14 Facts About British Grand Prix

British Grand Prix is a Grand Prix motor race organised in the United Kingdom by the Royal Automobile Club.

In 1952, following the transfer of the lease of the Silverstone Circuit to the British Racing Drivers' Club, the RAC delegated the organisation of the race to the BRDC for the first time, and this arrangement has continued for all British Grands Prix held at Silverstone since then .

British Grand Prix is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire in England.

British Grand Prix race is the oldest in the Formula One World Championship calendar as the 1950 race at Silverstone was round one of the first championship season in 1950.

The British Grand Prix was a round of the World Manufacturers' Championship in both 1926 and 1927, but was never held during the existence of the European Championship.

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The first ever British Grand Prix was held at Brooklands on 7 August 1926 and was won by Robert Senechal and Louis Wagner driving a Delage 15 S 8.

Several non-championship races known as the Donington Grand Prix were held at Donington Park in Leicestershire near Derby which attracted the best European teams in 1937 and 1938, where the German Mercedes and Auto Unions dominated the proceedings.

In 1950, the World Championship of Drivers was introduced, and the 1950 British Grand Prix was the first World Championship Formula One race ever held, with new regulations and 6 other races in Europe.

British Grand Prix led until late in the race when his car was running out of fuel while Prost was pushing him hard; Senna eventually ran out of fuel and Prost went on to take victory.

The circuit was still fast, and it saw Mansell charge after Piquet and the British Grand Prix driver broke the lap record 11 times, caught and passed Piquet and took victory; the Silverstone crowd broke ranks and ran onto the circuit after the race was over; this was to start a number of dramatic events surrounding Mansell for the next 5 years.

The 1990 Grand Prix was the last motor race on the high-speed circuit; and Mansell drove hard and led a lot of the race; but gearbox problems eventually forced him to retire, where he threw his gloves into the crowd and announced that he was going to retire, a decision that he would later take back; and he effectively dominated the next two events, driving for Williams.

In October 2004 the British Grand Prix was left off the preliminary race schedule for 2005 because the BRDC refused to pay the race fee demanded by Bernie Ecclestone.

Since 1952, the winner of the British Grand Prix has generally been awarded a trophy by the principal sponsor of the race, which is won outright each year and replaced by a new trophy for the following year's event.

The first occasion on which the winners of the British Grand Prix won the Fred G Craner Memorial Trophy was at Aintree in 1957, when the winners were Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks driving a Vanwall.