Every F1 Driver’s History at the British Grand Prix

Hamilton has won his home race nine times, Sainz recorded his maiden F1 win at Silverstone in 2022 and five current drivers have a 100% finish rate at the track. Here’s everything you need to know about each driver’s history at the British Grand Prix!

🇳🇱 Max VERSTAPPEN

Max Verstappen secured his first British Grand Prix in 2023 – but it was not his first win at Silverstone. Verstappen previously won at the circuit in 2020’s one-off 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Aside from his wins, Verstappen has three further podium finishes at Silverstone, having finished as runner-up in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 British Grands Prix.

In 2021, Verstappen’s British Grand Prix came to a premature – and controversial – end, following a collision with Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap. More contact followed in the opening stages of the 2022 race, with car damage preventing him from finishing any higher than seventh.

Verstappen suffered further retirements in 2015 and 2018, but finished in the top five on all of his five finishes at the track up to 2022.

The Red Bull driver took pole position at Silverstone for the first time in 2021 as a result of Sprint Qualifying, qualifying on the front row here for the first time. He qualified on the front row again in both 2022 and 2023, setting the fastest qualifying time at Silverstone for the first time in 2023.

2015, when he qualified 13th, is the only occasion on which he has not reached Q3 at the circuit – as well as the only time that he has not qualified in the top five. 2015 is also the only time he has been out-qualified by a team-mate at the track.

MAX VERSTAPPEN’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2015
LOST
13
13
DNF
2016
WON
3
3
2
1
2017
WON
5
4
4
0
2018
WON
5
5
DNF
2019
WON
4
4
5
-1
2020
WON
3
3
2
1
70 A
WON
4
4
1
3
2021
WON
1
1
DNF
2022
WON
2
2
7
-5
2023
WON
1
1
1
0
2024
WON
4
4
2
2

🇯🇵 Yuki TSUNODA

Liam Lawson has made previous Formula 2 and Formula 3 appearances at Silverstone. In his six F3 appearances here – in 2019 and 2020 – he finished outside of the top five only once, recording three podium finishes; including a win in the Feature Race on 2020 British Grand Prix weekend. Lawson scored another podium result here in F2, finishing third in the 2022 Feature Race. Lawson has previous on-track F1 experience at Silverstone, having driven Red Bull’s RB20 as part of a filming day at the track in July 2024.

🇬🇧 Lando NORRIS

At the 2023 British Grand Prix, Lando Norris recorded his first front row start at his home race and his first podium finish at Silverstone, finishing as runner-up to Max Verstappen. He completed an all-British top three on the grid for the 2024 race and secured another podium finish, this time finishing third.

After finishing just outside of the points on his home Grand Prix debut in 2019, Norris scored in both races at Silverstone in 2020, recording a best result of fifth at the British Grand Prix. He finished ninth in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. He bettered that with fourth place in 2021 and maintained his points-scoring streak at Silverstone in 2022 with a sixth place finish. He has now scored points in all of the last six races at the track.

Image: © Andrew Balfour

Norris has reached Q3 on all seven appearances at Silverstone. Aside from his front row last year, he has three other top five qualifications here, with fifth place at both the 2020 and 2021 British Grands Prix and third in 2024. He is yet to be out-qualified by a team-mate here.

Norris has previously won at Silverstone, taking victory in the first race of the F3 meeting at the track in 2017. In 2018, Norris competed here in F2, finishing tenth in the Feature Race and taking a podium finish with third in the Sprint Race.

LANDO NORRIS’ BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2019
WON
8
8
11
-3
2020
WON
5
5
5
0
70 A
WON
10
10
9
1
2021
WON
5
5
4
1
2022
WON
6
6
6
0
2023
WON
2
2
2
0
2024
WON
3
3
3
0

🇦🇺 Oscar PIASTRI

Oscar Piastri recorded the first top three qualification of his Formula 1 career at the 2023 British Grand Prix. He was unable to convert his third on the grid into a podium finish but still came home in a respectable fourth place. One year later, Piastri qualified fifth for the 2024 British Grand Prix and made up one position to finish fourth for the second consecutive year.

Piastri has plenty of past experience at Silverstone. He won both races in the Formula Renault Eurocup meeting at the track in 2019, finished on the podium here in Formula 3 in 2020 and secured another podium – and two other top six finishes – in Formula 2 at the track in 2021.

