Pit Lane F1
Silverstone is where Formula 1's World Championship began. Round 1 of the inaugural 1950 season ran on this RAF airfield in Northamptonshire, England, and the venue has held a Grand Prix in all but a handful of years since. The current layout has been in place since the 2010 'Arena' rebuild that added the Becketts-Aintree complex; it's still recognisably the same rhythm of a flowing, fast circuit that punishes any chassis that can't sit on its nose.
Drivers describe Silverstone as the truest test of a modern F1 car: the high-speed sections expose any aero weakness, the heavy braking zones expose chassis stability, and the British weather adds a layer of randomness that has decided championships. Lewis Hamilton's nine wins here are the most by any driver at any single circuit.
Silverstone is high-speed and high-energy on tyres — the lateral loads in Maggotts-Becketts heat the rears beyond comfort, and front graining is the standard mid-race concern. Pirelli typically nominates the harder end of the C-range; one-stop strategies win when the medium can be stretched. Safety cars are uncommon — the gravel traps at the high-speed corners tend to cycle a stricken car off-track without race-stopping the field.
British weather is the active variable — even mid-summer races have been decided by sudden rain. Stowe and Becketts grandstands give the best on-track view of high-speed driver inputs; the Wing complex (the modern pit and paddock) is the spot for paddock club hospitality. Average July temperature is 17 °C with frequent showers.
| Ano | Vencedor | Equipe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lando Norris | McLaren |
| 2024 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2023 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2022 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari |
| 2021 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2020 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2020 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull |
| 2019 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2018 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari |
| 2017 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2016 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2015 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2014 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 2013 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
| 2012 | Mark Webber | Red Bull |
| 2011 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
| 2010 | Mark Webber | Red Bull |
| 2009 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
| 2008 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren |
| 2007 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari |
| 2006 | Fernando Alonso | Renault |
| 2005 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren |
| 2004 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 2003 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari |
| 2002 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 2001 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren |
| 2000 | David Coulthard | McLaren |
| 1999 | David Coulthard | McLaren |
| 1998 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| 1997 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams |
| 1996 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams |
| 1995 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton |
| 1994 | Damon Hill | Williams |
| 1993 | Alain Prost | Williams |
| 1992 | Nigel Mansell | Williams |
| 1991 | Nigel Mansell | Williams |
| 1990 | Alain Prost | Ferrari |
| 1989 | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 1988 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 1987 | Nigel Mansell | Williams |
| 1985 | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 1983 | Alain Prost | Renault |
| 1981 | John Watson | McLaren |
| 1979 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams |
| 1977 | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 1975 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren |
| 1973 | Peter Revson | McLaren |
| 1971 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell |
| 1969 | Jackie Stewart | Matra-Ford |
| 1967 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Ford |
| 1965 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
| 1963 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
| 1960 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 1958 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 1956 | Juan Fangio | Ferrari |
| 1954 | José Froilán González | Ferrari |
| 1953 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 1952 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 1951 | José Froilán González | Ferrari |
| 1950 | Nino Farina | Alfa Romeo |
