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 in England.
The British and Italian Grands Prix are the oldest continuously staged Formula One World Championship Grands Prix. It was designated the European Grand Prix five times between 1950 and 1977, when this title was an honorary designation given each year to one Grand Prix race in Europe.
British Prix, Round Ten of the 2017 Formula 1 season
Circuit Name: Silverstone
Race Laps: 52
Circuit Length: 5.891 km (3.66 mi)
Race Length: 306.291 km (190.32 mi)
Number of corners: 18 (10 Right, 8 Left)
DRS Zone: Two Zones (zone 1 Between turn 5 and 6, Zone 2 Between Turn 14 and 15)
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Pole Position 2016: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Time 1:29.287
Race Lap record: Mark Webber 2013 – Red Bull Renault 1:33.401
Ultimate track record: 1:29.243 (HAM, Q2, 2016)
Distance from Pole to T1 Apex: 296.3 m
Pole Position Side: Left
Pit Lane Length Under Speed Limit Control: 376.4 m
Drive-Through Time at 80 km/h: 16.9 s
Lap Time at Full Throttle: 58 %
Lap Distance at Full Throttle: 70 %
Gear Changes per Lap: 40
Braking Events (>2G) 8
Heavy Braking Events (<0.4s @ >4G) 3
Fuel Consumption: Medium
Maximum Lateral G-Force: 4.8G
Maximum Speed: 328 km/h
Track Evolution (P1 – Qualifying) Low
Key Overtaking Opportunities T2/3, T15
Silverstone Circuit
Pirelli used compounds
Tyres that must be available (one of them to be used) at some point in the race:
One set of P Zero White medium
One set of P Zero Red Yellow soft
Tyres assigned for Q3 in qualifying:
One set of P Zero Red Super-Soft
Teams/Drivers compounds choice
| Driver | Soft | Super-Soft | Ultra-Soft |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Max Verstappen | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Sergio Perez | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Esteban Ocon | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Lance Stroll | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Felipe Massa | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Daniil Kvyat | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Carlos Sainz | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Romain Grosjean | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Kevin Magnussen | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Jolyon Palmer | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Pascal Wehrlein | 3 | 3 | 7 |
THE CIRCUIT FROM A TYRE POINT OF VIEW:
MARIO ISOLA – HEAD OF CAR RACING
“The decision to bring softer tyres to Silverstone than we had originally planned was taken by Pirelli, but with the full approval of the drivers, FIA, teams and promoters, who have appreciated what we are trying to do with this more aggressive nomination. This should open up extra possibilities for different strategies and push teams towards more than one pit stop, although we’ll obviously have a better idea of exact wear and degradation rates when we get there, especially with the supersoft that makes its Silverstone race debut. With Silverstone being among the most demanding tracks for tyres of the entire season, it will be interesting to see how one of the softest tyres in the 2017 range performs there. A lot will depend on the weather: in the past, we’ve seen an extremely wide range of conditions and temperatures”.
