# British Grand Prix Trophy

The first British Grand Prix was held in 1926, however it was not until the fifth event, held in 1950, that a trophy was first awarded to the winner. The first trophy presented by the Royal Automobile Club was the Mervyn O'Gorman trophy, awarded from 1950 until the early 1970s, when it was replaced by the present gold Royal Automobile Club Trophy. The official, perpetual trophy is awarded to the winner of the British Grand Prix and then returned to the Royal Automobile Club, where it is permanently housed.
Since 1952, the winner of the British Grand Prix has generally also been awarded a trophy by the principal sponsor of the race (for 1952, the Daily Express), which is won outright each year and replaced by a new trophy for the following year's event. In some years, it is the sponsor's trophy, rather than the official RAC trophy, which is handed to the winner on the podium, which is why post-race photographs since 1950 have shown many more than the two official trophies that have ever been awarded. The winners of international Grands Prix are awarded trophies from countries where the race took place, and by a variety of event sponsors, therefore international trophies may vary hugely in style and colour.
The current trophy holder is Lewis Hamilton The first trophy was awarded to Giuseppe Farina, whilst Stirling Moss was the first Briton to win. Forty-four drivers have won the British Grand Prix since 1926 (on two occasions with two drivers sharing the winning car), of whom thirty-nine have been recipients of the official winner's trophy. Twelve of the winners have been British, all having won since 1950 and including the joint victory by Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks in 1957.

## The Royal Automobile Club Trophy

The present official winner's trophy is a large, ornate trophy, being an example of a Victorian, two-handled cup. It is thinly covered with hallmarked sterling silver leaf. The classical waisted urn-shaped body is decorated with eight lobes to its upper half, each hand engraved with floral designs.
The lower half of the main body has four round, bead bordered insignias, the front-facing one is engraved with the title of the trophy. The cover mirrors the upper body with the eight lobes rising to large stylised types of fruit.
The stem of the trophy is all supported and reinforced by four-wheel and scroll cast brackets, the conventional heraldic engraving indicating Eton College and the Royal Automobile Club. The trophy is mounted on a polished mahogany base with gold plated plinth band engraved with the winners' names from 1948 to 2005 when a second larger base was added to accommodate future names. It is not known why the names of the winners from 1926 and 1927 have been omitted, nor why the winners from 1948 and 1949 are included, even though they never actually received the trophy.

## History

The Mervyn O'Gorman trophy was an old Brooklands trophy, last awarded in 1909, which was donated by Mervyn O'Gorman to the RAC in April 1950, following the failure of the Brooklands race track to reopen after the Second World War. The last time this trophy was presented was at the 1972 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, with the Royal Automobile Club Trophy first awarded at the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone the following year and was first pictured in the official event programme in 1974.
Little is known of the origins of the present gold trophy and despite much research, the Royal Automobile Club has never been able to establish where it came from. The only clue lies in the motto which displays, 'Floreat Etona' or 'let Eton Flourish', suggesting perhaps that it was donated to the Royal Automobile Club by the late Sir Charles Rolls, co-founder of the Rolls-Royce Motor Company and former pupil of Eton College.
The trophy was originally awarded at the Richmond Horse Show in 1898. The BRDC had it re-engraved, to succeed the Mervyn O'Gorman trophy, which by the 1970s was considered too heavy and cumbersome.

## Other awards
### Prize money

Before the institution of a winner's trophy, the only award for being placed in the British Grand Prix was the prize money on offer. For the first two British Grands Prix held at Brooklands, the prize money was £1,000 to the winner, £300 to the second-placed finisher and £200 for finishing third. For the first post-Second World War British Grand Prix in 1948, prize money was awarded to the entrants of the top ten finishers, ranging from £500 to the winner to £20 for tenth place, and the amounts awarded changed little over the next few years, although by 1958 the winner's prize had increased to £750.

### Fred G. Craner Memorial Trophy

In addition to the official winner's trophy, in 1950 the RAC also awarded for the first time a further perpetual trophy, the Fred G. Craner Memorial Car Trophy, for the highest-placed British competitor driving a British car, which was awarded until at least 1972. Fred Craner had been secretary of the Derby & District Motor Club and instrumental in establishing Donington Park as a motor racing circuit and in organising the Donington Grands Prix. The first winner of this trophy was Bob Gerard driving an ERA, who finished fifth overall. The first occasion on which the winners of the British Grand Prix also won the Fred G. Craner Memorial Trophy was at Aintree in 1957, when the winners were Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks driving a Vanwall.

