Silverstone Circuit Information

Length: 5.141km
Race distance: 60 laps / 308.355km

Full throttle: 64%
Top speed: 294kph
Longest flat-out section: 12s / 890m
Right/left-hand turns: 10/7

British Grand Prix 2010 Qualifying

British Grand Prix 2010 will be held at Silverstone. After a lot of speculation and doubts that Donington Park will be ready to host Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2010, it was announced in December 2009 that the British Grand Prix will return to Silverstone after all.

The staging fee agreed is believed to be £12m for 2010, rising by 5% per year thereafter. The deal has a break clause after 10 years.

Silverstone, which first staged the British Grand Prix in 1948, admitted it needed to improve its ageing facilities but insisted it required the security of a longer-term contract to justify and help raise the finances needed to upgrade.

Tickets for the British Grand Prix 2010 are on sale now.

In December 2009 a deal was signed which will keep the race at Silverstone for the next 17 years. For more information please check Silverstone 2010 and Silverstone Tickets.

It is somewhat sad that Silversone, which has hosted the event since 1948 (with a few exceptions), will not be the home of the British Grand Prix for at least the next 10 years. It was announced in 2008 that Donington Park has been awarded the contract and will stage the event from 2010.

As expected, thousands British F1 fans went to Silversone in June 2009 hopeful to see another Hamilton win and to say goodbye to this historic circuit.

Jim Clark and Alain Prost lead the table of all time British Grand Prix winners with 5 wins each.

Recent winners:

2009 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2008 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2007 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2006 Fernando Alonso Renault
2005 Juan Pablo Montoya