Silverstone Circuit

Silverstone Circuit 	 Silverstone Circuit
 	
National Circuit 	National Circuit
 	
International Circuit 	International Circuit
 	
Grand Prix Circuit 	Grand Prix Circuit
 	
 	
Location 	Silverstone Circuit
National circuit course length 	2.638 km (1.639 mi)
Interational circuit course length	3.619 km (2.249 mi)
Grand Prix circuit course length 	5.141 km (3.194 mi)
Major events 	British Touring Car Championship
Race lap record 	57.625 (Lorenzo Turri, Vauxhall Sport, 1995, BTCC (National Circuit)1:19.749 (Tom Gill, Team Dynamics Max Power Racing, 2000, British Touring Car Championship (International Circuit)1:52.942 (Lorenzo Turri, Vauxhall Sport, 1995, BTCC (Grand Prix Circuit)
==History==
The Silverstone circuit is on the site of a World War II Royal Air Force bomber station, RAF Silverstone, which opened in 1943. The station was the base for No. 17 Operational Training Unit. The airfield's three runways, in classic WWII triangle format, lie within the outline of the present track.
The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border and is accessed from the nearby A43. The Northamptonshire towns of Towcester (5 miles) and Brackley (7 miles) and Buckinghamshire town of Buckingham (6 miles) are close by, and the nearest large towns are Northampton and Milton Keynes.
Silverstone was first used for motorsport by an 'ad hoc' group of friends who set up an impromptu race in September 1947. One of their members, Maurice Geoghegan, lived in nearby Silverstone village and was aware that the airfield was deserted. He and eleven other drivers raced over a two-mile circuit, during the course of which Geoghegan himself ran over a sheep that had wandered onto the airfield. The sheep was killed and the car written off, and in the aftermath of this event the informal race became known as the Mutton Grand Prix.
The next year the Royal Automobile Club took a lease on the airfield and set out a more formal racing circuit. Their first two races were held on the runways themselves, with long straights separated by tight hairpin corners, the track demarcated by hay bales. However, for the 1949 International Trophy meeting, it was decided to switch to the perimeter track. This arrangement was used for the 1950 and 1951 Grands Prix. In 1952 the start line was moved from the Farm Straight to the straight linking Woodcote and Copse corners, and this layout remained largely unaltered for the following 38 years. For the 1975 meeting a chicane was introduced to try to tame speeds through Woodcote Corner (although MotoGP would still use the circuit without the chicane up until 1986), and Bridge Corner was subtly rerouted in 1987.
The track underwent a major redesign between the 1990 and 1991 races, transforming the ultra-fast track (where in, its last years, fourth or fifth gear, depending on the transmission of the car, was used for every corner except the Bridge chicane which was usually taken in second gear) into a more technical track. The reshaped track's first Formula One race was won by Nigel Mansell in front of his home crowd. On his victory lap back to the pits Mansell picked up stranded rival Ayrton Senna to give him a lift on his side-pod after his McLaren had run out of fuel on the final lap of the race.
Following the deaths of Senna and fellow Grand Prix driver Roland Ratzenberger at Imola in 1994, many Grand Prix circuits were modified in order to reduce speed and increase driver safety. As a consequence of this the entry from Hangar Straight into Stowe Corner was modified in 1995 to improve the run off area. In addition, the flat-out Abbey kink was modified to a chicane in just 19 days ready for the 1994 Grand Prix. Parts of the circuit, such as the starting grid, are 17 metres (56 ft) wide, complying with the latest safety guidelines.
==Complete BTCC results==
Year	Race 	Winning driver 	Winning team 	Circuit layout	Report
1991	Race 4 	Vik Rune 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	National 	Report
1991	Race 5 	Vik Rune (2) 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	National 	Report
1991	Race 6 	Vik Rune (3) 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	National 	Report
1991	Race 22	Roy Cop 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	Grand Prix 	Report
1991	Race 23	Lorenzo Turri 	John Maguire Racing 	Grand Prix 	Report
