Circuits
Round 9 · British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, United Kingdom
5.891 km
Lap length
18
Corners
8 left, 10 right
Clockwise
Direction
—
F1 races held
first running
What makes it different
- Hosted the first race of the Formula One World Championship in May 1950, and is one of only two circuits on the 2026 calendar to have held a championship round in that first season.
- Maggotts–Becketts–Chapel is a sequence of direction changes taken above 250 km/h; it loads the tyres harder than almost anything else in the season.
- The circuit is built on the runways of RAF Silverstone, a WWII Bomber Command training airfield completed in 1943 - the current Wellington Straight is named for the aircraft its crews trained on there.
Home race
Home race for Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, George Russell, Arvid Lindblad, Oliver Bearman.
Home to Red Bull, Mercedes, McLaren, Aston Martin, Alpine, Williams — 6 of the grid's 11 teams.
Historic moments
2024 · Hamilton's record ninth home win
Lewis Hamilton came through a race of on-off rain to win at Silverstone for the ninth time - more victories than any driver has taken at a single circuit. It was his first win since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, two and a half years earlier, and he told his team over the radio that he couldn't stop crying.
2021 · Hamilton and Verstappen collide at Copse
Title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided at Copse on the opening lap of the 2021 British Grand Prix, sending Verstappen's Red Bull hard into the barriers for a precautionary hospital check. Hamilton was handed a 10-second penalty for causing the collision but served it and recovered to win the race anyway, his eighth British Grand Prix victory.
1950 · The first World Championship race
Silverstone hosted round one of Formula 1's first-ever World Championship season in May 1950, with King George VI and the Royal Family watching from the stands as Giuseppe Farina won for a dominant Alfa Romeo.
British Grand Prix coverage
No coverage is tagged to the British Grand Prix yet - stories are matched to a round while the weekend is running, so this fills in from practice onwards.
The British Grand Prix preview has the session times and what to watch for, and the standings show where the season sits.