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Silverstone Circuit
🇬🇧 Silverstone, UK · Local time Wed 7 Oct, 21:54
Circuit facts
- Official name
- Silverstone Circuit
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Silverstone, UK
- Lap length
- 5.891 km
- Race laps
- 52
- Race distance
- 306.332 km
- Turns
- 18
- Direction
- Clockwise
- First Grand Prix
- 1950
- Lap record
- 1:27.097 — Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2026)
- Local time zone
- Europe/London
About the circuit
The venue of the first world championship race in 1950 and still the fastest permanent circuit in Europe. Copse, Maggotts, Becketts and Chapel are taken at speeds that load the car harder than anywhere except Suzuka.
Grands Prix at Silverstone Circuit
| Season | Grand Prix | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | British GP | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
| 2025 | British GP | Lando Norris | McLaren |
| 2024 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2023 | British GP | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2022 | British GP | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari |
| 2021 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2020 | 70th Anniversary GP | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2020 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2019 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2018 | British GP | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari |
| 2017 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2016 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2015 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2014 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2013 | British GP | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
| 2012 | British GP | Mark Webber | Red Bull |
| 2011 | British GP | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
| 2010 | British GP | Mark Webber | Red Bull |
| 2009 | British GP | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
| 2008 | British GP | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren |
| 2007 | British GP | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari |
| 2006 | British GP | Fernando Alonso | Renault |
| 2005 | British GP | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren |
| 2004 | British GP | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 2003 | British GP | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari |
| 2002 | British GP | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 2001 | British GP | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren |
| 2000 | British GP | David Coulthard | McLaren |
| 1999 | British GP | David Coulthard | McLaren |
| 1998 | British GP | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 1997 | British GP | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams |
| 1996 | British GP | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams |
| 1995 | British GP | Johnny Herbert | Benetton |
| 1994 | British GP | Damon Hill | Williams |
| 1993 | British GP | Alain Prost | Williams |
| 1992 | British GP | Nigel Mansell | Williams |
| 1991 | British GP | Nigel Mansell | Williams |
| 1990 | British GP | Alain Prost | Ferrari |
| 1989 | British GP | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 1988 | British GP | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1987 | British GP | Nigel Mansell | Williams |
| 1985 | British GP | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 1983 | British GP | Alain Prost | Renault |
| 1981 | British GP | John Watson | McLaren |
| 1979 | British GP | Clay Regazzoni | Williams |
| 1977 | British GP | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 1975 | British GP | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren |
| 1973 | British GP | Peter Revson | McLaren |
| 1971 | British GP | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell |
| 1969 | British GP | Jackie Stewart | — |
| 1967 | British GP | Jim Clark | — |
| 1965 | British GP | Jim Clark | — |
| 1963 | British GP | Jim Clark | — |
| 1960 | British GP | Jack Brabham | — |
| 1958 | British GP | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 1956 | British GP | Juan Fangio | Ferrari |
| 1954 | British GP | José Froilán González | Ferrari |
| 1953 | British GP | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 1952 | British GP | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 1951 | British GP | José Froilán González | Ferrari |
| 1950 | British GP | Nino Farina | Alfa Romeo |
Silverstone Circuit: frequently asked questions
- How long is a lap of Silverstone Circuit?
- A lap of Silverstone Circuit measures 5.891 km with 18 turns.
- What is the lap record at Silverstone Circuit?
- The lap record is 1:27.097, set by Andrea Kimi Antonelli in 2026.
- How many laps is the race at Silverstone Circuit?
- The Grand Prix runs 52 laps, a race distance of about 306 km.
- When did Silverstone Circuit first hold a Grand Prix?
- Silverstone Circuit first hosted a world championship Grand Prix in 1950.
- Who won the last race at Silverstone Circuit?
- Charles Leclerc won the 2026 race here for Ferrari.
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