We know the history of one of the most famous grand prix calendar maximum. Memorable racing scene, Silverstone is synonymous with speed and excitement.
Although in 1926 and 1927 were held at the Brooklands circuit in two runs Grand Prize vehicles and from 1935 to 1938 he ran at Donington-Park other cars designed to F-1 and those taking part the best riders from him time, they all played under the name of the RAC (Royal Aumotobile Club .) After the Second World War, they decided to join finally the current register your race on the calendar of the FIA \u200b\u200band thus in 1948 was held on a circuit built on the military airfield Silverstone I first Grand Prix.
Italian winner was Luigi Villoresi in a Maserati at the wheel while driving a car like the Swiss Graffenriend Emmanuel won the 1949 edition. That same year, approved the creation of a World Drivers Championship for 1950 and the Grand Prix of England was chosen as the opener.
1950: Saturday May 13, 1950, Silverstone circuit. In the presence of Her Majesty the Queen of England, 21 cars - in most cases built before the war, taking part in the 1 º GP scoring history. Alfa-Romeo team is the most gifted mechanically and dominate the Grand Prix with Giuseppe "Nino" Farina as the winner, second and Luigi Fagioli British driver Reg Parnell invited third party.
1951: What's been announced as a possibility becomes a reality, get beat Ferrari monopoly Alfa-Romeo team. The Silverstone circuit was the scene of the first victory in a Ferrari F-1 and Froilan Gonzalez the man who made it. Thereafter, the date of July 14, 1951 became legendary.
1952: Despite the massive turnout of cars and British pilots, Alberto Ascari continues its winning streak to the end of the year to be crowned world champion.
1953: After being defeated in the Grand Prix de France, Alberto Ascari continued its winning streak to win its second road twisted world.
1954: Having made his debut two weeks before in Reims, the Mercedes-Benz were the favorites to win conquest. However, Froilan Gonzalez broke the forecasts achieved an impressive victory ahead of teammate Hawthorn, Onofre Marimon Maserati and Mercedes of Fangio. Also be noted that because the timers of the time did not mediate the thousandths of a second, no less than seven pilots scored the fastest lap with a time of 1'50. Today it would be easy to know who was the fastest but it is one of the unsolved mysteries of the F-1
1955: It runs on a circuit built inside the famous Aintree Racecourse. Stirling Moss claimed his first Grand Prix victory since Juan Manuel Fangio was unwilling or unable to overcome in the finishing straight. That will always be a mystery.
1956: Although Ferrari Lancia material was donated by the most competitive team, Juan Manuel Fangio won only after Mike Hawthorn (BRM) and Stirling Moss (Maserati) had to leave. Peter Collins at the wheel of the car of English Alfonso de Portago finished second having to share the points with the English driver
1957: Tony Vanderwell sees his dream of defeating a car British Italian teams that had hitherto dominated all GP After suffering an accident in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Tony Brooks gave the wheel of his car to his compatriot Stirling Moss who was in charge of carrying a target after it produjese cessation of Jean Behra Maserati without doubt the moral winner of this test.
1958: Peter Collins who wins dominating from start to finish ahead of Ferrari teammate Mike Hawthorn and the Cooper-Climax of Roy Salvadori and completing the second full British pilots in F-1. Unfortunately, the young winner pass away two weeks later during the dispute German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.
1959: The Australian Jack Brabham achieved a brilliant victory at Aintree to be set up as a leading contender to conquer a world title at the start of the season that was not considered much less favorite. Moss and McLaren went into goal separated by only a few tenths in the fight for second place.
1960: What a disappointment when the British took six laps to go Graham Hill went off the track, leaving the victory on a plate to Jack Brabham who thus repeated victory. Surtees with second place and Ireland in the third consolation on the subjects of His Gracious Majesty.
1961: last run on the Aintree Racecourse, on a rainy day. But the formidable shark nose Ferrari 156 took a clean sweep of top three with Wolfgang von Trips in front of his teammates Phil Hill and Ritchie Ginther.
1962: Piloting the formidable Lotus 25, Scotsman Jim Clark achieved his first Hart Trick ", having achieved the" Pole-Position ", providing the fastest race lap and also getting a flawless victory dominating the whole test .
1963: Repeat of last year with Jim Clark (Lotus-Climax) in dominating plan ahead of their compatriots John Surtees (Ferrari) and Graham Hill (BRM)
1964: Brands Hatch runs, but Jim Clark did not notice the change of scenery and re-master the training, you get the fastest lap and who wins. Again, his countrymen Hill and Surtees accompanying the podium but this time with BRM in place of honor
1965: Jim Clark to earn his fourth straight victory at the British Grand Prix and dominate like the previous at all times but this time escaped the fastest lap was for Graham Hill who along with John Surtees was back on the podium for the third year
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1966: Piloting one of the cars built by the same, the veteran Australian breaks Jack Brabham Jim Clark winning streak, clinching the victory with great comfort. His teammate Denny Hulme team completed the double Brabham-Repco.
