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Formula 2 Series Withdraws from the Oldtimer
Roger Bevan, Chairman of the HSCC, and of its Historic Formula 2 Championship, has recently had to write to his competitors to inform them that the series is withdrawing from its scheduled race at the Oldtimer-Grand-Prix due to low entries. This is not due to a lack of enthusiasm from…
Devenport and Baker Come out Tops at Laguna Seca
The First Orion Monterey Motorsport Celebration is a new race event, organised and promoted by GT Celebration. Along with the GTC grids, the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America West and Ultimate Track Days participants, the event included the Masters USA Formula Atlantic Plus and Masters Endurance Legends USA grids in…
Equipe Classic Racing Brands Hatch
Spanner-man Causer’s Debut Double O’C Racing mechanic Alex Causer swapped his spanners for a steering wheel at Brands Hatch on March 19 and surprised himself by convincingly winning Equipe Classic Racing’s Libre and Pre-‘63/50s races in stalwart team supporter Sandy Watson’s latest Lotus Eleven Le Mans, managed by team chief…
Grand Prix de France Historique Focus on Formula Cars
One of the most highly anticipated race meetings of the season takes place in high summer in southern France. Set in a bowl in the hills above Bandol, the Paul Ricard circuit is now once again host to the French Grand Prix and also to the Historic Grand Prix, this…
FIA Historic Championships
After the upsets of COVID made it difficult for them to run International Championships for the last couple of years, Masters Historic Racing decided at the end of last year that it would continue to run its Formula 1 and Sports Cars as Internationaol Series again this season and they…
Velocity Invitational
Entries are now open for the second Velocity Invitational event at Laguna Seca, which will take place on 14-16 October, and organisers say they will close on 15 May. Last year competitors and press praised event founder Jeff O’Neill for his vision of selecting only the most original cars, adding…
GT Anniversary at the 24 Hours of Spa
SRO Motorsports Group will celebrate its 30th anniversary in style at this year’s TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa on 28-31 July with a historic GT event organised by Peter Auto as a curtain-raiser ahead of the main race. Two one-hour races called GT Anniversary 2022 and a parade in the…
Historic F2 Champions
While the HSCC’s championships were decided either at Mallory Park in September or at the Silverstone Finals meeting in October (see our November issue), the International Formula 2 Series was only able to name its 2021 Champions after the Dijon Motors Cup meeting in October. From 10 races at…
Postponed Tasman Revival
When the Wellington-based MG Car Club was forced to cancel this year’s popular MG Classic motor racing meeting, due to be held at Manfield Circuit Chris Amon over the weekend of 13-14 November, it eliminated the first round of 2021-22 MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series, which has run…
Peter Auto 2021 Final Standings
A mixed season for most series, including for Peter Auto, has meant that not all the usual participants were able to compete in all the races. This has brought some interesting season winners to the fore. Peter Auto quite rightly gives as much importance to a class win as…
French National Champions Crowned
Sébastien Mathieu (GT/Tourism) and Lionel Robert (Monoplaces/Protos) are the 2021 French historic racing champions. Aged 37, Mathieu has been a staunch supporter of the GT Classic Trophy from the start, first in a Porsche 964 RSR, and then at the helm of a BMW M3 GTR developed by himself…
Masters Champions
Amongst the various championship announcements that come at this time of year, the Masters have declared their winners. These include Mike Cantillon, who took the FIA Historic Formula One title for post-‘78 cars with his Williams FW07C, and Lukas Halusa, who scored six wins from 12 starts to take pre-‘78…
Tour Auto goes to Andorra
The 2022 Tour Auto will start with its traditional exhibition day in Paris on Monday, April 25, after which the 230 crews will set off on a route to discover the hidden charms and culture of the French countryside. Next Year’s programme will include some 2,000kms over five legs with…
Champions at HSCC Mallory Park
At least two Historic Sports Car Club racing champions for 2021 were crowned when the club returned to Mallory Park for the first time in a decade for a weekend of racing on 18-19 September. Despite the clash with the Goodwood Revival meeting, meaning grids were somewhat down in numbers,…
Norwegian Summer
2021 was a good year for Norwegian historic racers, with five race meetings instead of the usual four, thanks to the opening of a new circuit. The season started at Vålerbanen in May, where there was great enthusiasm for getting started after a long boring winter. Bengt-Åce Gustavsson reviews the…
Endurance Racing Legends to Support 24 Hours of Spa
After a successful support race for the Le Mans 24 Hours this year, Peter Auto has announced that there will be an Endurance Racing Legends race at next year’s Total Energies 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps organised by SRO. In collaboration with Stéphane Ratel, Patrick Peter’s ex-partner in the famous mid-‘90s…
Goodwood Announces 2022 Dates
Getting back to more normal times, news from Goodwood is that the 79th Members’ Meeting will be held on 9-10 April 2022, the Festival of Speed is scheduled for 23-26 June, and the Revival Meeting will be held on 16-18 September. Photo DominicJames
HSCC Formula Junior Champ
The HSCC Silverline Championship had already had its final rounds at Spa, the Formula Juniors getting some terrible weather there (see report this issue). Last race of the day on Sunday, it was the worst weather of the weekend, and most of the Belgians and Americans (sensibly?) pulled out, but…
HSCC Championships Decided
Close and exciting racing settled the HSCC Championships over the weekend of 16-17 October on the Silverstone National circuit at the Club’s Finals Meeting. Some championships had been decided at Mallory Park in September (see report this issue), while many others were still up for grabs. Jordan Harrison secured the…
Dates for Le Mans Classic
Eagerly awaited for the last four years, it’s official. Le Mans Classic will be held from June 30th to July 3rd, 2022. Created in 2002 by Peter Auto in association with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, Le Mans Classic offers a formidable retrospective of the 24 Hours of Le Mans….