between Si…
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. The 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the first race in the newly created World Championship of Drivers. The race rotated between Silverstone, Aintree and Brands Hatch from 1955 to 1986, but settled permanently at the Silverstone track in 1987. The circuit also hosts the British round of the MotoGP series.
Location: Silverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Capacity: 164,000
Owner: British Racing Drivers' Club
Opened: 1948
FIA Grade: 1 (GP) · 2 (Historic)
Major events: Current: · Formula One · British Grand Prix (intermittently 1948–1985, 1987–present) · Grand Prix motorcycle racing · British motorcycle Grand Prix (1977–1986, 2010–2019, 2021–present) · BTCC (1979–2006, 2008–present) · British GT (1993–present) · Silverstone Classic (1990–2019, 2021–present) · Future: · European Le Mans Series (2004–2005, 2007–2011, 2013–2019, 2025) · Former: · FIA WEC 4 Hours of Silverstone (2012–2019) · WTCC Race of UK (2005) · World SBK (2002–2007, 2010–2013) · FIA World RX World RX of Great Britain (2018–2019) · FIM Endurance World Championship (1983, 2002) · GT World Challenge Europe (2013–2019) · FIA GT (1997–2002, 2005–2009) · World Sportscar Championship (1976–1988, 1990–1992) · Formula One · 70th Anniversary Grand Prix (2020)
Time zone: GMT (UTC+0) · BST (April–October, UTC+1)
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