Wednesday, May 13 marks 70 years exactly since the very first Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1950.
To celebrate the occasion, we asked you which classic British Grand Prix you wanted us to stream in full - and you voted in your thousands for the 2003 race, won by Rubens Barrichello for Ferrari, and featuring a highly unusual track invader...
Click here to remind yourself of the state of play in F1 at the time, and then settle in to watch the race in the video above. Enjoy!
More on F1's 70th anniversary
10 fascinating facts about the very first F1 Grand Prix
PODCAST: Listen to Martin Brundle discuss the best cars he's driven from every decade of F1
Under the bodywork of the Alfa Romeo ‘Alfetta’ – 70 years after it won the first ever F1 race
Why is it called Formula 1 – and 12 other questions about the championship’s origins
1950 vs 2020: Cars, drivers, safety and pitstops – how F1 has changed in 70 years
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