No driver has won at Silverstone from outside the top seven on the grid, and the polesitter has won only three of the last eight races. Here’s everything you need to know about the history of each grid slot at the British Grand Prix!
BRITISH GRAND PRIX GRID STATS IN BRIEF
- No wins from outside the top 7
- No retirements from 2nd since 2000 or from 4th since 2001
- 10th has never finished on the podium
- 17th, 18th and 19th all scored in 2022
- Furthest back podium from 28th on the grid
BRITISH GRAND PRIX RESULTS: GRID OVERVIEW
| Grid Slot | Last Win | Last Podium | Last Points | Last Non Finish | Best Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 1st |
| 2 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2000 | 1st |
| 3 | 2011 | 2024 | 2024 | 2013 | 1st |
| 4 | 70th Anniversary | 2024 | 2024 | 2001 | 1st |
| 5 | 1995 | 2022 | 2024 | 2018 | 1st |
| 6 | 2014 | 2015 | 2024 | 2010 | 1st |
| 7 | 1975 | 2023 | 2024 | 2013 | 1st |
| 8 | - | 2014 | 2024 | 2022 | 3rd |
| 9 | - | 2017 | 2024 | 2022 | 2nd |
| 10 | - | - | 2024 | 2023 | 4th |
| 11 | - | 1997 | 2020 | 2022 | 2nd |
| 12 | - | 2005 | 2020 | 2022 | 2nd |
| 13 | - | 1956 | 2024 | 2023 | 3rd |
| 14 | - | 2014 | 2021 | 2020 | 2nd |
| 15 | - | - | 2023 | 2022 | 5th |
| 16 | - | 2008 | 2021 | 2022 | 3rd |
| 17 | - | - | 2022 | 70th Anniversary | 4th |
| 18 | - | - | 2022 | 2016 | 4th |
| 19 | - | - | 2022 | 2024 (DNS) | 5th |
| 20 | - | - | 2004 | 2017 | 5th |
- Won only 3 of the last 8 Silverstone races
- 10 wins since 1995
- 19 podiums in last 25 races
- Three DNFs since 2001
The polesitter at Silverstone has gone on to win only three of the last eight F1 races at the track. Historically, the pole to win conversion rate is under 40% at Silverstone, with only 22 of the 59 races here having been won from the front of the grid.
Pole has had its dominant streaks at the circuit – the polesitter won four consecutive races at the track between 1960 and 1967, four times between 1991 and 1994 and, more recently, Lewis Hamilton converted all of his poles into wins between 2015 and 2017.
In the 30 races here since 1995, the polesitter has won only ten times, four of those wins being by Hamilton. That being said, a good finish is still likely for the polesitter, with 19 podiums from the last 25 Silverstone races.
Since 2001, Nico Rosberg’s DNF in 2014 with gearbox issues, Max Verstappen’s first lap crash in 2021 and George Russell’s retirement in 2024 are the only times the polesitter has failed to finish the British Grand Prix. The polesitter has recorded non-finishes at the Silverstone circuit on fewer occasions than any other grid slot in the top 20.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM POLE POSITION AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | DNF | 1 | 1 |
- Won 4 of the last 8 races
- Fewest DNFs of any grid slot
- Last retirement in 2000
The driver starting from second has won four of the last eight races at Silverstone – in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2024. Second on the grid has scored on more occasions than the polesitter (44 times) and has had more podium finishes than the polesitter (36).
Second on the grid has also had fewer non-classified finishes than any other grid slot, failing to finish the race only 11 times.
The last non-finish from this grid slot came all the way back in 2000, when Heinz-Harald Frentzen retired with gearbox issues. Since 2001, Mark Webber’s tenth place finish in 2008 and Valtteri Bottas’ 11th place in the 2020 British Grand Prix are the only times the driver starting from second has failed to score.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 2ND ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
- 8 wins in total
- One DNF in last 24 races
- Last win in 2011
In the last 24 Silverstone races, there has been just one retirement from third on the grid at Silverstone. That was for Sebastian Vettel in 2013.
Eight Silverstone wins have come from this grid slot in total, three since the turn of the millennium. The most recent win from this grid slot was in 2011, when Fernando Alonso was victorious.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 3RD ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
- Longest active points-scoring streak
- Scored in every race since 2006
- Last DNF in 2001
Fourth on the grid has the longest active streak of points-scoring races at Silverstone, having scored points in every race at the track since 2006.
Charles Leclerc’s ninth place finish in the 2023 British Grand Prix is the only time in the last six races at the track that the driver starting from fourth on the grid at Silverstone has not finished on the podium.
Five victories have come from fourth on the grid at Silverstone, the most recent of which was for Max Verstappen at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.
Jarno Trulli, who was out after a first lap collision in 2001, is the most recent driver to have retired from fourth on the grid at the British Grand Prix.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 4TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
- 2022 was first podium since 2010
- Three wins in total, most recent in 1995
In 2022, Lewis Hamilton became the first driver to finish on the podium having started fifth at Silverstone since 2010.
