TRACKS OF OUR YEARS
With a nod to some of the great tracks, here’s Phil’s take on five of the best (at certain times). Fill up on your pub facts with this one...
GREAT BRITAIN
One of the founder members of the Grand Prix World Championship, Great Britain is one of only three countries to have hosted a Grand Prix every year since 1949, (the other two countries being the Netherlands and Italy) with the first 28 years seeing the Mountain Course on the Isle of Man as the venue.
At 60.8km (37¾ miles) long, the Mountain Course remains, arguably, the most famous race circuit in the world and is the longest-ever circuit used in Grand Prix history.
With racing having first taken place in 1907, the island in the middle of the Irish Sea has witnessed all the greats of racing including Geoff Duke, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini.
