Jersey residents and ex-Formula One drivers Nigel Mansell and Derek Warwick and Guernsey resident and current F1 driver Jenson Button joined the great and the good of British and World motorsport who attended the ceremony at the Northamptonshire circuit.
Jersey Evening Post columnist Derek Warwick is on the board of the British Racing Drivers Club who saw the second phase of their ambitious plans for Silverstone realised.
Warwick, who competed in 147 grands prix, said: ‘The circuit takes care of itself in terms of being one of the most challenging circuits on the Formula One and MotoGP calendar, but the facility, this gives us the step we need to drive Silverstone forward.’