1967: The Scotsman Jim Clark returns to the load being imposed for the fifth time in the British Grand Prix, something that was a record-time, but this time had to battle a great time with Graham Hill to abandonment of this
1968: After dropping out of the Lotus official who dominated Oliver Hill the opening bars of the Grand Prize, the mustachioed Swiss Jo Siffert won a tremendous victory piloting the private Lotus Rob Walker after waging a fierce battle with the Ferrari of Chris Amon
1969: Jackie Stewart (Matra-Ford) and Jochen Rindt (Lotus-Ford) dazzled the British public with a fierce battle that ended with the pit stop of the Austrian and the subsequent victory of the Scottish Matra team.
1970: As almost a repeat of the Monaco Grand Prix, Jochen Rindt snatches victory at Jack Brabham on the last lap after running out of petrol, the veteran Australian.
1971: Clay Regazzoni, Jackie Stewart mirror the same time of testing, but the Swiss has won the "Pole" for having achieved before. In the race Stewart snatched the lead from Clay in the third round and imposing the March of Ronnie Peterson and Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus.
1972: The young carioca Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus team gained a creditable victory for the principle of race fought Jacky Ickx (Ferrari) to snatch the lead and following the abandonment of this against Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell-Ford) to defend it, which succeeded.
1973: No fewer than 12 cars - nine of which were eliminated, were involved in an accident caused by the fiery South African Jody Scheckter in the second round. Italian Andrea de Adamich was worse off when it breaks both legs. On resumption, the American Peter Revson (McLaren-Ford) scored a creditable victory in front of Peterson (Lotus-Ford) and McLaren teammate Denny Hulme.
1974: Niki Lauda dominated the comfort test until a few laps a flat tire being overcome by Jody Scheckter which thereby gained an unexpected victory. Confident of being able to defend second place Lauda delayed his pit stop until the beginning of the last lap gave his flat tire and was forced to stop failing return to track as the pit exit had already been invaded by spectators and cars. Ferrari filed a complaint and the Austrian was ranked fifth.
1975: Heavy rain that fell at Silverstone test made the stop on lap 56 of the 67 planned. Club Becketss curves and Bend were flooded with over a foot of water and there were several cars stacked and many others scattered elsewhere in the circuit. Emerson Fittipaldi survived the sinking of clinching the 14th and final victory of his palm.
1976: At the start, the Ferraris of Lauda and Regazzoni were hooked and Hunt, Laffite, Amon, Stuck Pace Edwards and they became involved in the collision. Laffite, Regazzoni and even the winner James Hunt would be disqualified for going out with the spare car because the commissioners had ordered his expulsion. The matter passed into the hands of F.IA. late September and was ratified in disqualification from the British driver. Thus, Niki Lauda won a controversial victory.
1977: Irish John Watson dominated from the start but the engine Alfa Romeo Brabham driving his breaks just before it was passed by Britain's James Hunt who thus are indemnified for the loss in offices last year.
1978: After the abandonment of the favorites - The Lotus Andretti and Peterson, Niki Lauda (Brabham-Alfa-Romeo) appears headed to victory, but the Argentine Carlos Reutemann's Ferrari overtook him and took Austria's indecision to bend to Mclaren Bruno Giacomelli to overtake and win the victory.
1979: Piloting the Williams FW07, the Australian Alan Jones thunders into the record at Silverstone during practice sessions. Australian race would not be so fortunate, having to leave mid-career and leaving the veteran Clay Regazzoni would achieve the first victory by a Williams F-1.
1980: The Ligier Jacques Laffite and Didier Pironi went alternated in the lead but because they both suffered punctures served on a plate triumph Alan Jones.
1981: The first victory seemed assured a turbo engine, as Ferrari Renault and permeating the first two lines of the grid. In the third round Gilles Villeneuve gun chaos after an off in the past that led to Andrea de Cesaris and Alan Jones. After they left the Brabham Piquet, Prost and Renault's Pironi's Ferrari with only his head was in the Renault driven by René Arnoux. However, this suffered turbo problems being overcome by the Irish-Ford Mclaren John Watson who won a victory that was immensely happy with the British.
1982: Having returned to the F-1 earlier in the season, Niki Lauda won a sovereign victory by beating England in a move of myocardial Nelson Piquet Brabham. Highlight the impressive performance of Britain's Derek Warwick modest driving a Toleman Hart came to shoot the second before leaving.
