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38 unusual facts about Silverstone


1989 International Formula 3000 season

The season began with Thomas Danielsson winning at Silverstone, after returning from the eye problems that had caused him to miss most of the previous year.

2010 GP3 Series season

Other victories were taken by Status Grand Prix's Daniel Morad at Silverstone, Pål Varhaug won the season-opening race in Barcelona and Adrien Tambay won from 27th on the grid at Spa in a wet/dry race.

2010 Silverstone GP2 Series round

Sergio Pérez got his season back on track with a crushing win for Addax in the GP2 Series sprint race at Silverstone.

2010 World Series by Renault season

At Silverstone, Guerrieri took his fifth victory on the road in the opening race, but was disqualified on a technical infringement, giving victory to Ricciardo's team-mate Jean-Éric Vergne.

2012 6 Hours of Silverstone

The 2012 6 Hours of Silverstone was held at Silverstone on 26 August 2012, and was the fourth round in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

2012 GP3 Series season

He was replaced by Auto GP World Series driver Facu Regalia for the next round at Silverstone.

2013 6 Hours of Silverstone

The event weekend was shared with the European Le Mans Series, which ran the 3 Hours of Silverstone, and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship.

2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season

The 6 Hours of Silverstone now begins the season in April before Spa in May and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.

Aluizio Coelho

Em seguida, provou o carro F-3000 em Donington Park e se preparou para o grande dia de sua vida: em 12 de Novembro de 1998, no circuito de Silverstone, Aluizio teve a oportunidade de testar o carro da Williams, então atual campeã mundial.

Em 97 era o companheiro de equipe de Dan Wheldon e conquistou em Silverstone uma vitória memorável com direito à pole-position e melhor volta.

Aston Martin DP212

From 1975 to 1979 the car won many races, most significantly at Silverstone, with one first place overall (1975), two first in class results (1977/78) and a third in class (1976).

In 1995 DP212 appeared as a static exhibit at the Silverstone Coys meeting, with the car returning to the meeting in 1999 in the Pre '64 GT race. Where the car, driven by Mike Salmon and Gary Pearson, was in second place in 'Part 1' of the event.

In 1973 the project car returned to motor racing and won twice at Silverstone, and once at Castle Combe, all with Salmon at the wheel.

Aston Martin DPLM

The initial chassis, DP/801/H, was completed in early 1980s and entered in the World Championship 6 Hours at Silverstone Circuit in May of that year.

Bernard Unett

However, Unett crashed the car at Silverstone on its first test and that's as far as the project got.

British Superbike Championship Support Series

In 2010 the Superstock 1000 and Superstock 600 categories also supported the British rounds of the Superbike World Championship and the Moto GP both at Silverstone.

British Superkart Championship

The karts race on full size British circuits such as Pembrey, Silverstone, Bishopscourt (Northern Ireland), Castle Combe, Darley Moor, Snetterton and Croft, Cadwell Park, Thruxton, Donington Park, Oulton Park along with the 31st running of the MSA British Superkart Grand Prix at Cadwell Park.

BRM P83

At Silverstone both of the works P83s suffered suspension failures in practise, and as a result Stewart took over the Reg Parnell P83 of Irwin, who in turn was given the P261 of Piers Courage, who had to sit out the race.

The last non-championship race for the car was the International Trophy at Silverstone, Stewart driving the P83 while Spence was in a P261.

Chris Swanwick

Swanwicks aggressive driving style saw him disqualified in Round 14 of the championship at Silverstone after an incident that resulted in 3 cars retiring from the race.

Dilip Rogger

When he was 16 years old, Rogger got an opportunity to hone his bike-racing skills at the Silverstone Circuit and Daytona Park, London, where he cleared the qualifying test.

Dominic Evans

He was partnered by three different drivers in the three races he entered: Roberts at Silverstone, Steve Bell at the first Brands Hatch round (where he got his best result, 17th, in the second race), and Mark Coleing at the second Brands Hatch round.

Force India

Sahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence.

The team has its origins in the Jordan Grand Prix team, which entered Formula One racing in 1991 based at the Silverstone racing circuit.

Giorgio Stirano

In the winter of 1978, Stirano designed an evolution of the old Osella FA2 for the 1979 season: this new car allowed Eddie Cheever to win races at Silverstone, the Pau Grand Prix and Zandvoort.

Jan Brunstedt

He only managed to race in two rounds at the second meeting of the year at Silverstone, finishing last in both races.

Kevin Ashman

The Milhous Warriors, most of whom are based in Swindon, England, have often emerged victorious in the team elements of events run by Quizzing.co.uk, becoming National Champions at Old Trafford football stadium in 2004 and Silverstone in 2005 as part of those years' UK leg of the World Quizzing Championship event.

Kumho BMW Championship

The first race meeting took place on a cold and overcast Saturday at Silverstone where it the club managed to field a full grid.

The championship currently competes at many famous circuits in the UK, including Brands Hatch, Silverstone, Snetterton, Thruxton and Croft.

Marko Asmer

In February 2011 Asmer returned to motorsport when he tested a British Formula 3 car for the Double R Racing team at Silverstone, during which he set competitive times.

