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Fact File

Country:	Britain
Location:	Aintree, Merseyside, England
Races held:	5
First race:	1955
Last race:	1962
No. of winning drivers:	5
No. of winning constructors:	5
Races won from pole:	3 (60.0%)
Race winner avg start position:	2.0
Home driver winners:	3

Races

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Date	Round	Grand Prix	Race Result
1	16 July 1955 ^DT	6 of 7	Britain	1955 British Grand Prix
2	20 July 1957	5 of 8	Britain	1957 British Grand Prix
3	18 July 1959	5 of 9	Britain	1959 British Grand Prix
4	15 July 1961 ^CT	5 of 8	Britain	1961 British Grand Prix
5	21 July 1962	5 of 9	Britain	1962 British Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin	Race Time
1955	Britain	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	1	0.200s	3hr 07m 21.200s
1957	Britain	Tony Brooks Stirling Moss	Vanwall	3	25.600s	3hr 06m 37.800s
1959	Britain	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	22.200s	2hr 30m 11.600s
1961	Britain	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	4	46.000s	2hr 40m 53.600s
1962	Britain	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	49.200s	2hr 26m 20.800s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin	Pole Time
1955	Britain	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	1	0.200s	2:00.400
1957	Britain	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	1	0.200s	2:00.200
1959	Britain	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	0.000s	1:58.000
1961	Britain	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2	0.000s	1:58.800
1962	Britain	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.600s	1:53.600

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Lap Time
1955	Britain	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	2:00.400
1957	Britain	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	1:59.200
1959	Britain	Stirling Moss Bruce McLaren	BRM Cooper-Climax	1:57.000
1961	Britain	Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	1:57.800
1962	Britain	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:55.000

Statistics

Wins

Driver

Bold: win from pole position
Highlight: Home driver

Driver	Wins	From Pole	Year(s)
Stirling Moss	2	2	1955, 1957
Tony Brooks	1	–	1957
Jack Brabham	1	1	1959
Wolfgang von Trips	1	–	1961
Jim Clark	1	1	1962

Constructor

Bold: 1-2 victory
Highlight: Home constructor

Constructor	Wins	1-2	Year(s)
Mercedes	1	1	1955
Vanwall	1	–	1957
Cooper	1	–	1959
Ferrari	1	1	1961
Lotus (1958-94)	1	–	1962

Podiums

Driver

Highlight: Home driver

Driver	Podiums	1st	2nd	3rd	Year(s)
Stirling Moss	3	2	1	–	1955 1957 1959
Bruce McLaren	2	–	–	2	1959 1962
Juan Manuel Fangio	1	–	1	–	1955
Karl Kling	1	–	–	1	1955
Tony Brooks	1	1	–	–	1957
Luigi Musso	1	–	1	–	1957
Mike Hawthorn	1	–	–	1	1957
Jack Brabham	1	1	–	–	1959
Wolfgang von Trips	1	1	–	–	1961
Phil Hill	1	–	1	–	1961
Richie Ginther	1	–	–	1	1961
Jim Clark	1	1	–	–	1962
John Surtees	1	–	1	–	1962

Constructor

Highlight: Home constructor

Constructor	Podiums	1st	2nd	3rd	Year(s)
Ferrari	5	1	2	2	1957 1957 1961 1961 1961
Mercedes	3	1	1	1	1955 1955 1955
Cooper	3	1	–	2	1959 1959 1962
Vanwall	1	1	–	–	1957
BRM	1	–	1	–	1959
Lotus (1958-94)	1	1	–	–	1962
Lola	1	–	1	–	1962

Pole positions

Driver

Bold: pole & win
Highlight: Home driver

Driver	Poles	Pole & Win	Year(s)
Stirling Moss	2	2	1955, 1957
Jack Brabham	1	1	1959
Phil Hill	1	–	1961
Jim Clark	1	1	1962

Constructor

Bold: qualifying 1-2
Highlight: Home constructor

Constructor	Poles	1-2	Year(s)
Mercedes	1	1	1955
Vanwall	1	–	1957
Cooper	1	–	1959
Ferrari	1	1	1961
Lotus (1958-94)	1	–	1962

Fastest laps

Driver

Bold: win & fastest lap
Highlight: Home driver

Driver	Fastest Laps	Win & F.Lap	Year(s)
Stirling Moss	3	1	1955, 1957, 1959
Bruce McLaren	1	–	1959
Tony Brooks	1	–	1961
Jim Clark	1	1	1962

Constructor

Highlight: Home constructor

Constructor	Fastest laps	Year(s)
BRM	2	1959, 1961
Mercedes	1	1955
Vanwall	1	1957
Cooper	1	1959
Lotus (1958-94)	1	1962