The Evolution of Silverstone F1 Circuit

THE EVOLUTION OF SILVERSTONE FIRST TRACK O CURRENT TRACK O COPSE CORNER COPSE PITS STRAIGHT WOODCOTE CORNER BROOKLANDS NATIONAL STRAIGHT LUFFIELD MAGGOTTS BRIDGE FARM STRAIGHT IRELAND BECKETTS ABBEY ABBEY CURVE HANGAR STRAIGHT CLUB CORNER STOWE 1948 Present SILVERSTONE FACTS AND FIGURES Present track length: | 3.660 miles Number of Laps: 52 Current Lap Record: | 1:30.874 (FAbno 20) Did you know that. The first ever 160mph lap was achieved in F1 by Keke Rosberg in a Williams- Honda in 1985. Fittipaldi & Schumacher have both won the British Five British drivers F1 GP whilst in have won at Silverstone the pit lane. in the past 20 years - Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert, David Coulthard & The first GP circuit at Silverstone Lewis Hamilton. was created in The Silverstone just two months by farmer James Wilson circuit used to contain cereal crops and a piggery Brown on behalf of Opened in 1943, the RAC. at its centre. Silverstone was originally a WWII airfield. Formula 1 GP Winners Gonzales 1951, 1954 Regazzoni 1952, 1953 Watson 1956 Prost. 1983, 85, 89, 90, 93 Montoya 1979 Hakkinen .2001 Ascari 1981 Barrichello. .2003 Fangio Collins .2005 1958 Mansell 1987, 91, 92 Raikkonen .2007 Brabham 1960 Senna 1988 Hamilton. .2008 Clark 1963, 65, 67 Hill .1994 Vettel. .2009 Stewart .1969, 71 Herbert .1995 Alonso 2006, 2011 Revson 1973 Villeneuve .1996, 97 Webber 2010 1975 Schumacher. 1998, 02, 04 1977 Coulthard . 1999, 2000 Fittipaldi Hunt Top 3 Winning Teams FERRARI 12 S 6 MeLAREN 5 WILLIAMS TIMES RENUALT TIMES TIMES For information on our latest Formula 1 books: www.haynes.co.uk/formula-one-2012 (Haynes Y @haynesbooks f HaynesBooks Facts sourced from Formula One: All The Races (Roger Smith) and www.silverstone.co.uk