F1 Testing - Silverstone

Lewis Hamilton with the British Grand Prix crowd

Event details

  • Monday | July 11, 2016 to Tuesday | July 12, 2016
  • 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN
  • 0844 372 8200

In Season Testing at Silverstone

The second in-season F1 test of the year at Silverstone will be on 12th and 13th July 2016, during the week following the British F1 Grand Prix.

“Our Head of Events is currently in discussion with Formula 1 and the teams to finalise details of the test in the week immediately following the British Grand Prix. It is our intention to open this to the public but, again, this would be subject to approval by F1.”

Katie Tyler – Silverstone’s Head of Marketing and Communications

The other test is planned to take place in Barcelona on May 17-18, after the Spanish GP.

In the past, two of each team’s four days of running have to be handed over to drivers with no more than two grand prix starts.

This year, there has been a struggle to decide on a second venue for this season, because of this year’s calendar. Austria was used last year, but can’t be used this year as it is back to back with Silverstone and it appeared no other European races were suitable.

Testing can be held outside Europe if there’s a majority agreement and support from the FIA. At one stage teams even considered moving the in-season test to the week after the Abu Dhabi race, but in the end that was not followed up so that space could left for 2017 tyre testing, which is organised separately. Bahrain was also considered but ultimately cost issues made Silverstone the logical candidate.

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