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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png [[Lorenzo Turri]]
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png [[Lorenzo Turri]] (2)
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png [[Lorenzo Turri]] (3)
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png [[Roy Cop]] (2)
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png [[Lorenzo Turri]] (4)
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png [[Lorenzo Turri]] (5)
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png [[Lorenzo Turri]] (6)
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|rowspan="6" align="center"|[[1993 British Touring Car Championship|1993]]
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png [[Lorenzo Turri]] (7)
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png [[Roy Cop]] (3)
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|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png [[Mike Bell]]
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png [[Tom Cinchy]]
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|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png [[Mike Bell]] (2)
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|Race 27
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png [[Tom Cinchy]] (2)
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|rowspan="2" align="center"|[[1994 British Touring Car Championship|1994]]
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|Race 10
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png[https://british-touring-car-online.fandom.com/wiki/Lorenzo_Turri Lorenzo Turri] (8)
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|[https://british-touring-car-online.fandom.com/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Works_Team Alfa Corse]
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|rowspan="2"|National
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|rowspan="2"|[https://simresults.net/200817-53F/ Report]
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png[https://british-touring-car-online.fandom.com/wiki/Lorenzo_Turri Lorenzo Turri] (9)
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|[https://british-touring-car-online.fandom.com/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Works_Team Alfa Corse]
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|rowspan="6" align="center"|[[1995 British Touring Car Championship|1995]]
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|Race 10
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|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png[https://british-touring-car-online.fandom.com/wiki/Lorenzo_Turri Lorenzo Turri] (10)
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|[[Vauxhall Works Team|Vauxhall Sport]]
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|rowspan="3"|National
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|rowspan="3"|[https://simresults.net/201109-t8f%7C Report]
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|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png [[Johannes Meles]]
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|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png [[Mike Bell]] (3)
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Revision as of 20:52, 14 November 2020

 Lorenzo TurriSilverstone Circuit
Silverstone logo
National Circuit
Silverstone
International Circuit
Silverstone int
Grand Prix Circuit
SilverstoneGP
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)
1:24.590 (Lorenzo Turri, Team Mondeo, 1993, BTCC(International Circuit)
1:56.283 (Roy Cop, Nissan Janspeed Racing, 1991, 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 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png Vik Rune Kaliber ICS Team Toyota National Report
Race 5 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png Vik Rune (2) Kaliber ICS Team Toyota
Race 6 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png Vik Rune (3) Kaliber ICS Team Toyota
Race 22 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop Nissan Janspeed Racing Grand Prix Report
Race 23 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri John Maguire Racing
1992 Race 1 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri (2) Vauxhall Sport National Report
Race 2 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri (3) Vauxhall Sport
Race 3 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop (2) Team Securicor ICS Toyota
Race 25 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri (4) Vauxhall Sport National Report
Race 26 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri (5) Vauxhall Sport
Race 27 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri (6) Vauxhall Sport
1993 Race 1 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri (7) Team Mondeo International Report
Race 2 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop (3) Team Mondeo
Race 3 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell Nissan Castrol Racing
Race 25 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png Tom Cinchy Peugeot Talbot Racing National Report
Race 26 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell (2) Nissan Castrol Racing
Race 27 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png Tom Cinchy (2) Peugeot Talbot Racing
1994 Race 10 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.pngLorenzo Turri (8) Alfa Corse National Report
Race 11 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.pngLorenzo Turri (9) Alfa Corse
1995 Race 10 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.pngLorenzo Turri (10) Vauxhall Sport National Report
Race 11 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Johannes Meles Honda Team MSD
Race 12 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell (3) Williams Renault Dealer Team
Race 25 Grand Prix
Race 26
Race 27
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