Next Sunday July 11 will run the 61st edition of the British Grand Prix.
This race was first run on May 13, 1950 and had the honor of being the first of the current Formula 1 Championship which this year celebrates its 61st anniversary.
The English used during all these years only three circuits to carry out its big annual event in the Aintree circuit, ran 5 times, in '55, '57, '59, '61 and '62, then used the beautiful circuit of Brands Hatch, 11 times, from 1966, alternating each year with the Silverstone circuit, until the year 1986.
And from 1987 to date used the Silverstone circuit, but with different variations in length of the track.
From this year opened a new variant called "sand" and the circuit passes measure to 5.891 km traveled in 52 opportunities.
Its maximum is the Scottish winner Jim Clark won it 5 times between 1962 and 1965 and 1967.
The Argentines were able to win there, Juan Manuel Fangio, in 1956, Carlos Reutemann in 1978 with Ferrari 312 T3 and Jose Froilan Gonzalez in 1951 and 1954 both with Ferrari, the first of them also the first victory of a Ferrari F1 .
These are the statistics of England:
| Year | Date | Circuit | Winner | Mark | Returns / Km | Time |
| 1950 | May 13 | Silverstone | G. Farina | Alfa Romeo 158 | 70 to 323.2 | 2:13:26 |
| 1951 | July 14 | Silverstone | JFGonzalez | Ferrari 375 | 90 to 416 | 2:42:18 |
| 1952 | July 19 | Silverstone | A. Ascari | Ferrari 500 F2 | 85 - 398.4 | 2:46:11 |
| 1953 | July 18 | Silverstone | A. Ascari | Ferrari 500 F2 | 90 - 420.8 | 2:50:00 |
| 1954 | July 17 | Silverstone | JFGonzalez | Ferrari 625 | 90 - 420.8 | 2:56:14 |
| 1955 | July 16 | Aintree | S. Moss | M-Benz W 196 | 90 to 432 | 3:07:21 |
| 1956 | July 14 | Silverstone | JMFangio | Lancia Ferrari D 50 | 101 to 475,766 | 2:59:47 |
| 1957 | July 20 | Aintree | S.Moss / Brooks | Vanwall 57 | 90 to 434,523 | 3:06:37 |
| 1958 | July 19 | Silverstone | P. Collins | Ferrari Dino 246 | 75 to 353,291 | 2:09:04 |
| 1959 | July 18 | Aintree | J. Brabham | T Cooper 51 - Climax C. | 75 to 362 .. 102 | 2:30:11 |
| 1960 | July 16 | Silverstone | J. Brabham | T Cooper 53 - Climax C. | 77 to 362,712 | 2:04 '24 .6 |
| 1961 | July 15 | Aintree | W. Von Trips | Ferrari Dino 156 | 75 to 362,102 | 2:40 '53 .6 |
| 1962 | July 21 | Aintree | J. Clark | Lotus 25 / C. Climax | 75 to 362,102 | 2:26 '20 .8 |
| 1963 | July 20 | Silverstone | J. Clark | Lotus 25 / C. Climax | 82 to 386,265 | 2:14 '09 .6 |
| 1964 | July 11 | Silverstone | J. Clark | Lotus 25 / C. Climax | 80 to 341,181 | 2:15 '07 .0 |
| 1965 | July 10 | Silverstone | J. Clark | Lotus 33 / C. Climax | 80 to 376,844 | 2:05 '25 .4 |
| 1966 | July 16 | Brands Hatch | J. Brabham | Brabham BT 19 - Repco | 80 to 341,181 | 2:13 '13 .4 |
| 1967 | July 15 | Silverstone | J. Clark | Lotus 49 Ford Cosworth | 80 to 376,844 | 1:59 '25 .6 |
| 1968 | July 20 | Brands Hatch | J. Siffert | Lotus 49 Ford Cosworth B | 80 to 341,181 | 2:01 '20 .3 |
| 1969 | July 19 | Silverstone | J. Stewart | Matra MS 80 F. Cosworth | 84 to 395,686 | 1:55 '55 .6 |
| 1970 | July 18 | Brands Hatch | J. Rindt | Lotus 72 Ford Cosworth C | 80 to 341,181 | 1:57 '02 .0 |
| 1971 | July 17 | Silverstone | J. Stewart | Tyrrell 003-Ford Cosworth | 68 to 320,317 | 1:31 '31 .5 |
| 1972 | July 15 | Brands Hatch | E. Fittipaldi | Ford Cosworth Lotus 72D | 76 to 324,122 | '2 1:47:50 |
| 1973 | July 14 | Silverstone | P. Revson | McLaren M 23 - F. Cosworth | 67 to 315,570 | 1:29 '18 .5 |
| 1974 | July 20 | Brands Hatch | J. Scheckter | Tyrrell 007 - Cosworth F. | 75 to 319,500 | 1:43:02 '20 |
| 1975 | July 19 | Silverstone | E. Fittipaldi | McLaren M 23 - F. Cosworth | 56 to 264,241 | 1:22 '05 .00 |