OSCAR PIASTRI’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2023
LOST
3
3
4
-1
2024
LOST
5
5
4
1

🇬🇧 Lewis HAMILTON

Lewis Hamilton took his ninth home victory at the 2024 British Grand Prix. In the 12 Silverstone races since 2014, there are just four which Hamilton has not won. In those four races, he finished on the podium – meaning that the 2013 race is the last Silverstone race in which Hamilton did not finish in the top three.

Image: © Andrew Balfour

Hamilton has never failed to finish at the track, with a worst result of 16th in 2009. Hamilton’s qualifying record at Silverstone is just as impressive, with 2009 again being the only year that he has failed to qualify in the top ten. His fifth place in qualifying in 2022 was the first time he failed to qualify on the front row at the circuit since 2014, while seventh in 2023 was his first start outside of the top six on the grid since 2012.

A run of four successive pole positions was ended by his team-mate in 2019 by the narrowest of margins. He last took pole here at the 2020 British Grand Prix. Since 2012, the 2018 and 2023 British Grands Prix are the only Silverstone races in which Hamilton has not led a lap.

LEWIS HAMILTON’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2007
WON
1
1
3
-2
2008
LOST
4
4
1
3
2009
LOST
19
19
16
3
2010
WON
4
4
2
2
2011
LOST
10
10
4
6
2012
WON
8
8
8
0
2013
WON
1
1
4
-3
2014
LOST
6
6
1
5
2015
WON
1
1
1
0
2016
WON
1
1
1
0
2017
WON
1
1
1
0
2018
WON
1
1
2
-1
2019
LOST
2
2
1
1
2020
WON
1
1
1
0
70 A
LOST
2
2
2
0
2021
WON
2
2
1
1
2022
WON
5
5
3
2
2023
LOST
7
7
3
4
2024
LOST
2
2
1
1

🇲🇨 Charles LECLERC

Charles Leclerc very nearly won the 2021 British Grand Prix, leading for much of the race. He ultimately finished in second place, recording his best result of the 2021 season. It was his third podium result at the British Grand Prix, having finished third in both 2020 and 2021, and it remains his best result at Silverstone to date.

Leclerc narrowly missed out on another podium result at the track in 2022, finishing in fourth place. After a somewhat disappointing ninth place finish in 2023, Leclerc ended a six-race streak of points finishes at Silverstone in 2024, finishing only 11th.

Leclerc’s first British Grand Prix appearance in 2018 did not go to plan, as he retired following a botched pit-stop. He had been performing well up until that point, reaching Q3 on Saturday and qualifying in ninth place.

Leclerc held a 100% Q3 appearance rate at Silverstone until 2024, when he qualified 11th and exited in Q2. His best qualifying result here is third. He qualified third in both 2019 and 2022. 2022, when team-mate Carlos Sainz took pole position, was the first time he has been out-qualified by a team-mate at the circuit. Sainz out-qualified him again in 2024.

In 2015, Leclerc raced at Silverstone in Formula 3, where he took a win in the third race. Leclerc appeared in Free Practice 1 for the 2016 British Grand Prix with the Haas team and finished on the podium in GP3 in both races that weekend. In 2017, he won the F2 Feature Race here.

CHARLES LECLERC’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2018
WON
9
9
DNF
2019
WON
3
3
3
0
2020
WON
4
4
3
1
70 A
WON
8
8
4
4
2021
WON
4
4
2
2
2022
LOST
3
3
4
-1
2023
WON
4
4
9
-5
2024
LOST
11
11
14
-3

🇬🇧 George RUSSELL

George Russell held a 100% finish rate at Silverstone until 2022, when he was out at the first corner. Despite his 100% finish rate prior to the 2022 race, his fifth place finish in the 2023 British Grand Prix marked the first time Russell picked up any points at him home event. Before that, Russell had a best finishing position of 12th at Silverstone, recorded in the 2020 and 2021 British Grands Prix. He finished 14th in 2019 and 18th in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020.

In 2024, Russell took pole position for the British Grand Prix but his race ended in disappointment when he was forced to retire. His pole position marked his first top five qualifying result at Silverstone.

After qualifying on the back row in 2019, Russell reached Q2 and qualified in 15th in both of 2020’s races at the track. However, he started at the back for the British Grand Prix after failing to slow for yellow flags during the qualifying session.

Russell reached Q3 in 2021, setting the eighth fastest time. He went on to qualify ninth as a result of Sprint Qualifying but then started 12th on the grid following a three-place penalty for a collision with Carlos Sainz during the Sprint. Russell has bettered his best qualifying result at the track in each of his last three visits, qualifying ninth in 2021, eighth in 2022, sixth in 2023 and on pole in 2024.

