Silverstone corner names explained from Maggotts to Lewis Hamilton straight ahead of 2024 F1 British Grand Prix
The 2024 Formula One season speeds into Silverstone this weekend for the historic British Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen will aim to stretch his championship lead over home hero Lando Norris by winning on English soil for a second consecutive year.
The reigning champion currently holds an 81-point lead over the McLaren driver in second after their dramatic crash in Austria.
Although that collision led to another Brit, George Russell, winning, Verstappen will still be in contention to win at Silverstone even if he's starting from fourth, with Russell on pole.
Much of the Dutchman's career has been defined by moments at the track, which first exploded in 2021 during a controversial first-lap clash with Lewis Hamilton.
But at which of the 18 corners did the crash occur and what are all the turn names? talkSPORT.com has all you need to know...
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Abbey (Turn 1)
The first corner of the modern Silverstone is one of two coined after the 12 century priory Luffield Abbey.
The remains of the ancient abbey were found north east of the track.
Farm (Turn 2)
A fast kink between Abbey and Village, the origins are very simple.
The straight used to pass close to the nearby farm.
Village (Turn 3)
A rather straightforward one as well which was introduced in 2010 following Silverstone’s redevelopment.
It was named to celebrate the village adjacent to the circuit.
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The Loop (Turn 4)
The slowest turn of an otherwise high-speed track!
In addition, it is the only corner at Silverstone that is named solely for its shape - a long left handed open hairpin.
Aintree (Turn 5)
No, not the racecourse that hosts the Grand National, but instead the motor racing circuit that hosted five British Grand Prix during the late fifties and early sixties.
Yet ironically, it was out of this corner that then Ferrari-driver Kimi Raikkonen famously crashed his Prancing Horse.
Brooklands (Turn 6)
For the 1907 track near Weybridge in Surrey that served as Britain’s number-one venue during pre-war motor racing.
It was also the worlds first purpose-built race track but it hasn’t been in use since 1939.
Luffield (Turn 7)
The second corner of the Silverstone track that is named after the 12 century priory Luffield Abbey following Turn 1.
Woodcote (Turn 8)
The Royal Automobile Club had the honour of naming several corners having organised the first major races at Silverstone.
And they chose to commemorate Woodcote Park for Turn 8 - a stately home which is owned by the RAC in Surrey.
Copse (Turn 9)
One of the fastest corners on the F1 grid and the one in which Hamilton collided with Verstappen in 2021.
Copse corner, the circuit’s first turn for nearly 60 years, gets its name from how close it comes to passing Chapel Copse and Cheese Copse.
Maggotts, Becketts and Chapel (Turns 10 - 14)
By far the former is the most unique name on the circuit and one which starts Silverstone's most iconic sequence of corners.
However, fear not as it isn't a tribute to the disgusting larvae but instead for the nearby Maggot Moor.
Until 1991, the last three corners were three distinct bends but are so interlinked now that fans usually refer to it as one.
The names of Becketts and Chapel come from the medieval chapel of St Thomas a Becket - which was demolished in 1943 and is now a thatched cottage.
Hangar Straight
The chapel buildings that gave the last entry its name were originally demolished to make way for Silverstone airfield.
And as a result two of the largest hangars used by the Royal Air Force stood next to what became the circuit’s back straight.
Stowe (Turn 15)
Like so many corners at Silverstone it also takes its name from a nearby landmark.
On this occasion, it’s the private Stowe school that is south of the circuit and which counts Sir Richard Branson and superman actor Henry Cavill among its alumni!
Vale (Turn 16)
The only corner in which controversy arises about the origins of how it got its name.
Some claim it’s simply because this turn comes on the hilliest part of an otherwise flat track and was named Vale (another word for valley).
Others argue that it’s just a nod to the district of Aylesbury Vale in which Silverstone sits.
Club (Turns 17/18)
Like Woodcote, the tracks final corner was also named to honour the RAC.
In this case, for their famous clubhouse in Pall Mall, London.
Hamilton Straight South
While not officially a turn, Hamilton does have the unique feat of having the only part of the circuit to have been named after a driver.
As a joint-record seven-time winner of Silverstone, the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) changed the name of the International Pit Straight in his honour.
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"It is the first time in Silverstone's history that a part of the circuit has been named after any individual," David Coulthard said.
“Lewis has become a huge part of this history and the directors of the Club and I felt there was no better way to mark this than to rename the iconic pits straight in recognition of his record-breaking achievements."