Turn 4/5 (Arena) - A sharp left followed by a flat-out left to send drivers on to the Wellington Straight. Turn 3 - Brake hard for this tight 90 degrees right. Turn 2 (Farm) - A kink to the left taken at full throttle. Turn 1 (Abbey) - A steady right-hander, almost flat-out for a modern Formula 1 car in qualifying trim. The iconic Maggots and Becketts section is known throughout the world of motor racing, and it has inspired the designs of several other circuits on the Formula 1 calendar, such as the Circuit of the Americas. Silverstone really does offer an all-round test for the drivers with a plentiful mix of high-speed sweeping turns and hard braking zones - there are 18 corners in total. But a new five-year contract for Silverstone was announced to keep it on the F1 calendar. Once again the race was under threat though come 2019 with no new deal in place after the event. However, the Donington Park leaseholders, Donington Ventures Leisure, went into administration and the race continued to be held at Silverstone. It had been agreed that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix until 2009, at which point it would return to Donington. The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is an event steeped in tradition, but it's a circuit which has on several times come close to losing its grand prix since it became a permanent part of the calendar in 1987. Max Verstappen holds the lap record after setting a 1:27.097 in the 2020 race, while Sir Lewis Hamilton's 1:24.303 to secure pole for that race is the outright lap record for the current layout which has been in use since 2011. Located in the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire, England, this 3.66-mile circuit regularly attracts a crowd rivaled by very few other venues on the Formula 1 calendar, and in 2019 Silverstone topped the attendance charts for a race weekend.
A British Grand Prix has been on the Formula 1 calendar since the inaugural season in 1950, and Silverstone is its current home having hosted the first ever Formula One Grand Prix that year.
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