The British Grand Prix is
a race in the calendar of the
FIA
Formula One World
Championship. It is currently
held at the
Silverstone Circuit near the
village of
Silverstone in
Northamptonshire. The
British and
Italian Grands Prix are the
oldest continuously staged
Formula One world
championship Grands Prix.
Grand Prix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at the Brooklands course in 1926 after his winning of the French Grand Prix in 1923 and the following year at the Spanish Grand Prix which raised interest in the sport. The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B.
