The 2025 Silverstone Festival (22–24 August) will mark Formula 1’s 75th anniversary with the most complete display of title-winning cars ever assembled, celebrating all 34 World Drivers’ Champions.
Since Silverstone hosted the first points-paying Grand Prix in 1950, each champion has left their mark on the sport – and next weekend, the very cars they raced, or significant machines from their careers, will be brought together at the circuit’s birthplace.
Over two-thirds of the cars are the exact machines from the drivers’ title-winning seasons. The display stretches from Giuseppe Farina’s 1950 Alfa Romeo 158 to Max Verstappen’s 2022 Red Bull RB18, charting the sport’s evolution from front-engined national-colour racers to today’s hybrid-powered contenders.
The line-up will showcase Britain’s remarkable record, with ten homegrown champions from Mike Hawthorn to Sir Lewis Hamilton.
Highlights include Hamilton’s McLaren and Mercedes title-winners, and John Surtees’ unique combination of his 1960 MV Agusta motorcycle and first Surtees F1 car.
All five British-based Grand Prix teams to have produced champions are contributing to the display, alongside museums, private collectors and heritage organisations including Team Lotus.
Where it all began for Formula 1
Event Director Nick Wigley hailed the collaboration: “The World Champions Collection will celebrate Formula 1’s 75th anniversary at Silverstone – where it all began – and honour all 34 champions in style. It’s an unmissable spectacle.”
Alongside the cars, renowned British artist Paul Oz will exhibit six bronze sculptures of world champions, including Hamilton, Hunt, Lauda, Schumacher and Senna.
On track, the festival will feature four retro F1 races: two HGPCA grids for pre-1966 machinery, and two Masters Racing Legends grids from the DFV era with over 25 iconic cars in period liveries.
A special Sunday race for 500cc F3 cars – the same category that supported the 1950 British Grand Prix – will see a world-record entry of nearly 60 cars. Off-track, visitors can enjoy live music from Natasha Bedingfield, Craig David presents TS5 and Ministry of Sound Classical, plus family attractions and stunt shows.
Children aged 15 and under enter free with a paying adult. Full event and ticket details are available via the Silverstone Festival website.
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