{"id":31832,"date":"2026-07-06T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/the-stories-behind-the-biggest-british-grand-prix-so-far\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:18:49","slug":"the-stories-behind-the-biggest-british-grand-prix-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/the-stories-behind-the-biggest-british-grand-prix-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The stories behind the biggest British Grand Prix so far"},"content":{"rendered":"


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An extraordinary 564,000 people attended this weekend’s British Grand Prix \u2013 the largest race weekend attendance in history for a Formula 1 event.<\/b><\/p>\n

That figure was some 64,000 higher than last year’s race,<\/a> while more than 175,000 were at the Northamptonshire circuit on Sunday alone.<\/p>\n

Charles Leclerc’s first win of the season was the weekend’s on-track tale, but away from the tarmac thousands of other stories contributed to a record-breaking weekend.<\/p>\n

The scale of the event provides employment for thousands of people, but one group are prepared to give up their time for free.<\/p>\n

An army of about 700 volunteers, known as Race Makers, take responsibility for welcoming fans and managing the crowds.<\/p>\n

This year, mother and daughter duo Donna and Millie Wright were part of the effort.<\/p>\n

The pair, aged 55 and 22, are “huge motorsport fans” and having attended Silverstone as fans were here to “see it from the other side”.<\/p>\n

Donna said: “The fans have been absolutely brilliant, everybody comes to have a good time, everyone’s been happy, smiley. We’ve loved hearing which drivers everyone is behind.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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