A Summer of spectacle at Silverstone

From bikes to tin-tops, endurance to F1 and club racing to chart-topping music, summer 2025 at Silverstone delivered a non-stop calendar of world-class events and left fans hungry for more in 2026.

Tissot British Grand Prix MotoGP

The summer’s first major blockbuster landed in late May, as MotoGP returned to Silverstone for the Tissot British Grand Prix. Under shifting skies, fans were treated to fierce battles in all classes.

• MotoGP: Marco Bezzecchi took the win, fending off Johann Zarco in second, with the legendary Marc Márquez securing a hard-fought P3.
• Pole: The 2021 race winner Fabio Quartararo secured pole on Saturday.
• Fan experience: Beyond the track, the paddock vibes were electric with autograph zones, exhibitions, and open paddock walks bringing fans closer to the action.

The MotoGP weekend set the tone for the rest of Silverstone’s headline events in 2025: big names, close racing and crowds filling the grandstands.

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Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix

If Silverstone is the spiritual home of British motorsport, the British GP is its crown jewel. And in 2025, it didn’t disappoint.

• The headline result: Lando Norris thrilled the home crowd by securing victory at the 2025 British Grand Prix, holding off McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to take his first win on home soil.
• Drama & penalties: Piastri looked destined for the top step until a 10-second penalty for braking behind the Safety Car relegated him to second.  
• A podium 239 races in waiting: Nico Hülkenberg produced a sensational drive from 19th on the grid to finish third, taking his first ever F1 podium.
• Other highlights: Lewis Hamilton finished a solid P4 for Ferrari.
• Attendance & spectacle: Over the weekend, Silverstone played host to an estimated 500,000 spectators, setting a new attendance benchmark for the British GP.
• Music offering: Music from Sam Fender, Raye, Fatbody Slim, Becky Hill and much more kept the energy going long after the action had finished on track. 

Why it stood out: In a wet, wild and unpredictable race, Silverstone proved once more that it’s a venue where tyre choice can have huge implications and bold overtakes are never far away.

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Silverstone Festival

Silverstone Festival is a celebration of classic cars, live music, track parades and heritage racing, that brings the motorsport community together in a more relaxed, family setting.

• Masters GT Trophy: In one of the highlight races, Craig Wilkins and Aaron Scott saw off a pack of Lamborghini and Ferrari rivals in a dominant drive to win the GT Trophy race.
• World Champions Collection: A display bringing together cars raced by all 34 World Champions wowed the crowds.
• Festival vibe: Beyond the track, festivalgoers enjoyed parades of vintage machines, car displays, live bands, paddock walks and a community feel that was uniquely Silverstone.

European Le Mans Series

Endurance racing at Silverstone brings drama of a different kind, where strategy, reliability, evolution across hours of racing and driver changes take centre stage.

• British storylines: Local teams and drivers always strive to shine in their home soil. Familiar names ran in LMP2, LMP3 and LMGT3, with British racer and two-time W Series Champion Jamie Chadwick taking overall victory alongside her IDEC Sport team-mates.
• Fan vantage: For fans, endurance racing dances to a different rhythm. It’s not all flat-out aggression and ultimate pace. The small battles, pit suspense and comeback stories are often the most compelling elements.
• Fan access: The ELMS weekend included plenty of support series races and access to the paddock, offering spectators the ability to see behind the scenes of a race weekend.

British Touring Car Championship

As the summer became autumn, the BTCC rounds at Silverstone delivered tin-top drama with its trademark unpredictable racing and fierce battles in the penultimate round of the year.

• Results: Dan Lloyd took his first victory of the season in Race 1, points leader Tom Ingram claimed his sixth victory from the last six events in Race 2 and, in Race 3, Sam Osbourne scored his first ever BTCC win.
• Championship stakes: Ingram’s win at Silverstone was enough to maintain his advantage over title rival Sutton, but the championship is still very much up for grabs after the penultimate event of the season.
• Atmospheric appeal: The enthusiastic crowds, exceptional paddock accessibility and intriguing storylines make BTCC events as much about fan connection as pure racing.

Other events

While the headline events draw global attention, Silverstone’s summer calendar is also rich with club races, track days, single-make series, amateur championships, cycling events and much more.

Formula Student

It’s not just the stars who race at Silverstone, the future engineers also get their turn. Formula Student, the international engineering competition, brings together universities and technical colleges to design, build and race small single-seaters under strict regulations.

• What makes it special: It’s more than racing. The teams are judged on design, cost, business proposal and static events. Students get real-world experience and are often propelled into motorsport careers. Formula Student offers a front-row glimpse at the young minds that might one day engineer future F1 power units or endurance prototypes.
• Performance & innovation: In 2025, expectations ran high across braking systems, hybrid architectures and aerodynamic packaging. 

Ferrari Challenge UK

The prancing horse galloped into Silverstone for the 2025 title decider, offering glamour, and pure brand pedigree in equal measure.

• Racing action: There was close competition in multiple grids of Ferrari cars.
• Supercar showcase: Not just about the racing, the event brought together Ferrari owners with car parades, displays of rare models and meet-the-legend sessions.