| 1976 | July 18 | Brands Hatch | N. Lauda | Ferrari 312 T2 | 76 to 319,664 | 1:44 '19 .66 |
| 1977 | July 17 | Silverstone | J. Hunt | McLaren M 26 - F. Cosworth | 68 to 320,865 | 1:31 '46 .06 |
| 1978 | July 16 | Brands Hatch | C. Reutemann | Ferrari 312 T 3 | 76 to 319,664 | 1:42 '12 .39 |
| 1979 | July 14 | Silverstone | Regazzoni G. | Williams FW 07 - F. Cosworth | 68 to 320,865 | 1:26 '11 .17 |
| 1980 | July 13 | Brands Hatch | A. Jones | Williams FW 07 - F. Cosworth | 76 to 319,664 | 1:34 '49 .228 |
| 1981 | July 19 | Silverstone | J. Watson | McLaren MP4 - Cosworth F. | 68 to 320,865 | 1:26 '54 .800 |
| 1982 | 18th of July | Brands Hatch | N. Lauda | McLaren MP4-F.Cosworth B | 76 to 319,664 | 1:35 '33 .812 |
| 1983 | July 16 | Silverstone | A. Prost | Renault RE 40 | 67 to 316,146 | 1:24 '39 .780 |
| 1984 | July 22 | Brands Hatch | N. Lauda | McLaren MP4 / 2-T. Porsche | 71 to 298,633 | 1:29 '28 .532 |
| 1985 | July 21 | Silverstone | A. Prost | McLaren MP4 / 2B-T. Porsche | 65 to 306,709 | 1:18 '10 .436 |
| 1986 | July 13 | Brands Hatch | N. Mansell | Williams FW 11 - Honda | 75 to 315,458 | 1:30 '38 .471 |
| 1987 | July 12 | Silverstone | N. Mansell | Williams FW 11B - Honda | 65 to 310,570 | 1:19 '11 .780 |
| 1988 | July 10 | Silverstone | A. Senna | McLaren MP4 / 4 - Honda | 65 to 310,570 | 1:33 '16 .367 |
| 1989 | July 16 | Silverstone | A. Prost | McLaren MP4 / 5 - Honda | 64 to 305,792 | 1:19 '22 .131 |
| 1990 | July 15 | Silverstone | A. Prost | Ferrari 641 | 64 to 305,792 | 1:18 '30 .999 |
| 1991 | July 14 | Silverstone | N. Mansell | Williams FW 14 - Renault | 59 to 308,334 | 1:27 '35 .479 |
| 1992 | July 12 | Silverstone | N. Mansell | Williams FW 14 B - Renault | 59 to 308,334 | 1:25 '42 .991 |
| 1993 | July 11 | Silverstone | A. Prost | Williams FW 15 C - Renault | 59 to 308,334 | 1:25 '38 .189 |
| 1994 | July 10 | Silverstone | D. Hill | Williams FW 16 - Renault | 60 to 303,420 | 1:30 '03 .640 |
| 1995 | July 16 | Silverstone | J. Herbert | Benetton B 195 - Renault | 61 to 308,477 | 1:34 '35 .093 |
| 1996 | July 14 | Silverstone | J. Villeneueve | Williams FW 18 - Renault | 61 to 309,392 | 1:33 '00 .874 |
| 1997 | July 12 | Silverstone | J. Villeneueve | Williams FW 19 - Renault | 59 to 303,260 | 1:28 '01 .665 |
| 1998 | July 12 | Silverstone | M. Schumacher | Ferrari F 300 | 60 to 308,296 | 1:47 '12, 450 |
| 1999 | July 11 | Silverstone | D. Coulthard | McLaren MP4 / 14 - Mercedes | 60 to 308,296 | 1:32 '30 .144 |
| 2000 | April 23 | Silverstone | D. Coulthard | McLaren MP4 / 15 - Mercedes | 60 to 308,356 | 1:28 '50 .108 |
| 2001 | July 15 | Silverstone | M. Hakkinen | McLaren MP4 / 16 - Mercedes | 60 to 308,356 | 1:25 '33 .770 |
| 2002 | July 7 | Silverstone | M. Schumacher | Ferrari F 2002 | 60 to 308,356 | 1:31 '45 .015 |
| 2003 | July 20 | Silverstone | R. Barrichello | Ferrari F 2003 - GA | 60 to 308,355 | '554 1:28:37 |
| 2004 | July 11 | Silverstone | M. Schumacher | Ferrari F 2004 | 60 to 308,355 | 1:24 '42 .700 |
| 2005 | July 10 | Silverstone | JPMontoya | McLaren MP4 / 20 - Mercedes | 60 to 308,355 | 1:24 '29 .588 |
| 2006 | June 11 | Silverstone | F. Alonso | Renault R 26 | 60 to 308,355 | 1:25 '51 .927 |
| 2007 | July 8 | Silverstone | K. Räikkönen | Ferrari F 2007 | 59 to 303,214 | 1:21 '43 .074 |
| 2008 | July 6 | Silverstone | L. Hamilton | McLaren MP4 / 23 - Mercedes | 60 to 308,355 | 1:39 '09 .440 |
| 2009 | June 21 | Silverstone | S. Vettel | Red Bull RB 5 - Renault | 60 to 308,355 | '328 1:22:49 |
This is the new Silverstone circuit diagram, which is run for the first time this year.
One of my favorite photos of Jim Clark, one can see why it was taken at the British Grand Prix 1965 and drives a Lotus 33
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