Prior to Formula 1, in F3 in 2015, Russell won the second race of the Silverstone meeting. He won the first of the two races in the GP3 series at the track in 2017, and finished fourth in the second. In 2018, Russell finished as runner-up in both the F2 Feature and Sprint Races at the Silverstone Circuit.

GEORGE RUSSELL’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2019
WON
19
19
14
5
2020
WON
15
20
12
8
70 A
WON
15
15
18
-3
2021
WON
9
12
12
0
2022
LOST
8
8
DNF
2023
WON
6
6
5
1
2024
WON
1
1
DNF

🇮🇹 Kimi ANTONELLI

In Formula 2 last year, Kimi Antonelli won the Sprint Race at Silverstone from pole position. It was his maiden F2 victory. He started tenth in the Feature Race but failed to finish after crashing on the opening lap.

🇪🇸 Fernando ALONSO

Fernando Alonso has won the British Grand Prix twice – in 2006 and 2011. He has four further podium finishes at Silverstone, his latest being a third place finish with Ferrari in 2013.

2003 and 2017 are the only years in which Alonso has retired from the British Grand Prix. He has scored points here on all of his last five visits, with his fifth place in 2022 being his best result at the track since his last Silverstone podium in 2013.

Alonso has taken three pole positions at Silverstone – in 2005, 2006 and 2012. He reached Q3 at the circuit in 2022 for the first time since 2016, qualifying seventh and reached Q3 again in both 2023 and 2024. He also qualified seventh in 2021, hut that was a result of Sprint Qualifying.

From his last 15 British Grand Prix outings, 2017 and 2024 are the only years in which Alonso was out-qualified by his team-mate.

FERNANDO ALONSO’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2001
WON
21
21
16
5
2003
LOST
8
8
DNF
2004
LOST
6
16
10
6
2005
WON
1
1
2
-1
2006
WON
1
1
1
0
2007
LOST
3
3
2
1
2008
WON
6
6
6
0
2009
WON
10
10
14
-4
2010
WON
3
3
14
-11
2011
WON
3
3
1
2
2012
WON
1
1
2
-1
2013
WON
10
9
3
6
2014
WON
19
16
6
10
2015
WON
17
17
10
7
2016
WON
10
9
13
-4
2017
LOST
13
20
DNF
2018
WON
13
13
8
5
2021
WON
7
7
7
0
2022
WON
7
7
5
2
2023
WON
9
9
7
2
2024
LOST
10
10
8
2

🇨🇦 Lance STROLL

Lance Stroll scored in all three F1 races at Silverstone in 2020 and 2021, with a best result of sixth place in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Those remained his only points-scoring races here until 2024, when he finished in seventh place.

Stroll failed to score in his first three appearances at the circuit, but holds a 100% finish record here. He finished just outside of the points, in 11th, in 2022 and came home 14th in 2023.

Stroll reached Q3 at the venue for the first time in 2020, qualifying in sixth for both the British and 70th Anniversary Grands Prix. It was the first time he was not eliminated in Q1 at the track, as well as the first time he out-qualified his team-mate here – though he was helped somewhat by Nico Hulkenberg deputising with short notice. Stroll returned to Q3 at Silverstone for the first time since then at the 2024 British Grand Prix, qualifying eighth and out-qualifying Fernando Alonso.

Stroll was out in Q2 in 2021, qualifying six positions behind team-mate Sebastian Vettel, and was eliminated in Q1 in 2022, setting the slowest qualifying lap time.

LANCE STROLL’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2017
LOST
16
15
16
-1
2018
LOST
19
PIT
12
8
2019
LOST
18
18
13
5
2020
WON
6
6
9
-3
70 A
WON
6
6
6
0
2021
LOST
14
14
8
6
2022
LOST
20
20
11
9
2023
LOST
12
12
14
-2
2024
WON
8
8
7
1

🇫🇷 Pierre GASLY

Pierre Gasly has scored points on only two of his eight appearances at Silverstone. He recorded what was at the time a career-best fourth place at the 2019 British Grand Prix, before finishing seventh with AlphaTauri at the 2020 British Grand Prix. Gasly held a 100% finish rate at the track until 2022, when his car came to a halt on the old pit straight. He failed to finish once again in 2023 and failed to even start the race in 2024.

