lewis hamilton won the f1 grand prix at silverstone.
lewis hamilton won the f1 grand prix at silverstone.
who won the f1 grand prix at silverstone?
lewis hamilton
the 2003 event was disrupted by a defrocked priest, cornelius horan, who ran onto the hangar straight during the race while cars were coming at him at 160+ mph. marshals were able to get him off the track before he hurt himself or anyone else and he was later arrested; brazilian rubens barrichello won the race for ferrari. a dispute between silverstone's owners, the british racing drivers' club (brdc), and the formula one authorities in 2003 over the funding of necessary improvements to the track's facilities led to doubts over the future of the race. in october 2004 the british grand prix was left off the preliminary race schedule for 2005 because the brdc refused to pay the race fee demanded by bernie ecclestone. however, after months of negotiation between the brdc, ecclestone and the formula one constructors, a deal was made for the grand prix to be held at silverstone until 2009. 2008 saw briton lewis hamilton win for mclaren; and on 4 july, it was announced that donington park had been awarded the contract to host the british grand prix for 10 years from 2010. however, donington failed to secure the necessary funding to host the race, and its contract was terminated in november 2009. on 7 december 2009, silverstone signed a 17-year contract to host the british grand prix from 2010 onwards. the 2010 race saw a new circuit configuration being used, using the brand new "arena" layout. for 2011 a new pit complex was built between club and abbey corners, to where the start/finish line was moved. silverstone is still a very fast circuit- with average speeds up in the 145 mph range for formula 1 cars; one of the highest average speeds on the f1 calendar.
british grand prix
by the 9th running of the event in 2014, the number of races had been reduced to 7, and there had been some tweaking of the categories, better to distribute the competition:









































bullet::::- a : pre-war "voiturettes" and grand prix cars (up to 1939)









































bullet::::- b : f1 and f2 grand prix cars (pre-1961)









































bullet::::- c : sports cars (1952–1955)









































bullet::::- d : f1 grand prix cars (1961–1965)









































bullet::::- e : f1 grand prix cars (1966–1972)









































bullet::::- f : f1 grand prix cars (1973–1978)









































bullet::::- g : formula 3 cars, 2000cc (1974–1978)
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