At a glance
- Length
- 5.891 km
- Turns
- 18
- Lap (pole)
- ≈ 1:25
- First held
- 1950
- Type
- Permanent circuit
Silverstone, on a former WWII airfield in Northamptonshire, hosted the very first round of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950 and has been the spiritual home of British motor racing ever since. It is one of the fastest, most flowing laps on the calendar: 5.891 km and 18 corners taken at huge average speed, with the legendary Maggotts-Becketts-Chapel complex demanding more from a car than almost anywhere in the world.
Modern pole laps run into the 1:25s. The lap rewards aerodynamic load and bravery: the quick direction changes through Becketts, the long Hangar Straight, and high-speed corners like Copse and Stowe mean a tenth here is hard-earned.
Corners
- T1AbbeyFlat-out right kink that opens the lap.
- T3VillageHard braking into a tight right; one of the slower points.
- T4The LoopSlowest corner on the lap, a left hairpin onto the Wellington Straight.
- T9CopseIconic high-speed right, one of the fastest corners in F1.
- T10-13Maggotts & BeckettsLegendary flat-out S-bends; the lap's defining sequence.
- T15StoweFast right off the Hangar Straight, heavy braking.
- T17-18ClubFinal right-hander complex back onto the start straight.
Data & how to read it
Speed on this page is mapped from a real Formula 1 qualifying lap via FastF1, aligned onto the circuit geometry and snapped to the track. As the championship's oldest venue with deep timing data, Silverstone refreshes to the latest pole after each British Grand Prix weekend.
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