## Winners
### Multiple winners

Embolded drivers are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
| Wins | Driver | Years |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 |
| 5 | Jim Clark | 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
| 5 | Alain Prost | 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993 |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992 |
| 3 | Jack Brabham | 1959, 1960, 1966 |
| 3 | Niki Lauda | 1976, 1982, 1984 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | 1998, 2002, 2004 |
| 2 | José Froilán González | 1951, 1954 |
| 2 | Alberto Ascari | 1952, 1953 |
| 2 | Stirling Moss | 1955, 1957 |
| 2 | Jackie Stewart | 1969, 1971 |
| 2 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 1972, 1975 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | 1996, 1997 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | 1999, 2000 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | 2006, 2011 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | 2010, 2012 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | 2009, 2018 |
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### By year

| Year | Driver | Vehicle | Location | Report |
| 1950 | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo TIPO 158 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1951 | José Froilán González | Ferrari 375 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1952 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 500 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1953 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 500 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1954 | José Froilán González | Ferrari 625 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1955 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes-Benz | Aintree | Report |
| 1956 | Juan-Manuel Fangio | Lancia-Ferrari D50 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1957 | Stirling Moss Tony Brooks | Vanwall | Aintree | Report |
| 1958 | Peter Collins | Ferrari 246 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1959 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax T53 | Aintree | Report |
| 1960 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax T53 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1961 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | Aintree | Report |
| 1962 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | Aintree | Report |
| 1963 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax 25 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1964 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1965 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax 33 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1966 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1967 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Ford 49 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1968 | Jo Siffert | Lotus-Ford | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1969 | Jackie Stewart | Matra-Ford MS 80 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1970 | Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1971 | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell-Ford 003 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1972 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus-Ford | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1973 | Peter Revson | McLaren-Ford M23 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1974 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell-Ford | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1975 | Emerson Fittipaldi | McLaren-Ford M23 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1976 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1977 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford M26 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1978 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1979 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams-Ford FW0 7 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1980 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1981 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford MP4/1 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1982 | Niki Lauda | McLaren-Ford | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1983 | Alain Prost | Renault RE40 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1984 | Niki Lauda | McLaren-TAG | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1985 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG MP4/2B | Silverstone | Report |
| 1986 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | Brands Hatch | Report |
| 1987 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda FW11B | Silverstone | Report |
| 1988 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda MP4/4 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1989 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda MP4/5 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1990 | Alain Prost | Ferrari 641 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1991 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Renault FW14 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1992 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Renault FW14B | Silverstone | Report |
| 1993 | Alain Prost | Williams-Renault FW15C | Silverstone | Report |
| 1994 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault FW16 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1995 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton-Renault B195 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1996 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault FW18 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1997 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault FW19 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1998 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari F300 | Silverstone | Report |
| 1999 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes MP4/14 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2000 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes MP4/15 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2001 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes MP4-16 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2002 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari F2002 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2003 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari F2003-GA | Silverstone | Report |
| 2004 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari 2004 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2005 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren-Mercedes MP4-20 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2006 | Fernando Alonso | Renault R26 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2007 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari F2007 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2008 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2009 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault RB5 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2010 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault RB6 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2011 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari 150º Italia | Silverstone | Report |
| 2012 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault RB8 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2013 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes W04 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2014 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes W05 Hybrid | Silverstone | Report |
| 2015 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes W06 Hybrid | Silverstone | Report |
| 2016 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes W07 Hybrid | Silverstone | Report |
| 2017 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes W08 Hybrid | Silverstone | Report |
| 2018 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari SF71H | Silverstone | Report |
| 2019 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+ | Silverstone | Report |
| 2020 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance | Silverstone | Report |
| 2021 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance | Silverstone | Report |
| 2022 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari F1-75 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2023 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB19 | Silverstone | Report |
| 2024 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance | Silverstone | Report |
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