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Alfa Revival Cup Final Round Misano Win Gives Davide Bertinelli the 2024 Title
The 2024 Alfa Revival Cup season concluded at Misano World Circuit under sunny skies on 5 November with one of the most highly contested races of the season. Davide Bertinelli of Team Gatti won the race to score his first Alfa Revival Cup championship title after pole man and points…
V de V Endurance Champions
At the end of the three V de V Sports endurance events of the season, namely the 6 Hours of Navarra, the 6 Hours of Paul Ricard and the Deux Tours d’Horloge, Damien Kohler and José Da Rocha emerged as the victorious crew in the 2024 VHC V de V…
Ingram Clinches Opening Round of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series
Local driver Kevin Ingram won all three F5000 races at Manfeild’s Circuit Chris Amon, the opening round of the NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series on 8-10 November. Although the entry was below expectations due to shipping delays affecting the return of several vehicles from overseas – the planned 60-day…
2L Cup Champions
The highly competitive 2L Cup series, for early two-litre SWB Porsches runs to a handicap system that penalises professional or ‘Elite’ drivers with longer pitstop times. The races are 90 minutes with mandatory pit stop and most teams consist of two drivers. This year two Elite drivers, Kyle Tilley and…
HGPCA Inaugurates Historic Racing at the Transformed Circuit de Navarra
Tim Child became the first winner of a historic motor race on the updated Circuito de Navarra layout after claiming a double victory in his Brabham BT3/4 in the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association races at the Navarra Historic Festival on 20 October. Following him home in race 1 was…
New Association to Champion Historic Circuit Racing
A new organisation dedicated to promoting the interests of organisers and drivers involved in historic circuit racing has been launched. The Historic Motorsport Association (HMA) aims to preserve the rich legacy of motorsport while fostering the sense of community that is one of the unique features of the sport in…
Editorial – Celebrating the History of the Motor Car
In 2014 the cut-off date for what would be considered historic cars for competition was frozen by the FIA at 1990. This was because the FIA considered that it did not have the expertise in place to regulate the advances in technologies that the later cars represented. It was announced…
Belcar Historic Cup Family Final
In an exciting final 45 cars were on the entry list of the closing round of the Belcar Historic Cup at the Nürburgring. After Dieter Kuijl (Class 1) and Luc Branckaerts (Class 3) had already secured their respective titles at Assen, two champions were still to be decided. Title contenders…
Equipe Launches UK 6 Hour race
Equipe Classic Racing is launching a UK race in the spirit of the Spa 6 Hours, running at Donington on Saturday 5 July. The Equipe 6 Hour will be run in the same format as the legendary Spa race with single-car, multi- driver teams for pre ‘66 GT, GTS and…
HSR 2025 Calendar
Under the guidance of President Chris Ward, who took over the post from David Hinton in January, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has announced one of the most ambitious schedules in its nearly 50-year history for 2025. The calendar for HSR sprint and endurance race series and championships has been expanded…
Pierre-Antoine Lecoutour Joins MRL
Motor Racing Legends has announced that Pierre-Antoine Lecoutour has been appointed as MRL’s new Chief Executive Officer. Pierre-Antoine is well-known in historic motorsport circles having worked in the field for the last decade. Pierre-Antoine leaves his post as Head of Competition at Peter Auto, bringing significant experience of historic…
2024 Masters Racing Legends Champion
After the final Masters round at Mugello, Matthew Wrigley was crowned the new champion in the Masters Racing Legends series for 3-litre Formula One cars. The Derbyshire driver is the successor to American Ken Tyrrell who also took the title in a Tyrrell 011. Last season, Wrigley pushed Nick Padmore…
New Zealand F5000
Running from November 2024 to April 2025, the New Zealand F5000 Association has announced its 24/25 calendar for the summer season, which includes the return of an overall driver’s title. “There are also points for starting each race,” explained Glenn Richards, President of the F5000 Association for cars that captivated…
Get Ready for Le Mans Classic
Running every other year, Le Mans Classic is next scheduled for 3-6 July 2025 after a record edition in 2023 that celebrated the Centenary of the 24-hour race in front of a crowd of almost 235,000 visitors. Created in 2002 by Peter Auto in association with the Automobile Club de…
Tragedy at Nogaro’s 64th GP Jean-Pierre Gaillard
For its back-to-school meeting after the summer break, the fourth of five French Championship events took place at Nogaro on 6-8 September, the Historic Tour’s first visit there since 2020. It marked the 64th Grand Prix de Nogaro. The meeting unfortunately came to a tragic end with the…
End of Season Racing
Each year the season seems to extend further into the autumn months and, as the rally drivers are starting to anticipate the thrills of sliding on the ice and snow, there is still a lot of great circuit racing beyond September, for those who have survived the Silverstone Festival, Goodwood…
Calendar 2025
HVM has announced its draft calendar for the French racing season. All dates are subject to validation by the FFSA, but provisionally the Historic Tour will stick to five rounds, with dates as follows: 4-5 April Dijon 25-26 April Lédenon 13-15 June Paul Ricard 19-21 September Val de Vienne 17-19…
Masters American Double Header
Following the announcement that Masters Historic Racing has been invited to run support races at the US Grand Prix, it has been further announced that the cars have also been invited to Mexico City on the following weekend to support the Mexican Grand Prix. The Masters Racing Legends F1 cars…
Win Percy Trophy
Win Percy’s legacy will be honoured at next year’s Goodwood Members’ Meeting with a new race dedicated to the iconic cars the three-time British Touring Car Champion once drove. Hosting a collection of under 3-litre Group 1 touring cars that raced between 1970 and 1982, the Win Percy Trophy will…
1000km Nürburgring for Young & Oldtimers
The ADAC 1000 km race on the Nürburgring was one of the most emotional races on the longest and most beautiful racetrack in the world when it was first held in 1953. In 2021, the ADAC 1000 km race was revived, incorporating the Grand Prix track and the legendary Nordschleife,…