In the 80th F1 race to take place in Britain, Hamilton could become the first driver to win ten home races and Norris could equal Raikkonen on the McLaren podium list. Here are the milestones and records which could be broken at the 2025 British Grand Prix!
THE 2025 BRITISH GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2025 British Grand Prix will be the 1,137th World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
The 2025 British Grand Prix will be the 60th Grand Prix held at Silverstone. 59 of the previous races at the track have been British Grands Prix. The circuit also hosted the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020.
This will be the 80th British Grand Prix since the event was first held in 1926. It will be the 76th time that the race has been run as a round of the Formula 1 World Championship.
The 2025 British Grand Prix marks the 80th round of the World Championship to take place in Great Britain. That sees the nation overtake Germany and equal the United States for second on the list of most races hosted by a country. Britain becomes the third country, after Italy and the United States, to have hosted as many as 80 races.
Alex Albon makes his 78th start with Williams this weekend, overtaking Valtteri Bottas for fifth on the list of drivers who’ve made the most starts with the team and equalling Felipe Massa for fourth place.
The 2025 British Grand Prix will be the 500th Formula 1 race to feature a Japanese driver on the grid. Japan is the tenth nation to reach that milestone.
The 2025 British Grand Prix will be the ninth F1 race to take place on July 6. The French Grand Prix was held on this date in 1952, 1958, 1969, 1975, 1986 and 2003, while the British Grand Prix was held on this day in 2008 and 2014 – both times being won by Lewis Hamilton.
Lap 43 of the 2025 British Grand Prix will be the 3,800th Grand Prix racing lap at Silverstone in the track’s history on the F1 calendar.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
If Lewis Hamilton wins the 2025 British Grand Prix, it would be the first time that a driver has won the same race on the same date three times. Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 6 twice previously, in 2008 and 2014.
If Lewis Hamilton wins the 2025 British Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to have won ten times on home soil in Formula 1. It’s a record that he currently shares with Michael Schumacher who won the German and European Grands Prix when they were held in Germany on nine occasions.
A win for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 British Grand Prix would make him only the second driver to have won as many as ten races in a single country. Michael Schumacher is the only other driver to have done so, recording 12 wins in Italy over the course of his career.
Having won at Silverstone nine times previously, a victory for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 British Grand Prix would see him extend the record for most wins at a single circuit to ten.
A podium finish for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 British Grand Prix would see him extend the record for most podium finishes at a single circuit to 16. Hamilton has finished on the podium at Silverstone in all of the last 11 seasons.
If Lewis Hamilton leads 83km of the 2025 British Grand Prix, Silverstone will overtake the Hungaroring as the track at which Hamilton has led the furthest distance in his career. He would need to lead 15 laps of the race to do so.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 British Grand Prix would make this only the fifth time that a driver has taken as many as eight pole positions at a single circuit.
If Ollie Bearman wins the 2025 British Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to take his maiden F1 victory on home soil since Johnny Herbert at the 1995 British Grand Prix.
A fastest lap for a Ferrari driver at the 2025 British Grand Prix will see Ferrari become the first team to record 20 fastest laps at a single circuit.
If Oscar Piastri continues to lead the championship after the Austrian Grand Prix, this will be the first time an Australian driver has led the title race after as many as eight consecutive races since Jack Brabham led after all nine races in the 1959 season.
A pole position for Red Bull this weekend would be their 107th pole, equalling Lotus for fifth on the list of most pole positions for a team in Formula 1.
Pole position for Max Verstappen at the 2025 British Grand Prix would be his 44th pole with Red Bull, equalling Sebastian Vettel as the driver who has taken the most poles with the team. It would also see him equal Vettel for fourth on the list of most poles with a single team.
If Max Verstappen leads the race from start to finish, he will overtake Sebastian Vettel for third on the list of most F1 races led from start to finish. Verstappen has led 15 Grands Prix from start to end so far in his career, doing so most recently at Imola.
A podium finish for Lando Norris at the 2025 British Grand Prix would be his 36th top three result with McLaren, equalling Kimi Raikkonen for sixth on the list of most podiums with the team.
A pole position at any Grand Prix in 2025 for Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto or Isack Hadjar would make them the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
If Max Verstappen wins the race without having started from pole position, it will be the 33rd race which he has won from a position other than pole. That would see him equal Alain Prost for third place on the list of most Grand Prix victories away from pole position.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be his sixth Grand Slam. That would see him equal Lewis Hamilton for second on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A win for Lewis Hamilton would make him the 16th driver to have won Grands Prix with as many as three different teams.
