Circuit · Liverpool, United Kingdom
Aintree
Stirling Moss's 1955 win here was the first by a British driver in a British Grand Prix.
- Championship races
- 5
- Seasons
- 1955–19625 seasons
- Length
- 4.828 kmcurrent layout
- Turns
- 10
- Direction
- clockwise
- Type
- permanent
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Flat circuit laid out around the Grand National horse-racing course
Most wins here
| Driver | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Stirling Moss | 2 | 1955–1957 |
| Jim Clark | 1 | 1962 |
| Sir Jack Brabham | 1 | 1959 |
| Tony Brooks | 1 | 1957 |
| Wolfgang von Trips | 1 | 1961 |
Constructors here
| Constructor | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper | 1 | 1959 |
| Ferrari | 1 | 1961 |
| Mercedes | 1 | 1955 |
| Team Lotus | 1 | 1962 |
| Vanwall | 1 | 1957 |
Where winners start here
All 5 races won here, counted together. No layout timeline is recorded for this circuit.
- Won from first on the grid
- 3 of 4 (75%), against 26 of 68 (38%) at every circuit, 1955–1962
- Won from the first two slots
- 3 of 4 (75%), against 43 of 68 (63%) at every circuit
- Lowest winning grid slot
- 4th — Wolfgang von Trips, 1961
- Most wins by a driver
- Sir Stirling Moss, 2
- Most wins by a team
- 5 teams, 1 each
- Not counted as a slot
- 1 shared drive
A dot is a race won from that slot; over eight, the box shows the count. Boxes stand two abreast, as grids do now. Coloured by winner: the entrant’s national racing colour, not the team’s.
| Grid slot | Wins | Races won |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | 1955 Sir Stirling Moss (Mercedes); 1959 Sir Jack Brabham (Cooper); 1962 Jim Clark (Team Lotus) |
| 4th | 1 | 1961 Wolfgang von Trips (Ferrari) |
| shared drive | 1 | 1957 Tony Brooks / Sir Stirling Moss (Vanwall) |
Race by race
- 1950s
- 1955 British Grand Prix Mercedes 1st
- 1957 British Grand Prix Vanwall shared drive
- 1959 British Grand Prix Cooper 1st
- 1960s
- 1961 British Grand Prix Ferrari 4th
- 1962 British Grand Prix Team Lotus 1st
Every race here 5
Held here as the British Grand Prix (5 races).
The same on all 5 rows: Layout — not established.
| Season | Grand Prix | Winner | Constructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | British Grand Prix | Jim Clark | Team Lotus |
| 1961 | British Grand Prix | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 1959 | British Grand Prix | Sir Jack Brabham | Cooper |
| 1957 | British Grand Prix | Tony Brooks / Sir Stirling Moss | Vanwall |
| 1955 | British Grand Prix | Sir Stirling Moss | Mercedes |
Where this comes from
- Official name
- Aintree Motor Racing Circuit
- Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Confidence
- high