April 2021
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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…
Star Entries for the 1st Aléria Historic Rally
Two Corsican rally greats, Jean-Pierre Manzagol and Ange-Marie Venturini are working on their plans for the recently-announced, Aléria Historic Rally, which will take place in on 9-12 June on the eastern coast and in the centre of the island (see our March issue). Venturini will be driving his ex- Andruet,…
Ypres Historic to Run Indpendently of WRC Event
While the Ypres Rally Belgium has moved to August to become a round of the World Rally Championship, the Ypres Historic Rally plans to run on the event’s traditional date of June 27. The 28th edition of the Historic Rally, which is a round of the Historic Belgian Championship, will…
New dates for the Tour Auto
Sadly the end of COVID is not yet upon us, and this has led Peter Auto to take the decision, in accordance with all the towns along the way, to postpone the Tour Auto again this year. To have run on 19-24 April, the new date for the 30th running…
Schedule Changes for HERO
Leading classic rally promoter HERO-ERA was forced to substantially re-work its calendar for the spring and early summer in response to on-going COVID restrictions. The Flying Scotsman event for Pre-War cars, planned for April, has been cancelled for this year but will return in 2022. Meanwhile, the ever-popular Scottish Malts…
Stella Alpina
This has had the knock-on effect of causing organisers of the Stella Alpina rally, which was to take place on the new Mille Miglia dates, to move their date to 11-13 June. This year’s event, which is the 36th running, will be based in Madonna di Campiglio and take in…
Swiss Hillclimbing
For reasons that appear obvious, the Swiss have maintained a lively schedule of hillclimb events nearly from the beginning of the motor car itself, the first was in 1901. These include such giants as the Klausenrennen, first run in 1922 and considered to be the Nordschleife of the hillclimb world,…
XVII Rally Clásico Isla de Mallorca
The 17th edition of the Mallorcan Rally Classic took place on 11-13 March. Having been perhaps the last competitive event to take place just before the 2020 lockdown began – indeed it was actually cut short when the lockdown went into place – this year it was one of the…
Heroes of Historic Motorsport
One of the recurring themes encountered in this magazine, be it from the contributors or from the readers, is the “win at all costs” debate. Most of us say that historic racing shouldn’t be about winning, then we prepare our cars to within an inch of their legality and go…
Phillip Island Festival of Classic Motorsport
Though restrictions on numbers were in place Peter R. Hill was one of the lucky few to attend the March 5-7 Phillip Island Classic and bring back this report. A year ago, the Victorian Historic Racing Register (VHRR) held its annual Festival of Classic Motorsport at Phillip Island, south-east of…