1983: Arrives at last the first victory by a turbo engine in the British Grand Prix in the hands of Frenchman Alain Prost (Renault) that preceded the target components of the clan also turbo Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW) and Patrick Tambay (Ferrari).
1984: At the start of the race there is a spectacular accident in which are embedded several cars but all are off the track and the race continued until lap 10 º is stopped to be the car of Jonathan Palmer in the middle of the track in another accident without consequences. After the break Niki Lauda gets his third victory on British soil and as in the previous two always in the Brands Hatch circuit. The local hero Derek Warwick (Renault-Turbo) and the young emerging talent Ayrton Senna (Toleman-Hart-Turbo) accompanied him on the podium.
1985: In a nondescript career, Alain Prost (McLaren-Porsche) dominated from start to finish on Alboreto Michele Ferrari (Ferrari) and veteran Ligier-Renault Jacques Laffite.
1986: A multiple accident at the exit ends the career of Frenchman Jacques Laffite that day equaled the stakes record in GP with Graham Hill. After the break the British number present in the stands vibrated with formidable duel that pitted the local hero Nigel Mansell Nelson Piquet in Rio and ended with British victory after a dramatic exit from the pits. This was the last time the British Grand Prix was held at Brands Hatch.
1987: Again, the same players faced another fratricidal duel for victory, for the second consecutive year, went to local hero Nigel Mansell overtook his partner / rival Nelson Piquet, with a maneuver to be forever in the retina of the saw.
1988: It rains heavily on Silverstone and "Rain King" Ayrton Senna has no problem bending to claim victory even his partner / rival Alain Prost little wet circuits prone to such shame that he decided to leave. Phenomenal second place with Nigel Mansell Williams powered problematic aspirated Judd engine and the young Alessandro Naninni (Benetton), which rose for the first time on the podium.
1989: After watching Ayrton Senna makes a slip in the first race Alain Prost achieved his third victory on British soil ahead of Nigel Mansell's Ferrari and Benetton of Alessandro Nannini. This race will be remembered also for the sixth-place finish by the English Luis Perez-Sala, thereby saving the Minardi team from falling into the prequalification.
1990: Piloting now for the Ferrari team, Frenchman Alain Prost to earn his fourth victory at the British GP - Silverstone always-on-Renault Wiliam Thierry Boutsen and his McLaren-Honda rival Ayrton Senna.
1991: After having repented on his decision to leave the competition and signed with Williams, Nigel Mansell achieved the third victory in his country dominated from start to finish in qualifying and the race.
1992: Fourth victory for Nigel Mansell in Britain and this time his partner Ricardo Patrese took a double victory to the team of Frank Williams. Highlight the F-1 debut in Britain's Damon Hill - son of the late Graham, driving a Brabham-Judd with a helmet similar to that carried his idolized father.
1993: When it appeared that Damon Hill (Williams-Renault) was to achieve victory, his engine refused. Thus his team leader Alain Prost won his fifth victory in the British GP ahead of team drivers Michael Schuamcher Benetton-Ford and Riccardo Patrese.
1994: Damon Hill accomplished what his ill-fated father Graham never won no victory in a British GP. But the race was not without controversy as Michael Schumacher did not stop three laps later it was imposed a penalty. Thus he exposed the black flag that was due not being disqualified from second place he had accomplished.
1995: Again the tension and controversy splashed the British GP. Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher are engaged in a dangerous maneuver performed by the German and the struggle for victory lies in the hands of their squires. Ten laps from the conclusion Coulthard (Williams) exceeds Herbert (Benetton) but receives notification that you must make a pit-stop for exceeding the statutory speed in the pits. Johnny Herbert thereby achieves the 1 st victory of his career.
1996: The struggle for the world title that year faced the two pilots of Williams-Renault. Nervous after having made a very bad start, Damon Hill gets stuck in the sand and his partner / rival Jacques Villeneuve's triumph in the "Battle of Britain."
1997: It ranks as the head of Williams-Renault team, Canadian Jacques Villeneuve repeat victory, this time ahead of Jean Alesi Benetton drivers Alex Wurz and that has replaced the injured Gerhard Berger for a couple of races coming up first time at a podium.
1998: On this occasion the winner did not receive the checkered checkered flag following the gaps because the rules say Michael Schumacher pit stop serving a penalty at the end of the last lap and thus had passed the line as the victor.
1999: At the traffic lights turned off, Schumacher tries to beat his teammate Irvine but the direction of his Ferrari shin splints and is embedded at high speed into protective tires installed on the curve Stowe broke his leg. David Coulthard takes the absence of his rival to claim victory ahead of Irvine and the younger Schumacher brother, Ralf.
