F1 Fastest Laps - Silverstone Circuit

[Brogan]

A list of all fastest laps achieved during the race for all F1 World Championship races held at Silverstone.

Silverstone has been part of the championship since 1950 but until the 1990's the British Grand Prix alternated between Silverstone, Aintree and Brands Hatch.
Circuit changes can be seen here: http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/UnitedKingdom/index.html

Year	Time	Driver
1950	1:50.600	Nino Farina
1951	1:44.000	Nino Farina
1952	1:52.000	Alberto Ascari
1953	1:50.000	Alberto Ascari & José Froilán González
1954	1:50.000	José Froilán González, Mike Hawthorn, Onofre Marimón, Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Jean Behra & Alberto Ascari
1956	1:43.200	Stirling Moss
1958	1:40.800	Mike Hawthorn
1960	1:34.400	Graham Hill
1963	1:36.000	John Surtees
1965	1:32.200	Graham Hill
1967	1:27.000	Denny Hulme
1969	1:21.300	Jackie Stewart
1971	1:19.900	Jackie Stewart
1973	1:18.600	James Hunt
1975	1:20.900	Clay Regazzoni
1977	1:19.600	James Hunt
1979	1:14.400	Clay Regazzoni
1981	1:15.067	René Arnoux
1983	1:14.212	Alain Prost
1985	1:09.886	Alain Prost
1987	1:09.832	Nigel Mansell
1988	1:23.308	Nigel Mansell
1989	1:12.017	Nigel Mansell
1990	1:11.291	Nigel Mansell
1991	1:26.379	Nigel Mansell
1992	1:22.539	Nigel Mansell
1993	1:22.515	Damon Hill
1994	1:27.100	Damon Hill
1995	1:29.752	Damon Hill
1996	1:29.288	Jacques Villeneuve
1997	1:24.475	Michael Schumacher
1998	1:35.704	Michael Schumacher
1999	1:28.309	Mika Häkkinen
2000	1:26.217	Mika Häkkinen
2001	1:23.405	Mika Häkkinen
2002	1:23.083	Rubens Barrichello
2003	1:22.236	Rubens Barrichello
2004	1:18.739	Michael Schumacher
2005	1:20.502	Kimi Räikkönen
2006	1:21.599	Fernando Alonso
2007	1:20.638	Kimi Räikkönen
2008	1:32.150	Kimi Räikkönen
2009	1:20.735	Sebastian Vettel

A chart plotting the fastest laps with some specific times highlighed.

 

[Brogan]

Some interesting stat's on this one.

The fastest lap times in 1953 and 1954 were identical, possibly helped by the fact that they were only recorded to an accuracy of 1 second...

This resulted in the farcical situation in 1954 of 7 drivers sharing 1 point for fastest lap; they each received 0.14 points.

Nigel Mansell achieved the fastest lap 6 years running.
Is that a record?

 

[Brian_W_Lawrence]

Nigel Mansell achieved the fastest lap 6 years running.
Is that a record?

He also set the fastest lap at Brands Hatch in 1986, so did so seven years running at the British
GP.

DC set five running at the French GP 1998-2002.

Fangio had four at Monaco - 1950, 55-57.

Moss had four in the British GP, 1954-57, but included Aintree & Silverstone (shared in 1954).

I don't think anyone else had more than three, but I'm looking at events rather than circuits,
so it might be possible.

 

[Brogan]

Thanks Brian.

6/7 in a row is pretty impressive in the modern era.