In the 11 races between its two most recent podiums, the grid slot supplied two DNFs and nine points-scoring races. During that time, fourth places for Felipe Massa in 2012, Pierre Gasly in 2019 and Lando Norris in 2021 were the only times during that period that the driver starting here has gained a place during the race.
Three wins have come from fifth on the grid at Silverstone, the most recent being for Johnny Herbert in 1995.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 5TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
- 2014 is most recent win for 6th on the grid
- Two DNFs in the last 26 years
In the last 48 years, no victory at Silverstone has come from further back than sixth on the grid. The only win from outside the top five on the grid since 1975 came in 2014, when Lewis Hamilton started from sixth and won.
The position recorded podium finishes in successive years, with Hamilton winning in 2014 and Sebastian Vettel finishing third in 2015.
There have only been two DNFs from this grid slot in the past 26 years – for Ralf Schumacher in 2007 and Robert Kubica in 2010.
The driver starting here has finished in the top six in all of the last five Silverstone races.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 6TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
- 2023 was first podium since 2003
- One DNF in last 17 races
- Furthest back grid slot to win
Lewis Hamilton finished third having started seventh in the 2023 British Grand Prix. That saw him record the first podium finish for this grid slot at Silverstone since 2003, when Juan Pablo Montoya finished as runner-up.
In the last 17 races at the track, Romain Grosjean’s retirement in 2013 is the only time that the driver starting here has failed to finish the race.
Seventh is the furthest back grid slot to have won at Silverstone, with Emerson Fittipaldi winning from seventh on the grid in 1975.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 7TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
- More DNFs than any other top 10 grid slot
- Last podium in 2014
- Four podiums in total since 1950
The driver starting eighth on the grid at Silverstone has suffered more non-finishes than any other grid slot in the top ten, with 25 non-finishes in total – including in two of the last four seasons.
The position last supplied a podium finish in 2014 for Daniel Ricciardo, who finished third. It was the fourth podium to be recorded from eighth on the grid at Silverstone.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 8TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | 7 | 11 | DNF | 11 | 4 | 4 | DNF | DNF | 8 |
- Two podiums since 2013
- More top ten finishes than any grid slot behind it
Ninth on the grid has supplied more top ten finishes than either of the two grid slots immediately ahead of it and any of the positions behind it.
Ninth has given two podium finishes at Silverstone in the last 11 years, with third place for Fernando Alonso in 2013 and second for Valtteri Bottas in 2017. Those are two of four total podium finishes for this grid slot, the others being in 1981 and 1989.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 9TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 7 | 13 | 2 | DNF | 12 | 6 | 5 | 9 | DNF | 7 |
- Only top 10 grid slot with no podiums
- Best result of 4th, in 1989 and 2011
Tenth is the only grid slot in the top 14 to have never supplied a podium finish at Silverstone. The best result from tenth position is fourth, recorded by Nelson Piquet in 1989 and Lewis Hamilton in 2011.
In 2022, Nicholas Latifi’s 12th place finish ended a five race streak of points for this grid slot. Pierre Gasly failed to finish having started here in 2023, while Fernando Alonso’ eighth place in the 2024 British Grand Prix made him the first driver to score a point having started here since 2021.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 10TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | 6 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
- Three points finishes in the last 10 races
- Three podiums – all second places
- Last podium in 1997
In the last 11 Silverstone races, the driver starting eleventh has scored four times, finished outside the points four times, recorded two retirements and suffered a DNS.
Jolyon Palmer, who failed to start the race in 2017, became the third driver to fail to start at Silverstone having lined up in the top 11 on the grid. Palmer is in good company, though, with Jack Brabham and Michael Schumacher the only other drivers to do so.
All three podium finishes from this grid slot have been the runner-up spot, most recently recorded by Jean Alesi in 1997.
The driver starting here last scored points in the 2020 British Grand Prix, when Pierre Gasly finished seventh.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 11TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 9 | 9 | DNS | 6 | DNF | 7 | 12 | 11 | DNF | 13 |
- Scored in 3 of last 8 races
- Two previous podiums, last in 2005
- Only 3 DNFs this millennium
The driver starting 12th has scored in three of the last eight Silverstone races – but no points have been scored from here since the 2020 British Grand Prix.
12th on the grid has supplied two podium finishes here in the past, with Alfonso de Portago and Peter Collins sharing a drive to finish second in 1956 and Kimi Raikkonen coming home third in 2005.
Since 1999, there have been only three retirements from 12th. The grid slot has the fewest DNFs of any position outside the top six.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 12TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | 11 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | DNF | 14 |
- Failed to finish 6 of the last 13 races
- 2024 marked first point since 2019
13th on the grid at Silverstone has recorded six non-finishes in the last 13 races. Nico Hulkenberg failed to even start the 2020 British Grand Prix when he was due to line up 13th on the grid.
