Silverstone and its predecessors have hosted home heroics, last-lap drama and rain-soaked chaos. Which race still gets talked about most?
11987 British Grand PrixNigel Mansell hunted down Williams team-mate Nelson Piquet and passed him at Stowe with a dummy on the Hangar Straight, sparking a track invasion at Silverstone.1000pts
22022 British Grand PrixCarlos Sainz took his first win after a frightening first-lap crash for Zhou Guanyu and a fierce late battle.583pts
32008 British Grand PrixLewis Hamilton won his first British Grand Prix by more than a minute in torrential rain at Silverstone.535pts
41967 British Grand PrixJim Clark won his fifth British Grand Prix in the Lotus 49 on his final appearance at Silverstone.535pts
51957 British Grand PrixStirling Moss and Tony Brooks shared the win at Aintree, the first World Championship victory for a British car, the Vanwall.480pts
61976 British Grand PrixJames Hunt won a restarted race at Brands Hatch only to be disqualified months later.480pts
71991 British Grand PrixNigel Mansell won and then gave Ayrton Senna, whose car had stopped, a lift back to the pits on his sidepod.416pts
81979 British Grand PrixClay Regazzoni gave Williams its first ever World Championship victory at Silverstone.416pts
92018 British Grand PrixSebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone after Hamilton fought back from last place on the first lap.416pts
102024 British Grand PrixLewis Hamilton took a record ninth British Grand Prix win in changeable conditions.416pts
112014 British Grand PrixLewis Hamilton won after Nico Rosberg retired, while Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso fought a famous wheel-to-wheel duel.416pts
121955 British Grand PrixStirling Moss beat Mercedes team-mate Fangio by a whisker at Aintree to become the first Briton to win his home Grand Prix.416pts
131973 British Grand PrixA first-lap pile-up triggered by Jody Scheckter stopped the race, and Peter Revson took a surprise win.416pts
142003 British Grand PrixRubens Barrichello won a thrilling race at Silverstone that was disrupted by a protester running on the Hangar Straight.416pts
151975 British Grand PrixA sudden downpour sent car after car off the road, and the race was stopped with Emerson Fittipaldi declared the winner.416pts
161995 British Grand PrixMichael Schumacher and Damon Hill collided, letting Johnny Herbert score his first Formula One win at home.341pts
171970 British Grand PrixJochen Rindt snatched the win at Brands Hatch when Jack Brabham ran out of fuel on the last lap.341pts
182025 British Grand PrixLando Norris won his home race in the rain, and Nico Hülkenberg scored his first podium at his 239th start.341pts
192020 British Grand PrixLewis Hamilton crossed the line on three wheels after a last-lap puncture, holding off Max Verstappen.341pts
201956 British Grand PrixJuan Manuel Fangio took his only British Grand Prix win after Stirling Moss retired from the lead.250pts
211965 British Grand PrixJim Clark nursed his ailing Lotus home to hold off Graham Hill at Silverstone.250pts
221969 British Grand PrixJackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt swapped the lead repeatedly at Silverstone until a loose wing slowed Rindt.250pts
231981 British Grand PrixJohn Watson won for McLaren after René Arnoux's Renault faltered late, delighting the home crowd.250pts
241977 British Grand PrixJames Hunt won at Silverstone in a race that also saw Renault debut the first turbocharged Formula One car.250pts
252021 British Grand PrixLewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided at Copse on lap one, and Hamilton recovered to win.0pts
261951 British Grand PrixJosé Froilán González beat Juan Manuel Fangio's Alfa Romeo to give Ferrari its first World Championship victory.0pts
271950 British Grand PrixThe first ever Formula One World Championship race, won at Silverstone by Giuseppe Farina in front of King George VI.0pts
Photo credits
- 1987 British Grand Prix — "Chrissylad", CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2022 British Grand Prix — Jen Ross, CC BY 2.0
- 2008 British Grand Prix — big-ashb, CC BY 2.0
- 1967 British Grand Prix — Eric Koch for Anefo / neg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 1957 British Grand Prix — Terry Whalebone from Bolton, UK, CC BY 2.0
- 1976 British Grand Prix — Martin Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 1991 British Grand Prix — Philip Jeffrey, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 1979 British Grand Prix — Martin Lee from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2018 British Grand Prix — Jen Ross, CC BY 2.0
- 2024 British Grand Prix — Jen Ross, CC BY 2.0
- 2014 British Grand Prix — pedrik, CC BY 2.0
- 1973 British Grand Prix — Raimund Kommer, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2003 British Grand Prix — Martin Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 1975 British Grand Prix — Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 1995 British Grand Prix — Martin Lee from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 1970 British Grand Prix — Evers, Joost / Anefo / neg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2025 British Grand Prix — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2020 British Grand Prix — Alberto-g-rovi, CC BY 3.0
- 1956 British Grand Prix — Simon Davison from Los Gatos, United States, CC BY 2.0
- 1965 British Grand Prix — Eric Koch for Anefo / neg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 1969 British Grand Prix — Evers, Joost / Anefo / neg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 1981 British Grand Prix — https://www.flickr.com/photos/davehamster/, CC BY 2.0
- 1977 British Grand Prix — Martin Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2021 British Grand Prix — Jen Ross, CC BY 2.0
- 1950 British Grand Prix — David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 4.0