SILVERSTONE MINIMUM STARTING PRESSURES (SLICKS)
EOS CAMBER LIMIT
British Grand Prix Winners 1950 – 2016
|
Year |
Driver |
Constructor |
Location |
|
2016 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
Silverstone |
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2015 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
|
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2014 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
|
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2013 |
Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
|
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2012 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull-Renault |
|
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2011 |
Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari |
|
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2010 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull-Renault |
|
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2009 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull-Renault |
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2008 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren-Mercedes |
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2007 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
Ferrari |
|
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2006 |
Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
|
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2005 |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
McLaren-Mercedes |
|
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2004 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
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2003 |
Rubens Barrichello |
Ferrari |
|
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2002 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
|
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2001 |
Mika Hakkinen |
McLaren-Mercedes |
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2000 |
David Coulthard |
McLaren-Mercedes |
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1999 |
David Coulthard |
McLaren-Mercedes |
|
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1998 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
|
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1997 |
Jacques Villeneuve |
Williams-Renault |
|
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1996 |
Jacques Villeneuve |
Williams-Renault |
|
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1995 |
Johnny Herbert |
Benetton-Renault |
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1994 |
Damon Hill |
Williams-Renault |
|
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1993 |
Alain Prost |
Williams-Renault |
|
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1992 |
Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Renault |
|
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1991 |
Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Renault |
|
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1990 |
Alain Prost |
Ferrari |
|
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1989 |
Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda |
|
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1988 |
Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda |
|
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1987 |
Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda |
|
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1986 |
Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda |
Brands Hatch |
|
1985 |
Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG |
Silverstone |
|
1984 |
Niki Lauda |
McLaren-TAG |
Brands Hatch |
|
1983 |
Alain Prost |
Renault |
Silverstone |
|
1982 |
Niki Lauda |
McLaren-Ford |
Brands Hatch |
|
1981 |
John Watson |
McLaren-Ford |
Silverstone |
|
1980 |
Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford |
Brands Hatch |
|
1979 |
Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford |
Silverstone |
|
1978 |
Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari |
Brands Hatch |
|
1977 |
James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford |
Silverstone |
|
1976 |
Niki Lauda |
Ferrari |
Brands Hatch |
|
1975 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
McLaren-Ford |
Silverstone |
|
1974 |
Jody Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford |
Brands Hatch |
|
1973 |
Peter Revson |
McLaren-Ford |
Silverstone |
|
1972 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
Lotus-Ford |
Brands Hatch |
|
1971 |
Jackie Stewart |
Tyrrell-Ford |
Silverstone |
|
1970 |
Jochen Rindt |
Lotus-Ford |
Brands Hatch |
|
1969 |
Jackie Stewart |
Matra-Ford |
Silverstone |
|
1968 |
Jo Siffert |
Lotus-Ford |
Brands Hatch |
|
1967 |
Jim Clark |
Lotus-Ford |
Silverstone |
|
1966 |
Jack Brabham |
Brabham-Repco |
Brands Hatch |
|
1965 |
Jim Clark |
Lotus-Climax |
Silverstone |
|
1964 |
Jim Clark |
Lotus-Climax |
Brands Hatch |
|
1963 |
Jim Clark |
Lotus-Climax |
Silverstone |
|
1962 |
Jim Clark |
Lotus-Climax |
Aintree |
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1961 |
Wolfgang von Trips |
Ferrari |
|
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1960 |
Jack Brabham |
Cooper-Climax |
Silverstone |
|
1959 |
Jack Brabham |
Cooper-Climax |
Aintree |
|
1958 |
Peter Collins |
Ferrari |
Silverstone |
|
1957 |
Stirling Moss |
Vanwall |
Aintree |
|
Tony Brooks |
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1956 |
Juan-Manuel Fangio |
Lancia-Ferrari |
Silverstone |
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1955 |
Stirling Moss |
Mercedes-Benz |
Aintree |
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1954 |
José Froilán González |
Ferrari |
Silverstone |
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1953 |
Alberto Ascari |
Ferrari |
|
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1952 |
Alberto Ascari |
Ferrari |
|
