Silverstone To Celebrate Hosting 50 F1 Races In Style

THE famous Silverstone Circuit is gearing up to celebrate its 50th Grand Prix race this weekend, and it’s a milestone that will be celebrated not once, but twice during July.

First, the golden anniversary will be marked by a parade of F1 cars over this coming British Grand Prix weekend. Then, three weeks later, the birthday party revs up when the Northamptonshire venue stages the annual Silverstone Classic (25-27 July).

The Classic’s line-up of evocative F1 races traditionally covers nearly 40 years of Silverstone’s GP history.

However, with Silverstone joining the exclusive group of Monaco, Monza, Nurburgring and Spa-Francorchamps to have staged 50 Grands Prix, this summer’s Classic will be even more F1-focused with an unparalleled world record parade of Grand Prix cars organised specifically to honour the historic occasion.

The parade, which will be led by racing legend Stirling Moss OBE driving a Maserati 250F from the fifties, will be staged at lunchtime on ‘Super Sunday’ (27 July).

Maserati’s centenary is another major milestone being celebrated at this summer’s Classic and two races for pre-1961 front-engined Grand Prix cars could witness as many as five Maserati 250Fs lining up on the same grid.

By Press Association reporters