Niall Gunn

At round 2 at Silverstone Niall finished 5th overall in the D1GB event and qualified as the top 8 European drivers to enter D1 Grand Prix

North West Bicester

Improvements to Junction 10 of the M40 have also been designed to support North West Bicester and improve links with Silverstone and Brackley.

Philippe Létourneau

He competed in Formula 1600, Formula 2000, Champcar Light, Formula Renault, Formula Vauxhall Junior, Touring car, Spec Racer, Formula Atlantic, and Daytona Prototypes, and competed at circuits including Silverstone, Magny Cours, Daytona Speedway, Mont Tremblant and Gilles Villeneuve.

River Leck

The River Leck rises from a spring next to silverstone circuit near Whittlebury park golf course near Silverstone and flows through Shrines wood and Shirehill Wood and past Lovel wood it then flows past St Nicholas Church at lillingstone Dayrell.

Team Dynamics

Eaves won 4 races for them, and Gareth Howell returned in a 3rd car towards the end of the year to take one win at Silverstone.

Team orders

In 1955 the Mercedes team asked Juan Manuel Fangio to let his teammate Stirling Moss win his home grand prix at Silverstone.

Tim Boswell

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.

Will Hoy

1997 was somewhat disappointing but 1998 was a much better performance, with Hoy finishing in the top 10 in the championship in one of the least competitive works cars and even picked up a race win at Round 4 at Silverstone.


1970 Monaco Grand Prix

The Lotus team decided to bring the old 49 chassis instead of the new 72, despite testing it in a non-championship race at Silverstone a couple of weeks earlier.

2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season

Series veteran Eric Salignon scored four victories at Magny-Cours, Silverstone, Oschersleben and Imola during the season, he took the championship at the wheel of his Graff Racing-run car, giving team their first Eurocup championship.

2007 Formula Palmer Audi season

The season began at Silverstone on Easter Saturday, with a pair of 22-lap races scheduled for the 1.6-mile National circuit.

African Community Initiative Support

They are presently supporting the Mercy Gate Champion Children's Home in Kisii and the Silverstone Junior School, Watamu, by finding funds for building work and sponsors for the children.

Ben Silverstone

Silverstone's most notable role is that of Steven Carter in the 1998 Paramount Classic's feature film, Get Real.

Brackley railway station

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.

Darren Dowling

His best ever finish was a fourteenth position at Silverstone, ending the season with no points.

Drivers Republic

In July 2008 Drivers Republic formed a partnership with Silverstone Circuits for DR to use the Grand Prix circuit and associated straights to set lap-times and gather performance data.

Ecurie Bonnier

The Lola proved more competitive, however, and Bonnier took top ten places at two of the four World Sportscar Championship (WSC) races that he contested in 1968, finished in second in the Players Trophy race at Silverstone, and won both the Anderstorp and Norisring 200 km races.

FIA WTCC Race of UK

The race had previously been held at Donington Park when the series was known as the European Touring Car Championship but with promotion to world championship status, the event switched to Silverstone in Northamptonshire for 2005.

Gareth Howell

He managed to secure a number of outings during the year, including at Silverstone as team-mate to Gavin Pyper at GA Motorsport, piloting a Vauxhall Astra Coupé.

Joe Tandy

Despite missing the rounds in Bucharest, Nick managed to finish ninth overall in the championship, with three podiums coming at Spa, Silverstone and Donington.

Lewis Williamson

Williamson took further wins at Croft and Silverstone – a rescheduled race from Brands Hatch which Williamson had qualified on pole for – as he and Blomqvist commenced their battle for the championship along with Tamás Pál Kiss and Will Stevens.

Pepe Massot

He finished the season 4th overall helped by wins at Snetterton and Silverstone.

Peter Procter

Procter has returned to driving a few times, including racing his original Sunbeam Tiger at the Le Mans Historic in 2002, and is still involved in motorsport, a member of the British Racing Drivers Club at Silverstone.

Ramón Piñeiro

After his FBMW campaign concluded in September, Piñeiro competed in the final two rounds of the Formula Palmer Audi championship at Silverstone and Snetterton.

Red Bull RB8

Its name is based neither on his favourite band's album Abbey Road, nor on the famous Silverstone corner.

Renault R25

In Episode 8 of Series 10 of the BBC show Top Gear, presenter Richard Hammond drove the R25 around Stowe Circuit at Silverstone, completing two laps.

Royce Cronin

Royce is also well known on both sides of the atlantic for the role of Chris Silverstone in the popular children's series 24seven which aired in both the UK and The U.S. and had 2 major seasons.

Silver Dream Racer

Some scenes were filmed during the 1979 Grand Prix at Silverstone, Northamptonshire.

Takaaki Nakagami

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 Rainband

Double Superbike world champion James Toseland plays the piano on the track and joined The Rainband on stage in Norwich and at the MotoGP in Silverstone in support of the project.

Win Percy

Along the way they scored victories in seven of the 500 km rounds: Donington; Silverstone; Monza; Vallelunga; Nogaro; the Österreichring; and Salzburg.