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1951 |
José Froilán González |
Ferrari |
|
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1950 |
Giuseppe Farina |
Alfa Romeo |
Multiple Winners (Drivers)
|
Wins |
Driver |
Years |
|
5 |
Jim Clark |
1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
|
Alain Prost |
1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993 |
|
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4 |
Nigel Mansell |
1986, 1987, 1991, 1992 |
|
Lewis Hamilton |
2008, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
|
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3 |
Jack Brabham |
1959, 1960, 1966 |
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Niki Lauda |
1976, 1982, 1984 |
|
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Michael Schumacher |
1998, 2002, 2004 |
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2 |
Alberto Ascari |
1952, 1953 |
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José Froilán González |
1951, 1954 |
|
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Stirling Moss |
1955, 1957 |
|
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Jackie Stewart |
1969, 1971 |
|
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Emerson Fittipaldi |
1972, 1975 |
|
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Jacques Villeneuve |
1996, 1997 |
|
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David Coulthard |
1999, 2000 |
|
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Fernando Alonso |
2006, 2011 |
|
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Mark Webber |
2010, 2012 |
Multiple Winners (Constructors)
|
# of Wins |
Constructor |
Years won |
|
15 |
Ferrari |
1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1976, 1978, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011 |
|
14 |
McLaren |
1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 |
|
10 |
Williams |
1979, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 |
|
8 |
Lotus |
1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972 |
|
5 |
Mercedes |
1955, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
|
3 |
Red Bull |
2009, 2010, 2012 |
|
2 |
Cooper |
1959, 1960 |
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Tyrrell |
1971, 1974 |
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Renault |
1983, 2006 |
Numbers and Facts
(*Underlined in Silverstone)
Most winning driver: 5, Jim Clark (1962 – 63 – 64 – 65 – 67) and Alain Prost (1983 – 85 – 89 – 90 – 93 )
Most wins (constructor) 15, Ferrari (most recent 2011 – they also have 1 win with Lancia-Ferrari in 1956)
Wins from pole position 25, Most recent 2016 (Lewis Hamilton) – 18 wins from pole at Silverstone
Lowest grid for past winner 8, 1978 (C.Reutemann at Brands Hatch). At Silverstone lowest grid is 7 (1975 – E.Fittipaldi)
Most recent 1-2 finish 2015, Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg)
Most emphatic win 1 lap, 1952 – 56 – 69 – 75 (all Silverstone)
Closest winning margin 0.2s 1955 (Aintree). Closest at Silverstone was in 2013 – 0.765s
Rain-affected races 12, (1953 – 54 – 61 – 66 – 75 – 88 – 98 – 2002 – 08 – 11 – 15 – 16)
Safety Car-affected races 12 (1993 – 97 – 98 – 99 – 2003 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 10 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16)
Red Flag (and result declared) races 1, 1975
Fastest race 1985, 65 laps @ 1hr 18m 10.436s
Slowest race 1956, 101 laps @ 2hrs 59m 47.0s (1955 race at Aintree lasted 3hrs 07m 21.2s)
Most pole positions (driver) 5, Jim Clark (1962 – 63 – 64 – 65 – 67 )
Most pole positions (constructor) 15, Ferrari (recent 2012)
What Happened last race here?
During Saturday’s qualifying session, Hamilton achieved the 55th pole position of his career to start from the front of the grid, ahead of Rosberg and Max Verstappen.
The race began behind the safety car due to rain shortly before the start.
Hamilton was able to convert his pole position into a third straight victory at the British Grand Prix, leading home Rosberg and Verstappen in changing conditions.
Rosberg came under investigation by the race stewards after he received detailed instructions by his team how to work around a gearbox problem in the closing laps of the race, a practice forbidden under Formula 1 regulations.
He was later handed a ten-second time penalty, demoting him to third place.
2016 Race Classification
|
Pos |
Driver |
Constructor |
Time/Retired |
Grid |
|
1 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1:34:55.831 |
1 |
|
2 |
Max Verstappen |
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer |
+8.25 |
3 |
|
3 |
Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
+16.911 |
2 |
|
4 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer |
+26.211 |
4 |
|
5 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
Ferrari |
+1:09.743 |
5 |
|
6 |
Sergio Perez |
Force India-Mercedes |
+1:16.941 |
10 |
|
7 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Force India-Mercedes |
+1:17.712 |
8 |
|
8 |
Carlos Sainz Jr. |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
+1.25.858 |
7 |
|
9 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari |
+1:31.6542 |
11 |
|
10 |
Daniil Kvyat |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
+1:32.600 |
15 |
|
11 |
Felipe Massa |
Williams-Mercedes |
+1 Lap |
12 |
|
12 |
Jenson Button |
McLaren-Honda |
+1 Lap |
17 |
|
13 |
Fernando Alonso |
McLaren-Honda |
+1 Lap |
9 |
|
14 |
Valtteri Bottas |
Williams-Mercedes |
+1 Lap |
6 |
|
15 |
Felipe Nasr |
Sauber-Ferrari |
+1 Lap |
21 |
|
16 |
Esteban Gutiérrez |
Haas-Ferrari |
+1 Lap |
14 |
|
17 |
Kevin Magnussen |
Renault |
Gearbox |
16 |
|
Ret |
Jolyon Palmer |
Renault |
Gearbox |
18 |
|
Ret |
Rio Haryanto |
MRT-Mercedes |
Spun off |
19 |
|
Ret |
Romain Grosjean |
Haas-Ferrari |
Transmission |
13 |
|
Ret |
Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber-Ferrari |
Power unit |
PL |
|
Ret |
Pascal Wehrlein |
MRT-Mercedes |
Spun off |
20 |
Did you know?
