United Kingdom

Where the Championship Began

Britain hosted the first World Championship round, has produced more champions than anywhere else, and feeds its race fans from four distinct national kitchens.

The World Championship began in Britain, and the British Grand Prix has never left the calendar. Our records count 77 editions from 1950 to 2026. Silverstone has held 60 of them, with Aintree taking 5 and Brands Hatch 12 in the years when the race moved around. Add the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in 1983 and 1985 and at Donington Park in 1993, plus the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone in 2020, and the country has hosted 81 championship rounds.

British drivers have won 21 world titles between them. Lewis Hamilton leads with 7 championships and 106 wins, Jackie Stewart took 3, and Jim Clark and Graham Hill 2 each. Mike Hawthorn, John Surtees, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Jenson Button and Lando Norris each won once, Norris most recently in 2025. Much of the grid is built here too: McLaren, Williams and Mercedes F1 Team are among the many teams our records place in Britain.

British cooking is really four cuisines, English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish, layered with influences from Romans, Vikings and Normans and, more recently, from families who arrived from South Asia, the Caribbean, China and Europe. The curry house now sits as comfortably beside the pub as if it had always been there. Pies, puddings and slow cooked stews grew out of working households that needed food to look after itself while everyone was busy, and baking runs through every region, from scones to Welsh cakes.

For a race weekend, the classics reward patience more than skill. A hotpot can sit in the oven through qualifying, a batter pudding rises while the grid forms, and a plate of scones with clotted cream and jam offers a fine excuse to argue over which goes on first.

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