Brands Hatch layout & records

Description

Brands Hatch History

Nelson Piquet, Williams FW11 leads Nigel Mansell 1986 British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch first used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation.

Gerhard Berger once said that Brands Hatch is "the best circuit in the world". Paddock Hill Bend is a renowned corner.

The full Grand Prix circuit begins on the Brabham Straight, an off-camber, slightly curved stretch, before plunging into the right-hander at Paddock Hill Bend, with gradients of 8%.[1] Despite the difficulty of the curve, due to the straight that precedes it, it is one of the track's few overtaking spots. The next corner, Druids, is a hairpin bend, negotiated after an uphill braking zone at Hailwood Hill.

The track then curves around the south bank spectator area into the downhill, off-camber Graham Hill Bend, and another, slightly bent stretch at the Cooper Straight, which runs parallel to the pit lane. After the straight, the circuit climbs uphill though the decreasing-radius Surtees turn, before moving onto the back straight where the track's top speeds can be reached. The most significant elevation changes on the circuit occur here at Pilgrim's Drop and Hawthorn Hill, which leads into Hawthorn Bend (with some parts approaching 7%).

The track then loops around the woodland with a series of mid-speed corners, most notably the dip at Westfield and Dingle Dell and the blind Sheene curve. From there the track then emerges from the left hand and cambered Stirlings Bend onto the short straight to Clearways and rejoins the Indy Circuit for Clark Curve with its uphill off-camber approach to the pit straight and the start/finish line.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Brands Hatch Circuit

Year	Race	Date	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
1986	1986 British F1 GP	July 13	Nigel Mansell Nelson Piquet Alain Prost	Williams Williams McLaren	75
1985	1985 European F1 GP	October 6	Nigel Mansell Ayrton Senna Keke Rosberg	Williams Team Lotus Williams	75
1984	1984 British F1 GP	July 22	Niki Lauda Derek Warwick Ayrton Senna	McLaren Renault Toleman	71
1983	1983 European F1 GP	September 25	Nelson Piquet Alain Prost Nigel Mansell	Brabham Renault Team Lotus	76
1982	1982 British F1 GP	July 18	Niki Lauda Didier Pironi Patrick Tambay	McLaren Ferrari Ferrari	76
1980	1980 British F1 GP	July 13	Alan Jones Nelson Piquet Carlos Reutemann	Williams Brabham Williams	76
1978	1978 British F1 GP	July 16	Carlos Reutemann Niki Lauda John Watson	Ferrari Brabham Brabham	76
1976	1976 British F1 GP	July 18	Niki Lauda Jody Scheckter John Watson	Ferrari Tyrrell Penske	76
1974	1974 British F1 GP	July 20	Jody Scheckter Emerson Fittipaldi Jacky Ickx	Tyrrell McLaren Team Lotus	75
1972	1972 British F1 GP	July 15	Emerson Fittipaldi Jackie Stewart Peter Revson	Team Lotus Tyrrell McLaren	76
1970	1970 British F1 GP	July 18	Jochen Rindt Jack Brabham Denny Hulme	Team Lotus Brabham McLaren	80
1968	1968 British F1 GP	July 20	Jo Siffert Chris Amon Jacky Ickx	Team Lotus Ferrari Ferrari	80
1966	1966 British F1 GP	July 16	Jack Brabham Denny Hulme Graham Hill	Brabham Brabham BRM	80
1964	1964 British F1 GP	July 11	Jim Clark Graham Hill John Surtees	Team Lotus BRM Ferrari	80