DRIVERS
✪ Sebastian Vettel has still not won back-to-back Grand Prix since he won the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix. That race ended a 9-race run of victories that started in Belgium,
(BEL, ITA, SIN, KOR, JAP, IND, ABU, USA, BRA)
✪ Vettel has now finished 150 different F1 World Championship GP in the points
✪ Vettel and Lewis Hamilton are the only drivers to have finished in the points in all races so far this season
✪ Hamilton needs just 1 more top ten finish to = Jenson Button’s 162 GP in the points, an all-time record for a British driver. Most all-time for a driver of any nationality is
221 races in the points by Michael Schumacher
✪ Hamilton is just 2 pole positions from equalling Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 68 F1 GP pole positions. Since he has been at Mercedes he has taken pole 40 times already. That is nearly 50% of all races he’s started for the team (40/ 84 = 47.6%).
✪ Hamilton has won (56) 28.4% of all GP he’s started (197) and is in the top 10 drivers races to win ratio of all-time. Here’s how he compares:- 1. Fangio 47.0%, 2. Ascari 40.6%, 3. Clark 34.7%, 4. M. Schumacher 29.7%, 5. Hamilton 28.4%, 6. Ja. Stewart 27.2%, 7. Prost 25.6%, 8. A. Senna 25.5%, 9. Moss 24.2% 10. Vettel 24.1% (45/187)
✪ Hamilton starting to trouble Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 116 front row starts. Hamilton has to date started 111 Grand Prix from the front row
✪ Kimi Raikkonen’s next win if ever it comes will be the 21st of his F1 career and will also be the most by a Finnish driver in F1. Currently he shares the record of 20 wins by
a Finn with Mika Hakkinen
✪ The Spanish Grand Prix marked the first anniversary of Max Verstappen’s first Grand Prix win. He has until the Singapore Grand Prix in September to win a second while still a teenager. (20th birthday on September 30th 2017). He is of course, so far the only teenager in F1 history to win a F1 World Championship Grand Prix and could still become the only teenager to take pole position too for a F1 World Championship Grand Prix. Max and Ricardo Rodriguez who started the 1961 Italian Grand Prix from P2 in his Ferrari when aged 19 years and 208 days are the only teenage drivers to date to have started a Grand Prix from the front row (Max the youngest, at the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix where he started P2 he was aged18 years and 333 days
✪ The British GP is scheduled to be Verstappen’s, Carlos Sainz’s and Kevin Magnussen’s 50th F1 GP starts
✪ Sergio Perez needs just 1 more podium to become the Mexican driver with the most F1 podiums (currently = with Pedro Rodriguez on 7)
✪ The British GP is likely to be the 50th race since Nico Hulkenberg last led a GP, Brazil 2014. The only race he’s led since Brazil 2014 is the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours which of course he won sharing a Porsche 919 Hybrid with New Zealander Earl Bamber and British driver Nick Tandy
CONSTRUCTORS
✪ Mercedes next win will be its 70th in the F1 World Championship as a constructor
✪ Mercedes in Great Britain will be aiming to lockout the front row for the 50th time. The all-time record is 62 and is jointly held by McLaren and Williams
✪ Mercedes as a constructor has set the same number of race fastest laps in F1 World Championship GP as Red Bull (52)
✪ Mercedes now led the same number of F1 World Championship GP as a constructor as Renault – as a constructor (88)
✪ Ferrari has still not scored consecutive pole positions since Fernando Alonso took pole for the Scuderia at the 2012 British and German Grand Prix and has still not
scored a consecutive front row lock-out since Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa lock-out the front row for the 2006 US and French Grand Prix
