Silverstone Circuit 2015-09-26

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Silverstone Circuit

Date
Sat 26th September 2015 UTC

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24-04-28 17:00 (PST Los Angeles)
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24-04-28 19:00 (CST Chicago)
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24-04-28 20:00 (EST New York)
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24-04-29 01:00 (GMT London)
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24-04-29 02:00 (CET Paris)
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24-04-29 04:00 (GST Dubai)
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24-04-29 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
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24-04-29 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
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24-04-29 10:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
BTCC

Season
2015

Round
9

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Silverstone
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Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side. The Northamptonshire towns of Towcester (5 miles) and Brackley (7 miles) and Buckinghamshire town of Buckingham (6 miles) are close by, and the nearest large towns are Northampton and Milton Keynes.

Silverstone is the current home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948. The 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone was the first race in the newly created World Championship of Drivers. The race rotated between Silverstone, Aintree and Brands Hatch from 1955 to 1986, but relocated permanently to Silverstone in 1987.

On 30 September 2004 British Racing Drivers' Club president Jackie Stewart announced that the British Grand Prix would not be included on the 2005 provisional race calendar and, if it were, would probably not occur at Silverstone. However, on 9 December an agreement was reached with Formula One rights holder Bernie Ecclestone ensuring that the track would host the British Grand Prix until 2009 after which Donington Park would become the new host. However, the Donington Park leaseholders suffered economic problems resulting in the BRDC signing a 17-year deal with Ecclestone to hold the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.