2000: David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) repeats the previous year's victory ahead of teammate and team leader theoretical Mika Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) fully recovered from the accident last year and that final Year will be crowned champion.
2001: Mika Hakkinen breaks his run of results this season, making the victory at Silverstone in what would be his last season in F.1. After the Finnish McLaren were classified Ferrari's Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello could not successfully hold the 50 th anniversary of the 1 st victory of a Ferrari F-1.
2002: In a close race in the rain Michael Schumacher achieved his second victory in England and the 60 th of his palm after waging a fierce battle with Montoya at the first stage of the race. Barrichello then passed to the Colombian achieving a double victory for Ferrari.
2003: Rubens Barrichello claimed his first victory on British soil in addition to achieving the "Pole-positron" and the fastest lap in a race in which there was an intruder in the modest Toyota track and led for a few laps because of the chaos unleashed by the mindless individual.
2004: Michael Schmacher and Ferrari won the British GP, 11 th round of the championship in 2004. For German it was the tenth victory in 11 races. McLaren second and Kimi Raikkonen with Barrichello third with the second Ferrari. Behind these concluded Button, Montoya and Fisichella with Sauber.
Schumacher who had left in second row after the fourth fastest time on the grid, took the lead as the race after the first pit-stop on lap 14. For Schumacher, at Silverstone victory meant the number 80 of his career in F1.
The race saw a dramatic moment when Jarno Trulli lost against his Renault because of a broken suspension while negotiating the curve "Bridge." Fortunately the driver suffered no damage despite strong relevance choc resulting from the impact of the car in that circular area about 250 km / h. The pilot was taken to the medical center for routine health checks but was not resentful.
2005: Juan Pablo Montoya won aboard his McLaren's British Grand Prix putting behind championship leader Fernando Alonso and teammate Kimi Raikkonen. Fisichella was fourth ahead of Button, Michael Schumacher Rubens Barrichello sixth and seventh.
The curiosity of the race was on the run when a Scottish journalist, turned to the circuit naked with body painted with decorations and ornaments of ancient Scotland to honor a lost bet.
2006: A Grand Prix Fernando Alonso dominated from the start. The English champions had got the pole position and from that place of privilege led operations throughout the race. In second place Michael Schumacher finished one who knew how to get the most out of his car and get over to Kimi Raikkonen in the final pit stop to limit the advantage that Alonso was going to take this race for the championship. Raikkonen eventually finished third as he could defend his podium place from the attacks of a triggered Fisichella who saw the checkered flag in fourth position.
2007: In the middle of Hamilton-mania "edition of the British Grand Prix 2007 was assumed as an all-out battle between the two cars from McLaren and the two Ferraris of Massa and Raikkonen. Things were not going to be very different from these predictions. The qualifying session placed before a public exalted local, the "new boy wonder of F1" in the pole position. Secondly, with sharp claws, which exceeded by Kimi Raikkonen Fernando Alonso few thousandths to turn away to Felipe Massa in 118 milliseconds and left him in fourth place.
So, on Sunday we were a grid that looked like the favorite team of weather interspersed their cars in the first two lines in front of traffic lights. Felipe Massa was the first off the poker of candidates to anchor his engine on the grid and have to take the final exit from the pits. At the start, Hamilton resisted the onslaught of Raikkonen until the first pit stop was maintained leading the race to the delight of the subjects of his Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. However, the local hero had charged too little fuel to secure the pole on Saturday and this was a serious handicap for the race. Thus, both Alonso and Raikkonen had overcome when they proceeded to refuel.
Alonso went on to dominate the middle section of the race, but as before happened to Hamilton after the second and final stop for fuel, the Finn's Ferrari asserted his best race pace and, after much delay his arrest, he returned to the track in first place with a comfortable lead over Alonso was able to maintain and increase until the end of the race. Mention
requires action beyond the other Ferrari after starting from the last position, carried out a furious comeback that earned him a fifth place finish after a race full of overtaking and claw.
2008: Lewis Hamilton championship impueso masterfully all his rivals in the Grand Prix of Great Britain, 2008, held at the Silverstone circuit. Hamilton, from his fourth place at the start of the grid, reached at the exit to his teammate, Heikki Kovalainen, and embarked on an intense struggle for the leading position in the opening laps.
wet asphalt and a judicious choice of strategy were Hamilton allies, he did not commit a single mistake throughout the race and managed to shoot in rhythm unreachable until you cross the finish line.
2009: Sebastian Vettel has won the Grand Prix of Great Britain Formula 1 2009, Mark Webber was second, getting a double for Red Bull, for the second time this season, Rubens Barrichello with Brawn has completed podium.
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