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2024 Tour Auto
From the very first Tour Auto revival in 1992, a feature of the event was an exhibition of the cars in central Paris before the ‘official’ start, the first year in the Trocadero overlooking the Tour Eifel. This has become more of a feature than ever, moving indoors to the…
14th Maroc Historic Rally
Memorable Victory for Auriol, ‘Le Lutin De Millau’ For its 14th edition since its revival in 2010 by Corsican driver Yves Loubet and the motorsports club ‘Le Grand Maghreb’, it must be noted that there was no 13th edition as well as no 13th special stage. The number 13 was banned…
Grand Prix de France Historique
Down the Mistral Straight Masters Historic Racing returned to the GP Historique this year, after last year opting to go to Hockenheim instead. It was very much a gamble in a season that includes the Monaco GP Historique just weeks later, but it paid off handsomely as dozens of…
Hockenheim Historic
The Hockenheim Historic Jim Clark Revival signalled the debut of the historic event under the ADAC’s name. The boom in historic motorsport continues, with nearly 400 participants in nine racing series offering plenty of everything to the 33,000 spectators that filled the grandstands, exceeding all expectations, on both Saturday, when…
Spa Summer Classic
The Spa Summer Classic (yes that’s correct!) took place in April this year, and it must be said, the weather was quite mild. By Spa standards, there was very little water and occasionally there was even some sunshine. With a mixture of race series from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal…
Donington Historic Festival
Damien Smith Reports… The well-supported three-hour Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup took top billing, running on the Saturday afternoon. Modern-day BTCC racer Jake Hill accepted a late call-up by Kyle Tilley and found himself in the thick of it on his first experience of a TVR Griffith. Hill qualified…
14e Grand Prix de Monaco Historique
Four days of cloudless Mediterranean weather – from build-up to race day – greeted the 214 cars that would compete in the Monaco Grand Prix Historique, as the principality geared up for the 14th edition of its blue-riband event on the historic calendar. The sole sportscar race was a sensation…
FIA European Rally Championship 2024 Round One Rally Costa Brava
The 72nd Rally Motul Costa Brava reached full capacity with 240 teams entered in the FIA and Spanish Championships, and another seven cars joining them in the Legend category. Over 50 cars were registered in the FIA Championship, probably the series’ fullest grid yet, while the regularity section, which opened…
Nick Elliott takes BHRC win in Rally North Wales
Nick Elliot and Dave Price took victory in the second round of the Fuchs Lubricants British Historic Rally Championship in their FIAT 131 when they won the Get Jerky Rally North Wales on 16 March. Their last win in a BHRC round was the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire in 2021, since…
GOODWOOD 81MM
Fireworks at Goodwood Members’ Meeting Saturday night’s spectacular firework display over the fleet of sensationally muscular and wacky Shadow sports racers was just one focal point of the 81st GRRC Members’ Meeting on April 13-14. The 10th edition of the venue’s modern era found more significant anniversaries to celebrate. Sixty…
Mugello Classic
The Peter Auto season kicked off at the flowing Mugello circuit in the Tuscan hills under blues skies on the weekend of 5-7 April, with over 300 cars entered in nine grids. The event signalled the introduction of the two new Peter Auto series. The Gentlemen Challenge, which augments…
Season Opener Equipe Classic Racing
The Equipe Classic Racing season kicked off on the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit on 23-24 March with some good racing, despite thin grid sizes in some categories, no doubt due to the early date and some cars still in winter re-build. Amongst the surprises over the weekend was a sudden…
CSCC DONINGTON
Double gold for Osborne at Donington Derby CSCC’s Donington Derby season-opener on 23-24 March saw big fields throughout with an overall entry of more than 400 across the weekend. Steve Osborne’s gold Jaguar E-type outran the closing Nigel Greensall’s Lotus Elan by a scant 0.012s in the Classic Sports Car…
Rally the Globe – Road to Hanoi
In a spectacular start to 2024, Rally the Globe’s first driving adventure in the Far East – the Road to Hanoi Marathon (27 January to 23 February) – was a real journey of discovery through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. It was also the club’s second consecutive ‘Marathon’ category event…
Ice Race Aspen
The ICE Concours in St Moritz may have been cancelled due to bad weather, but meanwhile on the other side of the Atlantic, the Ice Race Aspen had a special star attraction when Stéphane Ortelli drove the very same Porsche 911 GT1 in which he won the 1998 24 Hours…
Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique
As every year now, there are about ten days between the two Monte-Carlo rallies, the modern WRC and the historic, the latter not attracting the same clientele at all, and especially not the same spectators. After a flawless run, Belgian Michel Decremer won the 26th edition of the Rallye Monte-Carlo…
Winter Marathon, Madonna di Campiglio 2024
The young Franciacorta Motori crew of Edoardo Bellini and Roberto Tiberti took their third victory in the Winter Marathon on 19 January in extreme cold conditions in the same 1937 Fiat 508 C with which they won in 2021 and 2022. Having led from just after the first stage in…
Dakar Classic Saudi Arabia
Nearly 500 teams of bikes, trucks, buggies and cars, including 78 Classic entries, converged on a super-sized bivouac near the ancient Arabic oasis city of Al-’Ula (also known as AlUla) situated in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia on the historic incense route that once linked India and the Persian…
F5000 New Zealand Rounds 2 & 3
Taupo International Motorsport Park With three races over the weekend, the first 2024 round of the New Zealand ‘23-‘24 F5000 season brought 10 cars to the grid on 20 January at Taupō International Motorsport Park. Originally 14 starters were on the entry list, with amongst others, the McLaren M10A of…
The Roger Albert Clark Rally – McCormack makes it four as the stars falter
The 2023 edition of the Roger Albert Clark Rally, run on 23-27 November, was the best yet with a huge entry, massively increased spectator numbers and fierce competition across 350 miles in the forests of England, Scotland and Wales. The star names came and made their mark but, ultimately, it…