The Frenchman has reached Q3 here three times, qualifying in fifth for the 2019 race, seventh at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix and tenth at the 2023 British Grand Prix. He has been eliminated in Q2 on every other outing aside from 2024, when he recorded his first Q1 elimination at the track. The latter was the first time since 2019 that he was out-qualified by his team-mate at the track.

Gasly also raced at Silverstone in GP2, scoring a podium in the 2015 Sprint Race and victory in the 2016 Feature Race.

PIERRE GASLY’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2018
14
14
13
1
2019
LOST
5
5
4
1
2020
WON
11
11
7
4
70 A
WON
7
7
11
-4
2021
WON
12
11
11
0
2022
WON
11
11
DNF
2023
WON
10
10
DNF
2024
LOST
19
20
DNS

🇦🇺 Jack DOOHAN

Jack Doohan is a former race winner at Silverstone, having secured victory here in the F4 British Championship back in 2018 and in a wet Formula 2 Sprint Race in 2022. In 2023 – his most recent competitive outing at the track – Doohan finished in the top four in both F2 races, finishing on the podium in the Sprint and fourth in the Feature. Doohan appeared in Free Practice with Alpine at the 2024 British Grand Prix, setting the 17th fastest time.

🇫🇷 Esteban OCON

Esteban Ocon scored on all of his first five appearances at Silverstone, recording his best result so far at the track in the 2020 British Grand Prix, with sixth place. His points record came to an end in 2022 as he retired from the race and he failed to finish again in 2023. Finishing only 16th in the 2024 British Grand Prix, 2021 remains the last time Ocon scored at Silverstone.

The 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020 marked the first time that Ocon failed to reach Q3 at the circuit, qualifying in 11th place. In that session, he also picked up a three place grid penalty for impeding another driver. He has not reached Q3 here since 2020, though he did qualify in the top ten in 2021 thanks to gaining positions in the Saturday sprint race.

Ocon’s best qualifying result at Silverstone is eighth, recorded on his first F1 visit to the track in 2017. 2018 and 2024 are the only years in which Ocon has out-qualified his team-mate at Silverstone.

ESTEBAN OCON’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2017
LOST
8
7
8
-1
2018
WON
10
10
7
3
2020
LOST
9
9
6
3
70 A
LOST
11
14
8
6
2021
LOST
10
9
9
0
2022
LOST
15
15
DNF
2023
LOST
13
13
DNF
2024
WON
18
18
16
2

🇬🇧 Ollie BEARMAN

Ollie Bearman’s most recent outings at Silverstone have been in Formula 3 – in 2022 – and Formula 2 – in 2023 and 2024. From the six races he has competed in at the track, Bearmn has record a single podium finish (third place in the 2022 F3 Feature Race), a further four top ten finishes and a retirement (in the 2024 F2 Feature Race).

In addition to his F2 duties, Bearman made an appearance with Haas in Free Practice 1 at the 2024 British Grand Prix.

🇳🇿 Liam LAWSON

Yuki Tsunoda gained six places in the 2021 British Grand Prix. Having started 16th, he picked up a single point after finish tenth. That remained the only time Tsunoda scored at point at Silverstone until 2024, when he recorded another tenth place finish. He holds a 100% finishing rate at the track.

2022 and 2024 are the only times that Tsunoda has made it out of Q1 at the British Grand Prix, each time qualifying in 13th place. 2023 was the first time he out-qualified his team-mate at the track. He did so again in 2024.

The Japanese driver previously raced at Silverstone in F3 and F2. In F2, he has recorded two podium finishes here: third place in the Feature Race over the 2020 British Grand Prix weekend and a win in the Sprint Race at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix weekend.

YUKI TSUNODA’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2021
LOST
16
16
10
6
2022
LOST
13
13
14
-1
2023
WON
17
16
16
0
2024
WON
13
13
10
3

🇫🇷 Isack HADJAR

Isack Hadjar has raced at Silverstone in Formula 3 and Formula 2. He won the F3 Sprint Race here in 2022 and inherited victory in the 2024 F2 Feature Race when Jak Crawford was penalised for an unsafe release. He took his first F2 pole here in 2024. That weekend, Hadjar also competed in Free Practice 1 with Red Bull.

🇪🇸 Carlos SAINZ

Carlos Sainz became Formula 1’s newest winner at the 2022 British Grand Prix, taking his maiden win from pole position. From 11 Silverstone appearances, Sainz has scored on six occasions. His 2022 win remains his only top four finish at the track, with a second-best result of fifth in the 2024 British Grand Prix. He finished sixth in both 2019 and 2021.

