British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosted 150 personnel working within Formula 1 at 10 Downing Street ahead of the 2025 British Grand Prix.
This season marks the 75th anniversary of the sport, which kicked off with the British GP on May 13, 1950.
Starmer invited the past and current drivers, team bosses and F1 Academy CEO Susie Wolff to his official residence and office in London to commemorate this landmark.
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali began proceedings with a speech and was accompanied by Liberty Media CEO Derek Chang.
The personnel in attendance also met the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle, the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, and MPs.
The 12th round of the season is scheduled to run at Silverstone this weekend – an event that has contributed upwards of $16 billion to the UK’s economy each year.
The UK is considered the home of Grand Prix racing, housing nine of the 10 teams on the grid. Cadillac will also operate within the country from next season onwards.
Previous venues that have hosted the British GP are Aintree and Brands Hatch, with Donnington Park hosting a one-off race as the European Grand Prix in 1993.
This one-of-a-kind celebration is reportedly to be followed by a discussion between Domenicali and Starmer about the future of the race at Silverstone.
It is being suggested that the parties are open to agreeing on a deal that would see the Northamptonshire-based Circuit prevail on the calendar “forever”.
Spa-Francorchamps has been relegated to a rotational event on the calendar and question marks over the future of tracks like Monaco and Barcelona have loomed.
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