On a warm summer’s day, race car engines are revving, the smell of petrol fumes fills the air, and drivers are gearing up for the British Grand Prix – but this is not Formula 1, nor is it Silverstone.
In August 1926, nine drivers lined up for the start of the very first British Grand Prix, held at the Brooklands circuit in Surrey.
While the sport has come a long way in the following 100 years, its roots on the banked corners at Brooklands still remain as a testament to what it has done for the nation.
Alex Patterson, chief executive of Brooklands, told Secret Surrey: “This was groundbreaking for the country.”
