SilverstonehostedtheveryfirstraceinthehistoryofFormula1.Ittookplaceon13May1950,tokickofftheinauguralseasonoftheFormula1WorldChampionship.BritishGrandPrixmightbeitsofficialtitle,buttothevastmajorityit’sjustSilverstone,signalingaweekendwhenonreallygetsasenseofwhatitistobepassionateaboutmotorsport.
The British Grand Prix is one of the races still known as the “Grandes Epreuves,” one of the old European races that holds its own, despite fierce competition from richer venues outside the Old Continent.
