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Non-championship Historic F2 races at Paul Ricard
The Historic Sports Car Club cancelled the round of its F2 Championship at the Historic Grand Prix de France at Paul Ricard, scheduled for 10-13 June, when it became likely that anyone travelling back from France to the UK would still be subject to quarantine, if not to outright ban,…
Spa 3 Hours
The jewel in the crown of this cosmopolitan meeting is, of course, the Spa 3 Hours, for cars up to 1976. This is a collaboration between event organisers Roadbook, and Diogo Ferrão’s Iberian Endurance, and has become a not-to-be missed mid-summer enduro for all those cars and drivers who are…
Spa Summer Classic
Competitors at the Spa Summer Classic will be amongst the first to experience the re-vamped paddock arrangements at the Francorchamps circuit, which celebrates its centenary this year. Sadly, their fans will not be there, as the event is to be held behind closed doors. A truly pan-European mix of grids…
Thruxton Historic – Fast and Furious
With UK racers confined to home circuits for the time being, the Thruxton Historic race meeting, put on by Motor Racing Legends, will give them an opportunity to drive on the country’s fastest circuit on the weekend of 12-13 June, and they have responded by filling the grids. Nestled in…
Relaunch of the International St. Moritz Automobile Week
Organisers of the Bernina Gran Turismo hillclimb, first run in 2015, have long held the ambition to revive the International Automobile Week, which last took place in 1929 and 1930 in glamourous St Moritz. The event back then comprised of a concours d’élégance, a race over a flying kilometre, a…
Spa Francorchamps Centenary
In August 1921 the first race was held on the Spa Francorchamps circuit. The circuit is intending to celebrate this centenary over the year starting at the beginning of summer, but in view of the changing health situation, plans will only be revealed when there is more certainty. However after…
Historic Tour Albi & Dijon
With backing from the FFSA and the Ministry for Sport, organiser HVM gave numerous reassurances that the Historic Tour Albi, first round of the French Championships, could go ahead. It was only on 6 April that the Prefecture asked HVM to postpone the event, which was to take place three…
Le Mans Classic Cancelled for 2021
Peter Auto and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest have announced the postponement of Le Mans Classic to the first or second weekend of July 2022 (date to be confirmed in September). This event will come back in 2023 for a centenary edition of the 24 Heures du Mans which promises…
Group C Update
News from Peter Schleifer, driving force behind the European Historic Can-Am & Sportscars series, is that he is branching out with a grid to include Le Mans cars from 1982-2004, to be run in collaboration by Germany’s largest historic racing club, FHR. The new series, ‘Group C Classics’ will welcome…
Classic Silverstone – Full Steam Ahead
With the all-clear for the UK to go back to (the new) normal from 21st June according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘Road Map’, the Classic at Silverstone will finally be celebrating its 30th birthday, looking back over the years with a ‘greatest hits’ agenda. Depending as it does…
Peter Auto 2021 Season
Like all organisers, especially those with an international profile, Peter Auto has been struggling to maintain a viable racing calendar through all the various and unpredictable restrictions imposed by different governments and governing bodies. First to be postponed was the Dix Mille Tours du Castellet, which moved from March to…
Historic Tour Albi to Kick off the French Season
In keeping with the calendar initially announced, the French Historic Circuits Championship, known as the Historic Tour, will kick off on 9-11 April at the Albi circuit, confirmed official championship promoter HVM Racing. “With the FFSA and our series coordinators, we have been struggling for a year now to maintain…
Retromobile Cancelled
Although the show’s organisers took the precaution of scheduling the event in June, instead of on its usual February date, in order to avoid the worst of the pandemic restrictions, Retromobile has had to be cancelled for the second year running. It was already problematic for many of the show’s…
Another Disappointment, Another Remedy
Following the disappointment of last year, and still wanting to give their drivers some endurance racing in the meantime, V de V scheduled a six-hour enduro at Valencia (see our March 2021 issue) on 16-17 April. But alas, that too had to be cancelled due to the situation in Spain…
V de V Endurance
Last year the V de V Organisation had particularly bad luck in the timing of their Deux Tours d’Horloge event. Having arranged for it to run after a summer full of racing, the second lockdown in France came just days before the start of the event, which had to be…
GT & Sports Car Cup – More E-Type Celebrations
The GT & Sports Car Cup celebrates not only its own 15th anniversary this year, but it will also add to the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Jaguar E-type with a dedicated class for the much-loved and highly successful British sports car at its first race of the season on…
Goodwood Members’ Meeting Postponed
After the UK government’s announcement on 22 February that spectators would only be allowed in limited numbers at sporting events after 17 May, Goodwood has taken the decision to postpone its 15-16 May Members’ Meeting to the autumn. In the hopes that they will be able to welcome a large…
Masters Formula Atlantic to debut in US
The Masters have been expanding into America for some years now, but this year marks a further push, with a new Masters-run meeting at Laguna Seca on 15-16 May, and a new series, Formula Atlantic Plus, for Formula Atlantic, Formula Super Vee and Formula 2 cars from the pre-1986 era….
Hockenheim Historic – The Thunder Returns – In August
The continued uncertainty due to COVID, has resulted in the postponement of the Bosch Hockenheim Historic race meeting, originally scheduled for 7-9 May, and now with a provisional date of 27-29 August. With Formula Junior, HSCC Formula 2, the HGPCA historic Grand Prix cars, Youngtimers and the first Group C…
Spa 3 Hours
First run tentatively for 100 minutes in 2015, then as a full three-hour race in 2016, the Spa 3 Hours has become a popular tradition at the Spa Summer Classic race meeting in the long, languid days of June, this year on 26-27. A collaboration between Summer Classic and Spa…