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TRACK LAYOUT: Things to know about the Silverstone circuit

The midpoint of the season sees Formula 1 return to Silverstone where it all began 75 years ago. The British circuit has hosted more F1 races than any other bar the legendary Italian Monza track. Silverstone has hosted 59 Grands Prix, more World Championship events than any other circuit with the exception of Monza (74). Its layout has remained more or less unchanged throughout the years. At 5.861 kilometres, it is one of the longest tracks on the calendar, with 18 corners, (10 to the right and 8 to the left). Some of them, such as the Maggotts-Becketts-Chapel complex, involve rapid and high speed changes of direction, which generate very high lateral forces, similar to those at...
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