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Rachel Bailey Moves to MRL
Long time Event Director and CEO of Masters Historic Racing is taking her considerable knowledge and talent to Motor Racing Legends. Having worked with Ron Maydon from the very beginning when he first decided to run races for historic Formula 1 cars, Rachel has been present at nearly every Masters…
V de V 24-Hour Grid Filling Up
The 2025 final for V de V Sports, the 2 Tours d’Horloge, a 24-hour race without interruption, will bring down the curtain on the season in a blaze of glory on the Paul Ricard circuit on 31 October-2 November. For GT, sports prototypes and touring cars, organisers tell us the…
Formula Junior World Tour Update
The announcement in our April2025 issue that a number of international Formula Junior cars from the UK, Australia and the USA would be a feature of the 2026 70th New Zealand Grand Prix at the Highlands Motorsport Park near Cromwell, was an exciting addition to this historic event. Unfortunately, due…
New Series for European 2-Litre Sportscars
Motor Racing Legends has announced a four-round series for 2-litre sportscars for 2026, with an inaugural round at Navarra this October. In the 1960s, the smaller prototype category was Sport 2 Litres, referring to the maximum engine capacity. Behind the larger Sport 3 Litre and 5 Litre classes, these cars…
2026 Grand Prix de Monaco Historique
The recent changes to Appendix K that allow Formula 1 cars of the Turbo era to race in historic events, will also be felt at the 15th running of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique next year (24-26 April), where they will be welcomed in a special class on the…
New F1 Class
In another, more positive, announcement, Masters has also revealed that it is launching a new class in its Masters Racing Legends series. The class will be named after Jean-Pierre Jabouille and is for Formula 1 cars powered by turbo engines. These will run alongside the DFVs. “It’s a major new…
Middle East Double-Header Cancelled
After we previewed it in last month’s issue, Masters Historic Racing has announced the cancellation of both the Masters Historic Weekend, originally scheduled for 24-26 October 2025 at Dubai Autodrome, and the Gulf Historic Grand Prix Revival, originally set for 31 October-2 November 2025 at Yas Marina Circuit, due to…
Masters to Support F1 in Abu Dhabi
Masters Historic Racing has announced that Masters Racing Legends series will join the support race line-up at the 2025 Formula 1 ETIHAD Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, to be held at the Yas Marina Circuit on 5-7 December. Featuring Formula 1 cars from 1966 to 1985, the Masters Racing Legends…
New Category for French Championships
New for the Historic Tour and the French Championships is the Renault Classic Trophy, which becomes a French Historic Championship qualifying series. Until now, the Formula Renaults ran within the F3 Classic grid which has become the F3 Interseries in collaboration with the HSCC and is no longer part of…
2025 Velocity Invitational Cancelled
In late April press and event ticket holders received the following letter from the organisers of the Velocity Invitational event that was scheduled to take place 6-8 June at Sonoma Raceway, California without further explanation: We have made the difficult decision to postpone the 2025 Velocity Invitational to 2026 due…
Malcolm Wilson New Deputy President for Sport
FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem has nominated Malcolm Wilson OBE for the position of Deputy President for Sport. FIA Members will vote on the nomination at the Extraordinary General Assemblies and Conference in Macau in June. The position became vacant when Robert Reid resigned from the position in April…
New Direction for Algarve Classic Festival in 2025
Starting in 2025 Race Ready will take over the organisation of the Algarve Classic Festival. First held in 2008 (then known as the Algarve Historic Festival) organised by Fransico Santos, Diogo Ferrão’s Race Ready organisation took over for a few years after the retirement of Santos before late circuit director…
Monterey Motorsports Reunion Authenticity Check
The much-coveted invitations to compete at the 2025 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on 13-16 August have been sent to owners of 448 exceptional race cars, the diversity of which ranges from a 1909 Locomobile Model I to a 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am. They…
Le Mans Winner and Spanish Prince Team up for Peking to Paris
Amongst the adventurers that will be undertaking this year’s Peking to Paris Motor Challenge are two extraordinary motor sport characters in a famous historic rally car. Six-time 24hr champion of Le Mans, Spa x2, Daytona, Dubai, and the Nürburgring, Frenchman Christophe Bouchut and Spanish Prince, Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón, a former…
Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Applications have now opened for Monterey’s annual Motorsports Reunion, which will run this year on 13-16 August at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Organisers have promised ‘exciting new experiences’ amongst the 13 race groups, ranging from 1922-1955 Grand Prix legends to more modern machines like 1991-2011 IMSA prototypes, ensuring that…
MRL 2025
Big changes are afoot in the Motor Racing Legends organisation with the new owner, Shaun Lynn (see page 30 this issue to read our interview with him) and CEO Pierre-Antoine Lecoutour convinced that they can increase the enjoyment for owner-drivers and amateurs by tightening up the regulations and enforcement of…
New Grids for the Silverstone Festival
Back in 1950, when Silverstone hosted the first-ever points scoring F1 Grand Prix, only one support race was on the programme. It was for 500cc Formula 3 cars. Adding to the previously announced 75th anniversary celebrations of F1 at the Silverstone Festival this summer, a colourful field of these diminutive…
HGPCA Awards
More than 160 members, guests and friends attended the Annual HGPCA Lunch at the Royal Automobile Club in early December to celebrate a successful race season and applaud those chosen to receive awards for their achievements both on and off the track. Chairman Peter Horsman welcomed everyone and started the…
SuperSixties – Rhea Sautter and Andy Newall Crowned Overall Champions
The Metropole classic car museum in Druten, Netherlands was the appropriate setting for the 2024 SuperSixties awards ceremony. After 12 races on six different circuits, no fewer than 85 crews were classified for the Dutch racing series for pre-’66 historic touring and GT cars. The huge challenge trophy was awarded…
Formula Junior Historic North America 2025: Four Feature Race Schedule
The FJHNA have announced four feature races for 2025, starting on 25-27 April at Mid-Ohio during the all-Formula FRP weekend racing event. FJ is invited to the acclaimed Velocity Invitational event at Sonoma Raceway on the new date of 6-8 June. However, with 13 groups invited, only the 9 with…