2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix

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Silverstone Grand Prix

British Silverstone Circuit

Race Date	21 June2009
Laps	60
Circuit length	5.141 km (3.194 mi)
Race length	308.46 km (191.64 mi)
Number of corners	14 (left:6) (right:8)
Top speed	335 Km/h
Start line offset	105 m
Downforce setup	medium
Most wins (drivers)	Jim Clark, Alain Prost
Most wins (constructors)	McLaren
Grand Prix held	42
Spectactor capacity	around 90000

The British GP Basic Information

The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship . It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire. The British and Italian Grands Prix are the oldest continuously staged Formula One world championship Grands Prix.

Silverstone F1 Race

Silverstone Circuit started life as an aerodrome. When the Second World War ended in 1945, England’s other two circuits, Donington Park and the legendary Brooklands, had fallen into disrepair. And so it was that the outer taxiways and interconnecting runways of Silverstone became adopted by the Royal Automobile Club as the home for the British Grand Prix in 1948. The circuit was fast and challenging and in 1949 the shape was formed that remains the basis of the track to this day.

The Circuit has hosted the race regularly since the start of the F1 championship in 1950 (in which it was the first race of the first ever official World Championship) and every year since 1987; it alternated with Brands Hatch between 1964 and 1986, and with Aintree (better known as a horse-racing course) between 1955 and 1962.

In recent years various upgrades have been made to the track’s facilities. A racing school now exists at the circuit and with government funding a new bypass has been built, greatly improving access to the once notoriously out-of-the-way venue.

Silverstone GP Timetable