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FORMULA 1/VENUES/SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT
FORMULA 1 · GREAT BRITAIN GP

Silverstone

Silverstone Circuit

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE · GB · EST. 1950

"The home of British motor racing. Maggotts, Becketts, Chapel — taken flat at 300 km/h with full fuel — remains the single most demanding sequence of corners in any grand prix."

Silverstone Circuit

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CLICK CORNERS FOR THE MOMENT
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE · GB
MOMENT

LENGTH

5.891km

CORNERS

18

LAP RECORD

1:27.097

VERSTAPPEN · '20

ELEVATION

35m

F1 SINCE

1950

TRACK FINGERPRINT

SENSITIVITY PROFILE

What the car and driver need to excel here. Calibrated against F1 venue averages.

WHAT MATTERS HERE

Fast corners and tyre load define Silverstone — Pirelli's top lateral rating, and one of Brembo's two easiest tracks on brakes.

Engine PowerHIGH

68.5% FLAT · 324 KM/H

Aero EfficiencyHIGH

DOWNFORCE 4/5

Mechanical GripMODERATE

TRACTION 3/5 · VILLAGE · LOOP

Braking StabilityLOW

BREMBO 1/5 · JOINT-LIGHTEST

Tyre DegradationCRITICAL

STRESS 5/5 · C2/C3/C4

High-speed commitmentEXTREME

COPSE · MAGGOTTS · BECKETTS

WEATHER · SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT

1950–PRESENT

Historical race-day conditions across 61 World Championship races at this circuit. Classified dry / mixed / wet from race reports.

CONDITIONS BREAKDOWN

DRY 80%
MIXED 17%
WET 3%

OF 61 F1 RACES SINCE 1950

MOST CHAOTIC RACES

2024 · Catalogue rain-affected · curated WETWET
2008 · Catalogue rain-affected · curated WETWET
2025 · Catalogue rain-affected · MIXEDMIXED

CIRCUIT OVERVIEW

Silverstone Circuit — 49 dry / 10 mixed / 2 wet of 61 races.

DRIVER-TRACK FIT

HISTORICAL

Drivers with the strongest results here relative to their starts — wins, podiums, and poles at this circuit, with shrinkage so small samples do not dominate.

Lewis Hamilton

989W 16PD 8P

Jim Clark

973W 3PD 3P

Alain Prost

905W 6PD 1P

Nigel Mansell

853W 5PD 3P

José Froilán González

792W 2PD 1P

FIT = (25×WINS + 8×PODIUMS + 10×POLES) / STARTS · BAYESIAN SHRINKAGE · MIN SAMPLE

ICONIC MOMENTS

THE ARCHIVE

Races and laps that define Silverstone Circuit. Moments that shaped the circuit's legend.

1987
EPIC

Mansell pits then overtakes Piquet — crowd storms track

WILLIAMS · STOWE CORNER

1992
TITLE

Mansell clinches WDC at home — dominant 8th win

WILLIAMS · CHAMPION

2008
WET

Hamilton charges through the field

McLAREN · 9 POSITIONS

2021
CRASH

Hamilton vs Verstappen T1 crash

RED BULL vs MERCEDES

2016
WIN

Hamilton's 4th Silverstone win

MERCEDES · DOMINANT

2024
RECORD

Hamilton's record 9th British GP win

MERCEDES · FIRST WIN SINCE 2021

KEY MOMENTS SELECTED FROM THE RACE ARCHIVE · CONDITIONS VERIFIED