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11 unusual facts about Silverstone Circuit


Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

The phrase "Grand Prix Priest" refers to Horan's previous protest, in which he ran onto the track at the Silverstone Circuit during the Formula One 2003 British Grand Prix, intentionally running directly into the path of oncoming cars.

Aylesbury Vale

The Silverstone Circuit sits on the northern boundary of the district with South Northamptonshire, and the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is located near Quainton.

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.

Ginetta G40

In the latter series, it won its class at the Britcar 24 Hours, held at the Silverstone Circuit on its debut in 2010, and finished 12th overall, driven by the works Team LNT team's drivers Lawrence Tomlinson, Mike Simpson, Steve Linn and Nigel Moore, also proving to be the fastest Ginetta, as it finished one place ahead of a GT4-class Ginetta G50.

Juan Carlos Sistos

In August 2010 it was announced that Juan Carlos had joined Motul Team West-Tec for British Formula 3 and he took a sensational National Class win on his debut at the famous Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit.

Katie Larmour

In 2006 Larmour won the title of ‘Formula Una Great Britain’ at Silverstone Circuit representing Red Bull Racing Team, was made the Face of Belfast Fashionweek 2009, and was voted FHM’s number one "Holiday Honey" for the UK and Ireland in 2011, later launching her own swimsuit line.

Silver Dream Racer

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

Tresham College of Further and Higher Education

The Tresham College Silverstone Centre, based at Silverstone motor racing circuit, is Britain's National College for Motorsport and is classed as a centre of excellence.

Vicki Cruse

Cruse died on August 22, 2009, when her light plane, a borrowed Zivko Edge 540, registration N540BW, crashed onto the famous Silverstone Race Circuit in Britain during a qualifying flight for the World Aerobatic Championships.


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.

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 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.

Aluizio Coelho

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 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.

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.

Danny Eyles

The following year, Danny achieved consistent results in the EDC, however at the second round at Silverstone Circuit, Danny and team-mate Shane Lynch had a huge collision, totalling both cars.

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

From Froilán González's win at Silverstone in 1951 with the Ferrari 375 F1, to Fernando Alonso's win at Silverstone in 2011 in the Ferrari 150° Italia, Ferrari have been winning hundreds of F1 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.

Force India

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

Hesketh Motorcycles

In 2006, having been forced to leave Easton Neston after its sale by Lord Hesketh to Leon Max, and Max's intention to turn the stable block into a call centre for his Max Store clothing brand, Broom Engineering relocated to Turweston Aerodrome near Silverstone Circuit.

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.

Kumho BMW Championship

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

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.

Porsche 956

The 956 made its debut at the Silverstone 6 Hour race, the second round of the World Championship for Makes with Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell driving for the factory.

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.

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.

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.

Silverstone Circuit Developments

Silverstone Circuit is built on the site of a World War II Royal Air Force bomber station, RAF Silverstone, which opened in 1943.

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.

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.

Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior

That year he raced a Jim Russell Driving School entered Lotus 59 in British Formula Three, beating Carlos Pace and works Lotus driver Dave Walker, among others, to a victory at a BARC Championship round at Silverstone.

Win Percy

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