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Autosport was but a twinkle in Gregor Grant’s eye when Silverstone hosted the first world championship Formula 1 race in May 1950 – this venerable organ’s first edition didn’t fly off the printing pre

Lewis Hamilton has the record for British Grand Prix wins: an unbelievable nine. But there was something else about Nigel Mansell on home ground, and his Silverstone domination in 1992 was of a level

Whose team could change four tyres the faster? Ken Tyrrell and McLaren’s Teddy Mayer had £600 riding on it. The former’s crew – a gun guy at each corner, a jack man at either end – was said to have go

Lando Norris, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton and Ollie Bearman will head to their home grand prix at Silverstone in different states of mind. Russell is arguably vying with Max Verstappen as the drive

This year’s British Grand Prix marks the 75th anniversary of the first Formula 1 World championship race, which was held at Silverstone in May 1950. Paul Lawrence looks back

Seventy-five years and a couple of months ago, a windswept former airfield near Towcester held the first race counting towards the world championship for drivers. Formula 1 had only recently taken on