Within his former constituency are Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix; Althorp, the childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales and her brother the Earl Spencer; and Thenford, the village of the mansion home of Michael Heseltine.
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However, as their car was not eventually ready until the final race of the season Gianni Lancia allowed him to drive twice for Maserati (sharing fastest lap at the British Grand Prix) and once for Ferrari.
On 13 May 1950 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived at Brackley station en route to the first official British Grand Prix held at Silverstone.
During this period Frank Halford also designed and had built the AM Halford Special racing car which he raced at Brooklands in the 1926 RAC British Grand Prix, as well as in many other races in 1925 and 1926.
He once again took pole at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and again finished second, this time behind Championship leader and home rider Scott Redding.
The 1980 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 13 July 1980.
Not selected for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in March due to a series of injuries, the Stockport-based athlete leapt to third in the UK all-time 800 metre rankings with 1 min 58.20 sec in the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead in June 2006, finishing second behind Kenyan Commonwealth champion Janeth Jepkosgei.
On Sunday 8 July 2012, Waitt's latest work was debuted on Sky F1 ahead of the 2012 British Grand Prix, McLaren Animation's first release, Tooned, is written and directed by Waitt and Henry Trotter.
Popular singer Roy Orbison visited Hawkstone Park as a spectator at the 1965 500cc British Grand Prix.