All About Silverstone

1950

The Formula One world championship was born in a quiet corner of Northamptonshire. A quartet of Alfa Romeo's were the class of a patchy grid. Juan Manuel Fangio's race was cut short by engine trouble and Giuseppe Farina wrote his name into Formula One history by taking victory from Luigi Fagioli.

1973

A multiple accident at the end of lap one stole the limelight from Peter Revson, whose courageous drive earned a first grand prix win. Jackie Stewart and Ronnie Peterson duked it out early on but the Scot spun at Stowe. Revson had been quiet after starting third but Emerson Fittipaldi's retirement gave him a run on leader Peterson and on lap 39 he roared past.

1981

John Watson was never a contender until his rivals began dropping like flies. Alan Jones and Gilles Villeneuve clashed while Nelson Piquet fell by the wayside with a tyre failure. Watson was quietly making progress, passing Carlos Reutemann and Mario Andretti before Alain Prost's engine failure put him second. When Rene Arnoux suffered the same problem, the home hero closed in to win.

1987

Nigel Mansell had fostered a bitter enmity with Williams team-mate Nelson Piquet and their Silverstone duel was one of the most epic fought out on a race track. The Brazilian led for much of the race but Mansell reeled him in. With two laps to go, at close to 200 mph, Mansell feigned one way, Piquet moved to block, the Englishman switched direction and was through to win.

1995

Damon Hill led early but dropped behind old rival Michael Schumacher. On lap 46, Hill went for an all-or-nothing move which went wrong, leaving the two rivals in the gravel. That handed the lead to Johnny Herbert who fell behind David Coulthard until the Scot earned a stop-go penalty. Herbert resumed the lead and won his first grand prix on home soil.