British GP: Circuit Preview

BRITISH GP - CIRCUIT PREVIEW + 2016 STATS

Name: Silverstone Circuit

Location: Silverstone, Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Opened: March 20th, 1943

Length: 3.661 Miles

Capacity: 150,000

Runs: Clockwise

Turns: 18

Race Laps: 52

2016 STATS

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton

1st Place: Lewis Hamilton

2nd Place: Max Verstappen

3rd Place: Nico Rosberg

Retirements: Pascal Wehrlein (Spin), Marcus Ericsson (Power Unit), Romain Grosjean (Transmission), Rio Haryanto (Spin), Jolyon Palmer (Gearbox) & Kevin Magnussen (Gearbox - QAF)

QAF - Notes Magnussen had completed 90% of the race distance and despite retirement, was still qualified as finishing the race.

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