Yuki Tsunoda’s tenth place finish in the 2024 British Grand Prix marked the first point scored from this positions since 2019, when Carlos Sainz finished in sixth place. The latter is one of only eight top six results for the driver starting 13th at Silverstone – and the only one since 2003.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 13TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | DNF | DNF | 8 | 6 | DNS | 16 | 15 | 14 | DNF |
- Two podium finishes, most recent in 2014
- 9 points finishes in total
Valtteri Bottas recorded the best ever finish for a driver starting 14th at Silverstone in 2014 with second place. 14th on the grid had previously supplied a podium finish for Jacques Laffite in 1981.
This grid slot has recorded nine points finishes in total, fewer than any grid slot ahead of it. It has had more non-finishes than it has had top ten finishes. In two of the last five Silverstone races, the driver starting 14th has finished eighth.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 14TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | 16 | 10 | 13 | DNF | DNF | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 |
- Three points finishes since 1990
- Scored once since 2017
Sergio Perez finished sixth having started 15th in the 2023 British Grand Prix.
Perez’s sixth place was only the third points finish from 15th on the grid at Silverstone since 1990. Those were eighth for Kazuki Nakajima in 2008 and tenth for Daniil Kvyat in 2016.
Prior to that, the driver starting 15th finished sixth four times in the eight races here between 1977 and 1989. The best finish for this grid slot is fifth, ironically recorded by Mark Donohue in 1975 despite him failing to finish the race.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 15TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 11 | 10 | 16 | DNF | 17 | 14 | 18 | 13 | DNF | 6 |
- 5 points finishes in last 15 races
- 30 non-finishes – more than any other grid slot
The driver starting 16th has scored points in the five of the last 15 Silverstone races, most recently with tenth place finishes for Daniil Kvyat at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020 and for Yuki Tsunoda at the 2021 British Grand Prix.
This grid slot has failed to finish the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 30 occasions, more than any other grid slot. Between 1987 and 2002, the driver starting here reached the end of the race on only three occasions.
Felipe Nasr failed to even start the race here in 2015 with gearbox issues, Kevin Magnussen retired three laps from the end in 2016, Carlos Sainz was eliminated after a collision with Romain Grosjean in 2018, Magnussen retired again in 2019 and Alex Albon was involved in the first lap crash in 2022.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 16TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNS | 17 | 12 | DNF | DNF | 17 | 10 | 10 | DNF | 16 |
- Six points finishes in total
- One DNF since 2011
In 2022, Kevin Magnussen became only the sixth driver to have scored starting from 17th at Silverstone. Fernando Alonso finished tenth in 2015 and Daniil Kvyat finished ninth in 2019, but those are the only other occasions in the last 34 Silverstone races that the driver starting 17th has finished in a points-paying position.
Between 1998 and 2002, the grid slot recorded top ten finishes four times, but in the lower regions of the top ten, before the positions offered points.
At the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020, Magnussen became the first driver to retire from this position at Silverstone since 2011.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 17TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 10 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 16 | DNF | 14 | 10 | 15 |
- Two points finishes in last 40 races
- Last points in 2022
In the last 40 races at Silverstone – since 1985 – the driver starting 18th has scored only twice. Jaime Alguersuari took tenth place in 2011, while Sebastian Vettel finished ninth in 2022.
During that time frame there has been only one better result from this grid slot. Mika Salo finished eighth in 2000, before finishing eighth resulted in any points.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 18TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | DNF | 14 | – | 13 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 17 |
- Fewer top 10 finishes than any other grid slot
- Three points finishes
- Best result of fifth in 2017
The driver starting 19th has had fewer top ten finishes than drivers starting from any other grid slot in the top 20.
The grid position has supplied only three points finishes, with Daniel Ricciardo’s fifth place in 2017 being the best-ever result for a driver starting here.
The other two points finishes from this grid slot were for Luigi Villoresi, who finished sixth in 1956 and for Mick Schumacher, who finished eighth in 2019.
2022 – when Schumacher finished eighth – is the last time that the driver starting here reached the end of the race. Kevin Magnussen retired from this position at the 2023 British Grand Prix, while Pierre Gasly failed to start in 2024.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 19TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 13 | DNF | 5 | – | 14 | DNF | 17 | 17 | 8 | DNF |
- Two points finishes – in 1951 and 2004
- 14 top ten finishes in total
In Silverstone’s 58-race tenure on the F1 calendar, the driver starting 20th has scored only twice. Reg Parnell finished fifth in 1951, while Giancarlo Fisichella came home sixth in 2004. In total, there have been 14 top ten finishes from this grid slot.
As a result of pit lane starts, this grid position has been left clear in three of the last eight Silverstone races.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 20TH ON THE GRID AT SILVERSTONE
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 70th A | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 12 | DNF | DNF | – | 15 | 12 | 15 | – | 11 | 12 |
Six starts have been made from the pit lane at Silverstone, including three in 2018. No points have been scored from a pit lane start here, and two pit lane starts have resulted in retirements.