# The 27 Greatest British Grands Prix in History

> Silverstone and its predecessors have hosted home heroics, last-lap drama and rain-soaked chaos. Which race still gets talked about most?

*By YPB Team · Published October 31, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-27-greatest-british-grands-prix-in-history*

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1. **1987 British Grand Prix** — score 1000/1000
   Nigel 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.
2. **2022 British Grand Prix** — score 583/1000
   Carlos Sainz took his first win after a frightening first-lap crash for Zhou Guanyu and a fierce late battle.
3. **2008 British Grand Prix** — score 535/1000
   Lewis Hamilton won his first British Grand Prix by more than a minute in torrential rain at Silverstone.
4. **1967 British Grand Prix** — score 535/1000
   Jim Clark won his fifth British Grand Prix in the Lotus 49 on his final appearance at Silverstone.
5. **1957 British Grand Prix** — score 480/1000
   Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks shared the win at Aintree, the first World Championship victory for a British car, the Vanwall.
6. **1976 British Grand Prix** — score 480/1000
   James Hunt won a restarted race at Brands Hatch only to be disqualified months later.
7. **1991 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   Nigel Mansell won and then gave Ayrton Senna, whose car had stopped, a lift back to the pits on his sidepod.
8. **1979 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   Clay Regazzoni gave Williams its first ever World Championship victory at Silverstone.
9. **2018 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone after Hamilton fought back from last place on the first lap.
10. **2024 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   Lewis Hamilton took a record ninth British Grand Prix win in changeable conditions.
11. **2014 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   Lewis Hamilton won after Nico Rosberg retired, while Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso fought a famous wheel-to-wheel duel.
12. **1955 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   Stirling Moss beat Mercedes team-mate Fangio by a whisker at Aintree to become the first Briton to win his home Grand Prix.
13. **1973 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   A first-lap pile-up triggered by Jody Scheckter stopped the race, and Peter Revson took a surprise win.
14. **2003 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   Rubens Barrichello won a thrilling race at Silverstone that was disrupted by a protester running on the Hangar Straight.
15. **1975 British Grand Prix** — score 416/1000
   A sudden downpour sent car after car off the road, and the race was stopped with Emerson Fittipaldi declared the winner.
16. **1995 British Grand Prix** — score 341/1000
   Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill collided, letting Johnny Herbert score his first Formula One win at home.
17. **1970 British Grand Prix** — score 341/1000
   Jochen Rindt snatched the win at Brands Hatch when Jack Brabham ran out of fuel on the last lap.
18. **2025 British Grand Prix** — score 341/1000
   Lando Norris won his home race in the rain, and Nico Hülkenberg scored his first podium at his 239th start.
19. **2020 British Grand Prix** — score 341/1000
   Lewis Hamilton crossed the line on three wheels after a last-lap puncture, holding off Max Verstappen.
20. **1956 British Grand Prix** — score 250/1000
   Juan Manuel Fangio took his only British Grand Prix win after Stirling Moss retired from the lead.
21. **1965 British Grand Prix** — score 250/1000
   Jim Clark nursed his ailing Lotus home to hold off Graham Hill at Silverstone.
22. **1969 British Grand Prix** — score 250/1000
   Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt swapped the lead repeatedly at Silverstone until a loose wing slowed Rindt.
23. **1981 British Grand Prix** — score 250/1000
   John Watson won for McLaren after René Arnoux's Renault faltered late, delighting the home crowd.
24. **1977 British Grand Prix** — score 250/1000
   James Hunt won at Silverstone in a race that also saw Renault debut the first turbocharged Formula One car.
25. **2021 British Grand Prix** — score 0/1000
   Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided at Copse on lap one, and Hamilton recovered to win.
26. **1951 British Grand Prix** — score 0/1000
   José Froilán González beat Juan Manuel Fangio's Alfa Romeo to give Ferrari its first World Championship victory.
27. **1950 British Grand Prix** — score 0/1000
   The first ever Formula One World Championship race, won at Silverstone by Giuseppe Farina in front of King George VI.

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