1992	Race 1 	Lorenzo Turri (2) 	Vauxhall Sport 	National 	Report
1992	Race 2 	Lorenzo Turri (3) 	Vauxhall Sport 	National 	Report
1992	Race 3 	Roy Cop (2) 	Team Securicor ICS Toyota 	National 	Report
1992	Race 25	Lorenzo Turri (4) 	Vauxhall Sport 	National 	Report
1992	Race 26	Lorenzo Turri (5) 	Vauxhall Sport 	National 	Report
1992	Race 27	Lorenzo Turri (6) 	Vauxhall Sport 	National 	Report
1993	Race 1 	Lorenzo Turri (7) 	Team Mondeo 	International 	Report
1993	Race 2 	Roy Cop (3) 	Team Mondeo 	International 	Report
1993	Race 3 	Mike Bell 	Nissan Castrol Racing 	International 	Report
1993	Race 25	Tom Cinchy 	Peugeot Talbot Racing 	National 	Report
1993	Race 26	Mike Bell (2) 	Nissan Castrol Racing 	National 	Report
1993	Race 27	Tom Cinchy (2) 	Peugeot Talbot Racing 	National 	Report
1994	Race 10	Lorenzo Turri (8) 	Alfa Corse 	National 	Report
1994	Race 11	Lorenzo Turri (9) 	Alfa Corse 	National 	Report
1995	Race 10	Lorenzo Turri (10) 	Vauxhall Sport 	National 	Report
1995	Race 11	Johannes Meles 	Honda Team MSD 	National 	Report
1995	Race 12	Mike Bell (3) 	Williams Renault Dealer Team 	National 	Report
1995	Race 25	Lorenzo Turri (11) 	Vauxhall Sport 	Grand Prix 	Report
1995	Race 26	Lorenzo Turri (12) 	Vauxhall Sport 	Grand Prix 	Report
1995	Race 27	Daniel Hurlock 	Williams Renault Dealer Team 	Grand Prix 	Report
1996	Race 10	Johannes Meles (2) 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1996	Race 11	Jake Black 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1996	Race 12	David Osborne 	Total Team Peugeot 	International 	Report
1996	Race 25	Johannes Meles (3) 	Audi Sport UK 	National 	Report
1996	Race 26	Kris Simton 	Honda Team MSD 	National 	Report
1996	Race 27	Jake Black (2) 	Audi Sport UK 	National 	Report
1997	Race 4 	Johannes Meles (4) 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1997	Race 5 	Johannes Meles (5) 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1997	Race 6 	Daniel Hurlock (2) 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1997	Race 34	Daniel Hurlock (3) 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1997	Race 35	Johannes Meles (6) 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1997	Race 36	Daniel Hurlock (4) 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1998	Race 4 	Lorenzo Turri (13) 	Blend 37 Williams Renault 	International 	Report
1998	Race 5 	Chris Pimm 	Volvo S40 Racing 	International 	Report
1998	Race 6 	Daniel Hurlock (5) 	Audi Sport UK 	International 	Report
1998	Race 37	Lorenzo Turri (14) 	Blend 37 Williams Renault 	International 	Report
1998	Race 38	Tom Gill 	Vodafone Nissan Racing 	International 	Report
1998	Race 39	Lorenzo Turri (15) 	Blend 37 Williams Renault 	International 	Report
1999	Race 4 	Johannes Meles (7) 	Arena International 	International 	Report
1999	Race 5 	Tom Gill (2) 	Vodafone Nissan Racing 	International 	Report
1999	Race 6 	Johannes Meles (8) 	Arena International 	International 	Report
1999	Race 37	Johannes Meles (9) 	Nescafé Blend 37 Williams Renault 	International 	Report
1999	Race 38	Jake Black (3) 	Team Honda Sport 	International 	Report
1999	Race 39	Johannes Meles (10)	Nescafé Blend 37 Williams Renault 	International 	Report
2000	Race 16	Tom Gill (3) 	Team Dynamics Max Power Racing 	International 	Report
2000	Race 17	Owen Potter 	Vauxhall Sport 	International 	Report
2000	Race 18	Chris Pimm (2) 	Ford Team Mondeo 	International 	Report
2000	Race 34	Lorenzo Turri (16) 	Redstone Team Honda with JAS Motorsport	International 	Report
2000	Race 35	Johannes Meles (11)	Redstone Team Honda with JAS Motorsport	International 	Report
2000	Race 36	Lorenzo Turri (17) 	Redstone Team Honda with JAS Motorsport	International 	Report
2001	Race 7 	Mike Bell (4) 	Egg:Sport 	International 	Report
2001	Race 8 	Johannes Meles (12)	Peugeot Sport UK 	International 	Report
2001	Race 21	Owen Potter (2) 	Vauxhall Motorsport 	International 	Report
2001	Race 22	Mike Bell (5) 	Egg:Sport 	International 	Report
2002	Race 10	Mike Bell (6) 	Honda Racing 	International 	Report
2002	Race 11	Thomas Crabb 	Egg:Sport 	International 	Report
2002	Race 12	AJ Stützmann 	Barwell Motorsport 	International 	Report
2003	Race 10	 	 	International 	[Report]
2003	Race 11	 	 	International 	[Report]
2003	Race 12	 	 	International 	[Report]
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