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14th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique – May 10-12, 2024
Following the success of the 2023 edition, the Organising Committee at the Automobile Club de Monaco has announced it will retain the same eight series and classes without change for 2024. The event, which takes place on 10-12 May, will see tributes and anniversary celebrations including for the Bugatti Type…
Changes Within the FIA
Amongst the pledges made by Mohammed Ben Sulayem in his election campaign for the FIA Presidency was a promise to balance the books. It has been said by some that if the spending and income had remained as it was, the FIA would have run out of money in just…
F2 and F3 Classic Launched for 2024
With Historic Formula 2 beset by falling grid numbers in recent years, and after an unsuccessful attempt by Peter Auto to re-vitalise the category, HVM and the Historic Sports Car Club have come to an arrangement to jointly run a series for Formula 2 cars in 2024. At the same…
Motor Racing Legends Season Finale Silverstone GP Meeting
As the racing season gets longer and longer, Motor Racing Legends is offering its competitors one last fling at the Motor Racing Legends Silverstone GP Meeting on 21-22 October. Now firmly established as the MRL season-closer, the two-day programme has something for everyone on the bill including: The Royal Automobile…
Italian Speed Festival
On 21-22 October Canossa Events will stage the second Italian Speed Festival at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. Final rounds of the Alfa Revival Cup and Canossa’s Youngtimer Cup, along with track days for the Cavallino Classic Cup are on the programme. Concours, free laps for spectators, hot laps…
2024 Calendar – Save the Date
Organisers are busy planning for next season, with several already having announced their 2024 calendars…. For those who like to plan ahead, we have started listing provisional dates on our calendar page on this Historic Motor Racing News website. We will keep this updated as more organisers announce their dates.
A BOSS Weekend in Rio
The fourth race weekend of the 2023 BOSS GP Racing Series in Misano Adriatico felt like the carnival in Rio. The Italian race promoter PNK Motorsport invited colourfully dressed samba dancers into the paddock that proved to be a lucky charm for two Brazilians that were right at the front…
Historic F3 plans 60th celebrations in 2024
The 60th anniversary of the introduction of the 1-litre Formula 3 category will be celebrated during the Historic Sports Car Club’s Historic Formula 3 Championship next season. The HSCC is devising a 2024 calendar with some high profile race meetings along with a big push to encourage more of the…
HSCC Chairman Roger Bevan Stands Down
The Historic Sports Car Club has announced the resignation of its Chairman Roger Bevan with immediate effect. Roger made the decision to stand down from the role for personal reasons after serving for three years in the role. Also Chairman of the Historic Formula 2 series, he and his wife…
Italian Speed Festival
Since it took over the running of the Alfa Revival Cup series at the end of 2021 and the formation of Canossa Racing, the Canossa Events team have been developing the concept of the Italian Speed Festival, run for the first time last year and scheduled to run again at…
GT & Sportscar Cup
With the summer break over, the last two rounds of the GT & Sportscar Cup will be rounding off its season at two of the series’ regular venues. The Castle Combe Autumn Classic is a one-day event, which takes place on 23 September and is always a favourite with the…
Goodwood 2024 Dates Announced
No sooner had the sound faded on this year’s Festival of Speed than Goodwood made the announcement that the 2024 event will take place on 11-14 July. It has also been announced that the Members’ Meeting will take place next year on 13-15 April.
French Historic Circuit Championships
In its ninth season, the 2023 French Historic Championship continued its tour of France on 16-18 June for the third of five events on the calendar. After stopping at Dijon and Albi, the drivers headed for an equally traditional and popular destination, the 3.15km circuit of Lédenon with its many…
HRDC Historics on the Hill
The Historic Racing Drivers Club returned for their now annual Historics on the Hill meeting at Kent’s Lydden circuit on 25 June, with its traditional format of one qualifying session and two races each for three groups packed into the circuits “Sunday opening” from 10.30am to 4pm. A change this…
Lime Rock Park – Historic Festival 41 and Sunday in the Park
The US Labor Day weekend is the traditional date for the Historic Festival at Lime Rock Park and this year will mark the 41st running of the event on 31 August-4 September. More than 250 racing cars are expected, ranging from the 1920s to the 1975 Kremer Porsche 935 IMSA…
Velocity Invitational
“In addition to curating these special and accurate racing grids, we want the Invitational to be educational, family friendly, and fun for all ages. We remain committed to showcasing not only extraordinary and historically correct racing machines, but also providing an atmosphere of wine, food, new technology, art, and more…
Silverstone Festival – Le Mans Celebration
A Le Mans theme at Silverstone, in this centenary year, will be headlined by a pair of Masters Endurance Legends races. After more than 60 cars joined Peter Auto’s Endurance Racing Legends at Le Mans Classic, it looks like the category for later endurance prototypes and GT cars is set…
Autumn Racing in Iberia
For those who want to prolong the mild months, there is a full programme of racing on the Iberian Peninsula in October and into December. Starting with the Estoril Classic on 7-8 October where all the Peter Auto grids will offer races for GT, touring and prototypes, plus races for…
HSCC Open House at the Silverstone Festival
The HSCC will be running three grids this year at the 25-27 August Silverstone Festival and they intend to offer an opportunity to race at this unmissable event to the widest possible selection of cars. The three grids will be for the Silverstone Formula Libre Trophy for any pre-1990 single…
F5000 Anniversary
A select group of Formula 5000 race cars will attend the WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman event at the iconic Road America racetrack on July 12-16 to relive and celebrate the 55th anniversary of the birth of a phenomenal race series. The inaugural F5000 race at Road America…