• The 12 Brits Who've Won Their Home Grand Prix

    A dozen men have walked on the Moon—and twelve Brits have won the British GP since first held in 1950 at Silverstone. Meet the men whose shoulders Jenson Button is set to stand on this Sunday.


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    By Peter Orosz
    Jun 20, 2009 1:30 PM 8,597
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    The 12 Brits Who've Won Their Home Grand Prix

    Stirling Moss: 1955, 1957

    It took the Brits six tries to crack their home grand prix and it took their greatest driver and the car the Germans came back to Formula One with. Held at Aintree, it was the only race of the season where Moss managed to beat his teammate Juan Manuel Fangio, who went on to claim his third world title. As his win came after a pass at the last corner, Moss wondered whether Fangio had let him win, but the Argentine would always say: “No. You were just better than me that day.” British-Argentine relations would, in a few decades, take a turn for the worse.

    Moss’s second win came two years later in a Vanwall VW5 shared with Tony Brooks, who is also credited with the victory.

    Photo Credit: Daimler Global Media. Moss is driving his Mercedes-Benz W196 to victory at Aintree.


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