✪ Ferrari last season was the only team to score championship points at all 21 events
✪ Mercedes and Red Bull are just 2 podiums apart. Mercedes has 139 podium places to date while Red bull has 141. The most is Ferrari with 716
✪ Red Bull has achieved a podium result for at least one of their drivers in 105 different F1 Grand Prix. Mercedes has achieved their podium score in 89 Grand Prix
✪ The current Williams team traces its origins back to the setting up of Williams Grand Prix Engineering by Frank Williams and Patrick Head in 1977. This year the team will
be celebrating its 40th anniversary. The team began by running a March for Belgian Patrick Neve who sadly died earlier is year and later in 1978, became a constructor
running a single FW06 car for Alan Jones. In 1979 the team expanded to 2 cars with Clay Regazzoni joining Jones. Regazzoni won Williams’s first Grand Prix, at Silversone
in 1979 while Jones claimed Williams’s first driver’s and first constructor’s titles in 1980. Frank Williams had made his first forays into F1 in 1969, running a Brabham for
Piers Courage. Campaigns with De Tomaso, private March’s, with his own cars and ex-works Heskeths latterly in conjunction with Canadian-Austrian entrepreneur Walter
Wolf followed but it wasn’t until Williams teamed up with Head and started a new team all over again that Williams’s F1 fortunes really took off
BRITISH GRAND PRIX
✪ A fifth pole position on Saturday for Lewis Hamilton would equal Jim Clark’s all-time record. His 4 poles to date is already a record for British Grand Prix at Silverstone
✪ Hamilton can equal Jim Clark’s and Alain Prost’s all-time record of the most F1 World Championship-qualifying British Grand Prix with a fifth win on Sunday. If Hamilton does win it would be his fourth in a row and would equal the record for the most consecutive British Grand Prix wins set by Jim Clark between 1962 and 1965.
✪ Hamilton if he wins would also become the first driver ever to win 4 British Grand Prix in a row at Silverstone (Clark’s 1962 win was at Aintree and his 1964 win was at
Brands Hatch
✪ Mercedes currently share the record for the most consecutive British Grand Prix wins with Lotus and Williams (4). A win on Sunday would be their fifth in a row
Driver’s Championship standing
|
Pos |
Driver |
Points |
|
1 |
Sebastian Vettel |
171 |
|
2 |
Lewis Hamilton |
151 |
|
3 |
Valtteri Bottas |
136 |
|
4 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
107 |
|
5 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
83 |
|
6 |
Sergio Perez |
50 |
|
7 |
Max Verstappen |
45 |
|
8 |
Esteban Ocon |
39 |
|
9 |
Carlos Sainz |
29 |
|
10 |
Felipe Massa |
22 |
|
11 |
Lance Stroll |
18 |
|
12 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
18 |
|
13 |
Romain Grosjean |
18 |
|
14 |
Kevin Magnussen |
11 |
|
15 |
Pascal Wehrlein |
5 |
|
16 |
Daniil Kvyat |
4 |
|
17 |
Fernando Alonso |
2 |
|
18 |
Jolyon Palmer |
0 |
|
19 |
Marcus Ericsson |
0 |
|
20 |
Stoffel Vandoorne |
0 |
|
21 |
Antonio Giovinazzi |
0 |
Constructor’s Championship standing
|
Pos |
Team |
Points |
|
1 |
MERCEDES |
287 |
|
2 |
FERRARI |
254 |
|
3 |
RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER |
152 |
|
4 |
FORCE INDIA MERCEDES |
89 |
|
5 |
WILLIAMS MERCEDES |
40 |
|
6 |
TORO ROSSO |
33 |
|
7 |
HAAS FERRARI |
29 |
|
8 |
RENAULT |
18 |
|
9 |
SAUBER FERRARI |
5 |
|
10 |
MCLAREN HONDA |
2 |
Driver’s penalty points:
|
Driver |
Penalty points |
|
Sebastian Vettel |
7 |
|
Carlos Sainz |
7 |
|
Daniil Kvyat |
7 |
|
Kevin Magnussen |
5 |
|
Jolyon Palmer |
5 |
|
Sergio Perez |
5 |
|
Stoffel Vandoorne |
5 |
|
Nico Hulkenberg |
4 |
|
Esteban Ocon |
3 |
|
Romain Grosjean |
3 |
|
Pascal Wehrlein |
2 |
|
Felipe Massa |
2 |
|
Lewis Hamilton |
2 |
|
Jenson Button |
2 |
|
Max Verstappen |
1 |
