Luke Browning took an F2 podium finish at the 2025 British

Grand Prix

he British Grand Prix is one of the nation’ s best-loved summer sporting events and one of its biggest: with 570,000 fans expected to attend this July, it will break the record for the biggest weekend attendance at a Grand Prix.

There are very good reasons why: for the first time in almost a quarter of a century, Britain has been represented by five F1 drivers. Back in 2002, David Coulthard, Jenson Button, Eddie Irvine, Anthony Davidson, and Allan McNish were all on the grid but at the time of their home Grand Prix, Davidson had yet to make his F1 debut.

In recent years we have seen an influx of new names from the home nations and their profiles have grown exponentially compared to their early 21st century counterparts. Various factors, including the influence of Drive to Survive and digital media on F1’ s audience, added to a broadening of the event programme – with live music and comedy creating a festival atmosphere- has led to a near 50-50 male-female split in Silverstone’ s ticket sales.

While reigning World Champion Lando Norris will expect a rapturous reception from an expanded‘ Landostand’ this July, race favourites George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, plus highly promising rookies Ollie Bearman and Arvid Lindblad will also be cheered on enthusiastically by the crowds. Then there are the support races; Freddie Slater is in thick of the F3 title hunt while Alisha Palmowski heads to Silverstone leading the F1 Academy standings with Megan Bruce third; two of five Britons in the championship.

DOM GIBBONS

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