{"id":2469038,"date":"2026-06-21T06:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2469038"},"modified":"2026-06-21T06:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:03:47","slug":"jack-whitehall-joins-silverstone-f1-comedy-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jack-whitehall-joins-silverstone-f1-comedy-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Whitehall joins Silverstone F1 comedy line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jack Whitehall has been named among the headline acts to provide entertainment for fans attending next month&#8217;s British Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comedian, also known for hosting the Brit Awards and for acting roles, joins the stand-up comedy programme for the race weekend at the Silverstone Circuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He will perform on Friday, 3 July, with Paul Chowdhury to headline on Saturday, 4 July &#8211; the eve of the F1 race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Northamptonshire circuit said the announcement was the &#8220;final layer&#8221; of its expanded off-track entertainment for 2026, with acts including David Guetta, Richard Ashcroft and James Arthur to headline its music offering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2025, the race weekend attracted about 500,000 fans across four days, with up to 580,000 expected to attend this year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comedy line-up will also feature Fin Taylor and Lou Sanders on 3 July, with Jack Skipper and Grace Campbell supporting Chowdhury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The venue said: &#8220;Silverstone continues to establish itself as a cultural destination beyond the track, bringing together sport, music, comedy, art and entertainment across its year-round programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The continued expansion of its British Grand Prix offering reflects the venue&#8217;s ambition to deliver a world-class experience both on and off the circuit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The race weekend begins on 2 July with DJ Guetta to open the musical entertainment. The F1 action will be held from 3-5 July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On race day, DJ Tony Perry and the Royal Marines Drum Corps will take to the grid to build the atmosphere ahead of lights out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Award-winning DJ David Guetta is among the headliners for live music at the event [EPA]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Do you have a story suggestion for Northamptonshire? 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The comedian, also known for hosting the Brit Awards and for acting roles, joins the stand-up comedy programme for the race weekend at the Silverstone Circuit. He will perform on Friday, 3 July, with Paul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2469039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[485734,394389,21741,485739,353404,406245,485738,485736,485737,352277,485735],"class_list":["post-2469038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-british-grand-prix","tag-david-guetta","tag-entertainment","tag-jack-skipper","tag-jack-whitehall","tag-james-arthur","tag-northamptonshire","tag-paul-chowdhury","tag-race-weekend","tag-richard-ashcroft","tag-silverstone-circuit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jack-Whitehall-joins-Silverstone-F1-comedy-line-up.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2469040,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469038\/revisions\/2469040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}