GridpediaAintree
- Location
- Liverpool, UK
- Races held
- 5 (1955 to 1962)
- Most wins, drivers
- Jack Brabham (1), Jim Clark (1), Stirling Moss (1), Wolfgang von Trips (1), Tony Brooks (1)
- Most wins, teams
- Ferrari (1), Vanwall (1), Mercedes (1), Cooper-Climax (1), Lotus-Climax (1)
- Most poles
- Stirling Moss (2), Jack Brabham (1), Jim Clark (1), Phil Hill (1)
- Map
- OpenStreetMap
What is a lap of Aintree like?
Aintree was a purpose-built, largely flat 3-mile circuit opened in 1954 inside the Aintree horse racecourse, home of the Grand National, and it used the racecourse grandstands; it ran anticlockwise in 1954 and clockwise from 1955. Stirling Moss won the 1955 British Grand Prix there, the first British driver to win his home race, and in 1957 Moss and Tony Brooks shared the first World Championship win by British drivers in a British car, the Vanwall. The British Grand Prix left after 1962; rising speeds, no room for run-off areas and other safety concerns (in places drivers aimed between concrete pillars) counted against it, and the full circuit was last raced in 1964. The Grand Prix course is still largely in place within the racecourse, and the shorter Club Circuit is still used for motorcycle racing, car sprints and track days.
- Lap length
- 4.828 km
- Direction
- clockwise
- Elevation change
- 15 m
- Layout described
- Grand Prix circuit of 3.000 miles (4.828 km), run clockwise from 1955; used for the British Grand Prix in 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1962
| Order | Name | Side | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterway Corner | Right | fast |
| 2 | Anchor Crossing | ||
| 3 | Cottage Corner | Left | |
| 4 | Country Corner | Left | |
| 5 | Village Corner | Right | |
| 6 | Bechers Bend | Right | |
| 7 | Melling Crossing | ||
| 8 | Tatts Corner | Right | medium |
Sources for the checked facts (9)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aintree_Motor_Racing_Circuit
- racingcircuits.info/europe/united-kingdom/aintree.html
- liverpoolmotorclub.com/aintree-sprints/
- formula1.com/en/results/1962/races/200/great-britain/race-result
- statsf1.com/en/1962/grande-bretagne.aspx
- yorkshireferret.blogspot.com/2016/02/aintree-goodwood-of-north.html
- f1-fansite.com/f1-circuits/aintree-circuit-layout-records/
- liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/liverpool-grand-prix
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_reduction_system
Does pole position win at Aintree?
The pole sitter has won 3 of 5 races here (60%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 3 of 5 races (60%) and from the top three in 4 (80%). Lowest grid position to win: 4th, Wolfgang von Trips in 1961.
| Winner started from | Wins | Share |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | 3 | 60% |
| P3 | 1 | 20% |
| P4 | 1 | 20% |
Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.