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Brands Hatch Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Niki Lauda	7	3	1	0	4	2	4	6.6	6.1	35
2	Nigel Mansell	5	2	0	1	3	0	2	7.8	8.0	22
3	Nelson Piquet	6	1	2	0	3	2	0	2.7	9.2	21
4	Jack Brabham	4	1	1	0	2	1	2	3.8	6.8	18
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	14.2	7.8	16
6	Jody Scheckter	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	9.3	7.5	15
7	Carlos Reutemann	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	8.2	6.6	14
8	Jim Clark	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	3.0	2.5	12
9	Jochen Rindt	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	4.3	5.0	11
10	Alan Jones	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	12.8	14.0	11
11	Jo Siffert	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	12.8	10.8	9
12	Denny Hulme	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	9.6	4.2	15
13	Alain Prost	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	6.2	6.2	15
14	Graham Hill	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	12.0	9.3	11
15	Ayrton Senna	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	3.7	7.0	10
16	Chris Amon	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.8	10.8	11
17	Derek Warwick	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.0	11.4	8
18	Jackie Stewart	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	6.8	9.8	7
19	Didier Pironi	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	8.0	11.0	6
20	Jacky Ickx	4	0	0	2	2	1	0	7.0	11.3	8
21	John Watson	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	12.6	11.0	8
22	John Surtees	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.8	9.3	6
23	Patrick Tambay	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.8	9.3	5
24	Peter Revson	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	12.5	9.5	4
25	Keke Rosberg	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	8.8	15.7	4
26	Elio de Angelis	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.0	12.2	8
27	Clay Regazzoni	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	9.5	6
28	Derek Daly	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.7	9.7	5
29	René Arnoux	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.6	11.6	4
30	Tom Pryce	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	6.0	3
31	Patrick Depailler	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.3	14.8	3
32	Andrea de Cesaris	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.3	10.8	3
33	Lorenzo Bandini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	5.0	2
34	Martin Brundle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	11.5	2
35	Hans Joachim Stuck	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	16.3	2
36	Jean-Pierre Jarier	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.2	15.8	2
37	Michele Alboreto	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	14.4	2
38	Phil Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	6.0	1
39	Philippe Streiff	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	7.0	1
40	Bruce McLaren	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.7	11.7	1
41	Bruno Giacomelli	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	9.5	1
42	Arturo Merzario	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	15.5	1
43	Thierry Boutsen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	11.3	1
44	Robin Widdows	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	13.0	0
45	Nanni Galli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	23.0	0
46	Guy Ligier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	10.0	0
47	Gunnar Nilsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	11.0	0
48	Danny Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	23.0	0
49	Chico Serra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	22.0	0
50	Piers Courage	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	8.0	0
51	Ivan Capelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	17.0	0
52	Mike Beuttler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	13.0	0
53	François Hesnault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	15.0	0
54	Ian Raby	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	18.0	0
55	Silvio Moser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.0	0
56	Jo Gartner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27.0	27.0	0
57	George Eaton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	21.0	0
58	Chris Irwin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	7.0	0
59	Innes Ireland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	10.0	0
60	Frank Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	23.0	0
61	Brian Henton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17.0	8.0	0
62	Rolf Stommelen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	10.0	0
63	François Migault	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	16.0	0
64	Chris Lawrence	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.0	0
65	Bob Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	19.0	0
66	Richard Attwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	17.0	0
67	Pete Lovely	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	10.0	0
68	Pierluigi Martini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	26.0	0
69	Corrado Fabi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	21.0	0
70	Richie Ginther	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	8.0	0
71	Raul Boesel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	15.0	0
72	Johnny Dumfries	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	7.0	0
73	Dave Charlton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	22.0	0
74	Bob Bondurant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	9.0	0
75	Giancarlo Baghetti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	12.0	0
76	Harald Ertl	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	7.0	0
77	Vic Elford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	15.0	0
78	Allen Berg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	26.0	0
79	Guy Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	26.0	0
80	Wilson Fittipaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	12.0	0
81	Stefan Bellof	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	13.0	0
82	Peter Arundell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	16.0	0
83	Tony Maggs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	17.0	0
84	Alessandro Nannini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	13.0	0
85	Rupert Keegan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	11.0	0
86	David Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	16.0	0
87	John Miles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	20.0	0
88	Christian Danner	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	20.0	0
89	John Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	11.0	0
90	Gerhard Berger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	14.5	0
91	Bob Anderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	10.0	0
92	Brett Lunger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	10.5	0
93	Roberto Guerrero	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	16.0	0
94	Hector Rebaque	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	15.5	0
95	François Cevert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	11.0	0
96	Mauro Baldi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	15.0	0
97	Huub Rothengatter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.5	15.5	0
98	Peter Gethin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	25.0	0
99	Manfred Winkelhock	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	15.0	0
100	Tim Schenken	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	18.5	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Brands Hatch Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Team Lotus	14	4	1	2	7	6	3	9.7	12.7	62
2	Williams	7	3	1	2	6	2	1	8.1	9.9	43
3	Brabham	14	2	4	1	7	2	3	10.2	11.0	50
4	Ferrari	13	2	2	3	7	3	2	8.9	9.7	56
5	McLaren	13	2	1	3	6	0	1	11.0	10.8	47
6	Tyrrell	10	1	2	0	3	0	2	14.1	11.5	32
7	Renault	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	10.1	12.9	13
8	BRM	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	13.5	13.1	10
9	Toleman	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.6	13.9	7
10	Penske	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.0	3.0	4
11	Shadow	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.7	9.5	5
12	Matra	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	11.8	4
13	Alfa Romeo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.2	13.9	3
14	Ligier	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	14.4	14.8	3
15	Cooper-Maserati	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	10.3	2
16	Honda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	5.0	2
17	Surtees	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	15.3	2
18	March	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.6	14.1	2
19	Cooper-Climax	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	13.3	1
20	Fittipaldi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.8	14.5	1
21	Arrows	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	12.9	1
22	Trojan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	23.0	0
23	Tecno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	23.0	0
24	Cooper-BRM	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	14.0	0
25	Wolf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	17.0	0
26	Iso Marlboro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	21.0	0
27	BRP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	10.0	0
28	Politoys	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	24.0	0
29	Benetton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	16.5	0
30	Shannon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	20.0	0
31	Merzario	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	19.0	0
32	Minardi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.3	19.0	0
33	Theodore	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	12.0	0
34	Hesketh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	19.0	0
35	Eagle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	18.5	0
36	Zakspeed	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	14.0	0
37	Spirit	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	14.0	0
38	RAM	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.3	22.0	0
39	Lola	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.2	18.2	0
40	Ensign	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	20.7	0
41	Osella	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.9	21.1	0
42	ATS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.6	13.8	0