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Silverstone circuit

Silverstone Circuit
"Home of British Motor Racing"
Circuit Silverstone 2011.svg
Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone, Northamptonshire (part) and Buckinghamshire (part), England, United Kingdom
Time zone GMT
Coordinates 52°4′43″N 1°1′1″W / 52.07861°N 1.01694°W / 52.07861; -1.01694Coordinates: 52°4′43″N 1°1′1″W / 52.07861°N 1.01694°W / 52.07861; -1.01694
Capacity 150,000
FIA Grade 1
Owner British Racing Drivers' Club
Major events FIA Formula One : British Grand Prix
MotoGP : British Grand Prix
FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Silverstone
FIM Superbike World Championship
European Le Mans Series
European Formula Two Championship
FIA International Formula 3000
British Touring Car Championship
British F3 International Series
British GT
British Superbike Championship
Silverstone Classic
Arena Grand Prix Circuit (2011–present)
Length 5.891 km (3.661 mi)
Turns 18
Lap record 1:33.401 (Australia Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, 2013, F1)
Arena Grand Prix Circuit (2010)
Length 5.901 km (3.667 mi)
Turns 18
Lap record 1:30.874 (Spain Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 2010, F1)
Bridge Grand Prix Circuit
Length 5.141 km (3.194 mi)
Turns 17
Lap record 1:18.739 (Germany Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 2004, F1)
International Circuit
Length 3.619 km (2.249 mi)
Turns 10
National Circuit
Length 2.638 km (1.639 mi)
Turns 6
Stowe Circuit
Length 1.281 km (0.796 mi)
Turns 5
Website www.silverstone-circuit.co.uk

Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side. The Northamptonshire towns of Towcester (5 miles) and Brackley (7 miles) and Buckinghamshire town of Buckingham (6 miles) are close by, and the nearest large towns are Northampton and Milton Keynes.

Silverstone is the current home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948. The 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the first race in the newly created World Championship of Drivers. The race rotated between Silverstone, Aintree and Brands Hatch from 1955 to 1986, but relocated permanently to Silverstone in 1987.

The circuit also hosts the British round of the MotoGP series.

On 30 September 2004 British Racing Drivers' Club president Jackie Stewart announced that the British Grand Prix would not be included on the 2005 provisional race calendar and, if it were, would probably not occur at Silverstone. However, on 9 December an agreement was reached with Formula One rights holder Bernie Ecclestone ensuring that the track would host the British Grand Prix until 2009 after which Donington Park would become the new host. However, the Donington Park leaseholders suffered economic problems resulting in the BRDC signing a 17-year deal with Ecclestone to hold the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.


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