His only other points scoring appearances came in 2016, when he finished eighth and 2023, when he finished tenth. Sainz has recorded three retirements here, his most recent being in 2018.

Image: © Andrew Balfour

Sainz has reached Q3 on seven occasions at Silverstone, but his pole was only the second time in the previous seven Silverstone races that he qualified in the top ten. His 2022 pole was the first time he qualified in the top six at the circuit, as well as the first time he out-qualified his team-mate at Silverstone since 2016. He qualified fifth, one position behind his team-mate, in 2022, before out-qualifying Charles Leclerc in 2024.

The 2019, 2021 and 2024 British Grands Prix are the only Silverstone races in which Sainz has gained positions from where he has started at the circuit, while his win from pole in 2022 was the first time he finished in the same position from which he had started.

CARLOS SAINZ’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2015
WON
8
8
DNF
2016
WON
8
7
8
-1
2017
LOST
14
13
DNF
2018
LOST
16
16
DNF
2019
LOST
13
13
6
7
2020
LOST
7
7
13
-6
70 A
LOST
13
12
13
-1
2021
LOST
11
10
6
4
2022
WON
1
1
1
0
2023
LOST
5
5
10
-5
2024
WON
7
7
5
2

🇹🇭 Alex ALBON

Alex Albon held a 100% finish rate at Silverstone until 2022, when he was one of the victims of the first lap crash. Albon has scored four times from his previous six appearances at the venue. His best result here is fifth, recorded in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. He has scored points ach of the last two seasons.

Albon has reached Q3 at Silverstone four times, with the 2023 British Grand Prix marking the first time he qualified in the top eight at the track. 2019, 2023 and 2024 are the only seasons in which he has out-qualified his team-mate at the venue.

Albon gained four places from where he started in both of 2020’s Silverstone races. They’re the only races here in which he has gained places.

ALEX ALBON’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2019
WON
9
9
12
-3
2020
LOST
12
12
8
4
70th A
LOST
9
9
5
4
2022
LOST
16
16
DNF
2023
WON
8
8
8
0
2024
WON
9
9
9
0

🇩🇪 Nico HULKENBERG

There have been only three occasions from Nico Hulkenberg’s 13 appearances at Silverstone that he has failed to score. His sixth place finish in the 2024 British Grand Prix equalled his best result to date at the track, having previously finished sixth at Silverstone in both 2017 and 2018.

In 2020, he filled in at Racing Point for the coronavirus-struck Sergio Perez. While Hulkenberg disappointingly failed to start the 2020 British Grand Prix, he finished seventh in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix one week later.

Hulkenberg’s DNS in 2020 was only the second time he failed to finish in the top ten here, following a 12th place finish in 2012. He failed to score in 2023, too, finishing 13th.

Hulkenberg impressively qualified third at Silverstone for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix – his best qualifying result at the track to date. He also qualified on the second row in 2014. There have been five occasions that Hulkenberg has failed to reach Q3 at Silverstone – including two 11th place qualifications – but he has never been eliminated in Q1 here.

Hulkenberg has been out-qualified by his team-mate here only three times, including in his maiden season and at the 2020 British Grand Prix, when he was called up late to replace Sergio Perez.

NICO HULKENBERG’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX HISTORY

 
Quali Battle
Qualified
Grid
Finished
Pos Change
2010
LOST
13
13
10
3
2012
WON
9
14
12
2
2013
WON
15
14
10
4
2014
WON
4
4
8
-4
2015
WON
9
9
7
2
2016
WON
9
8
7
1
2017
WON
6
5
6
-1
2018
WON
11
11
6
5
2019
LOST
10
10
10
0
2020
LOST
13
13
DNS
70th A
WON
3
3
7
-4
2023
WON
11
11
13
-2
2024
WON
6
6
6
0

🇧🇷 Gabriel BORTOLETO

In all four Formula 2 and Formula 3 races in which Gabriel Bortoleto has competed at Silverstone, he finished in the top six. From those races, he recorded a single podium finish – a second place result in the F3 Sprint Race in 2023. Bortoleto originally finished on the podium in the Sprint Race in F2 in 2024 after passing Kush Maini on the line. However, it was deemed that Bortoleto completed the move off track and he was handed a five-second time penalty, dropping him to fourth in the final order.

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