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GP2 Series | |
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Venue | Silverstone Circuit |
Location | Silverstone, United Kingdom |
First race | 2005 |
Last race | 2016 |
Most wins (driver) | Lewis Hamilton Pastor Maldonado (2) |
Most wins (team) | ART Grand Prix (6) |
Lap record | 1:42.297 ( Mitch Evans, RT Russian Time, GP2/11, 2014) |
Lap record | 1.29.069 ( Lucas di Grassi, Racing Engineering, GP2/08, 2009) |
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Lap record | 1.41.610 ( Sergio Pérez, Barwa Addax Team, GP2/08, 2010) |
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