A win for Ferrari would make 2025 the 60th season in which they’ve won a Grand Prix.
A victory for a Ferrari-powered car this weekend would make Ferrari the first engine manufacturer to have powered 250 victories in Formula 1. Of the 249 previous victories, Sebastian Vettel’s with Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix is the only one which was not taken in a Ferrari chassis.
A fourth place finish for Lewis Hamilton would be his 35th fourth place finish in F1, overtaking Sebastian Vettel at the top of the list of most fourth place results.
THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX RECORDS ON OFFER
If a British driver wins the 2025 British Grand Prix, it will be the 25th time that a British driver has won at Silverstone in its history on the F1 calendar.
Victory for a team other than Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull at the 2025 British Grand Prix would equal the record for the most consecutive different team wins at Silverstone. There have been four different teams winning four successive races at the track twice previously – between 1967 & 1973 and between 2006 & 2009.
Ferrari have powered the most wins for any engine manufacturer at Silverstone, taking victory 15 times. Mercedes could equal their record at the 2025 British Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Nigel Mansell for the most fastest laps at Silverstone, each driver having set the Sunday pace here on six occasions. Hamilton will set a new outright record if he secures the fastest lap in the 2025 British Grand Prix. Mansell would still hold the record for most fastest laps at the British Grand Prix however, as he achieved the feat seven times in total, including once at Brands Hatch.
If Lewis Hamilton leads 33 laps of the 2025 British Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to have led 400 laps at Silverstone. He is already way ahead of anyone else on this list. Hamilton has led 367 laps at the track to date, while Jim Clark – second on the list – led 210 laps here in his career.
Despite holding the record for laps led at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton does not yet hold the record for laps led at the British Grand Prix. He’ll overtake Jim Clark’s record of 367 laps led at the event if he leads nine laps of the 2025 British Grand Prix.
A podium finish for a Ferrari driver would make Ferrari the first team to record 60 podium finishes at Silverstone.
If either Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton cross the finish line in the 2025 British Grand Prix, they will become the first driver to have completed 20 Grands Prix at Silverstone.
A first lap retirement for Carlos Sainz, Max Verstappen, George Russell or Alex Albon would see them equal Jackie Oliver as the driver with the most first lap DNFs at Silverstone. Oliver is the only driver who has recorded multiple first lap DNFs here.
2025 BRITISH GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING RECORDS
Ferrari hold the record for most pole positions at Silverstone, with 12. They could extend their record to 13 at the 2025 British Grand Prix, or their existing record could be equalled by either Williams or Mercedes.
Ferrari and Mercedes are tied as the engine manufacturers with the most pole positions in British Grand Prix history, with 16 apiece. Either manufacturer could set a new record this weekend.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are the only current drivers with a 100% Q3 appearance record at Silverstone. They’ll be hoping to stay in the group of five drivers who reached Q3 on every outing here, which also includes Ralf Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve and Juan Pablo Montoya.
LONGEVITY RECORDS ON OFFER FOR HAMILTON AND ALONSO
A win for Lewis Hamilton would see him move into the top ten of Formula 1’s oldest Grand Prix winners. Meanwhile, a victory for Fernando Alonso would make him the sport’s fifth oldest winner – and the oldest since Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1957 German Grand Prix. Only nine drivers have won races at the age of over 40. The most recent driver to do so was Nigel Mansell, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton in 2025 would make him the first driver in his 40s to take pole position since Nigel Mansell at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. He would be the sixth driver to take a pole position above the age of 40.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Michael Schumacher as the driver who has set the fastest lap of a Grand Prix in the most consecutive seasons. Schumacher set a fastest lap in at least one race in all 15 seasons between 1992 and 2006, while Hamilton has set a fastest lap in every season since 2010. A fastest lap for Hamilton this year would see him become the first driver to take a fastest lap in 16 consecutive seasons.
A win for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2025 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between two Formula 1 victories, with his last having come at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The current record is 6 years, 6 months and 28 days, set by Riccardo Patrese.
A pole position for Fernando Alonso in 2025 would make him the sport’s fourth-oldest polesitter. He would be the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.
