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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…
F2/ F3 Interseries
Acommon set of F3 regulations has been agreed by HVM, the HSCC and the German HRA (Historic Racecar Association) for the F3 Classic InterSeries organised by HVM. With two classes – 1600 1971 to 1973 and 2000 1974 to 1984 – a minimum weight including driver has been introduced (1600…
Formula Junior NZ Tour – January/February 2026
The Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has announced that it has finalised the first leg of next year’s FJ Platinum Jubilee World Tour, which will consist of four back-to-back weekend events in New Zealand, entitled “Four Stars of the Southern Cross, Classic Speedfest.” In a major departure, instead of the…
Velocity Invitational
Velocity Invitational returns to Sonoma Raceway in the heart of the northern Californian wine country with a new summer date of 6-8 June. “It was my childhood dream to bring together amazing automobiles, and that grew into my desire to create the most incredible automotive event in the world,” said…
Row Over Confidentiality Within the FIA
A row has broken out within the highest levels of the FIA, with the FIA facing significant controversy and potential legal action over a new confidentiality agreement introduced by FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The FIA insisted at short notice that World Council members sign the new, stricter non-disclosure agreement…
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…