unlikely as silverstone would of held 50 F1 GPs in 2014. If silverstone was to close there is more establiable circuits that can be used to hold a F1 GP in the UK.
Counterclock in F1, the USA all raceing is clockwise. Indy and NASCAR. This may have something to do with horeracing, cars would race on those tracks back in the day.
Fernando Alonso
The 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
nino farina, gp silverstone 1950
The Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England, named after the village in the former. It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987. The circuit is also home to the BRDC International Trophy, formerly one of the premier non-Championship F1 races in the calendar, today awarded to the winner of a race for historic F1 cars at the annual Silverstone Classic meeting.
It was an airfield. There is also still a farm on the infield.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojX84GfRNQo
The British Driver with the most F1 wins is Nigel Mansell with 31.
The lap record for a F1 is 1:18.739 set by Michael Schumacher in 2004 en route to a victory in his Ferrari chassis.
Silverstone. Whether justified, of course, is a matter of one's point of view, but Silverstone has hosted the British F1 Grand Prix more times than any other venue, and was the venue for the very first official F1 World Championship grand Prix in 1950. Other venues have been Brands Hatch and Aintree and the "European Grand Prix" has been held at Donington Park.
The inaugural F1 Grand Prix was held at Silverstone on the May 13th, 1950.Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina won the race and the Swiss and Italian GPs as well en route to the first-ever F1 World Championship.