April 2026
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April 2026 Issue....
Full Throttle Donington Festival
Motor Racing Legends are promising to open their season with a real bang, as they expand the Donington Historic Festival programme with the addition of new race series and demos on the 1-3 May holiday weekend. All the MRL grids will be present, from pre-war cars to GT3, including the…
Nürburgring Classic
Started in 2017 as a one-off to celebrate the circuit’s 90th anniversary, the Nürburgring Classic was such a success that is has become a permanent fixture on the calendar. Growing in stature each year, with a full track schedule of races and demon- strations, some on the GP circuit and…
Swiftune Series – Minis Only
Equipe Classic Racing and top Mini Preparer Nick Swift have got together and created the Swiftune Series of standalone races for pre-1966 FIA Appendix K-compliant Minis and Appendix K derivatives. This new four-round series will provide Pre-’66 Mini competitors with a long-awaited platform to race head-to-head without competing against larger-capacity…
Grand Prix de France Historique
The KENNOL Grand Prix de France Historique was a big hit last year, largely due to the presence of many major motorsport personalities. With its combination of historic singe seater races, including the Masters F1 series, Formula 2, Formula 3 and Formula Renault, interspersed with celebrity appearances and demos of…
Authentic Racing
We have received a press release telling us that a “new major historic race organiser, Authentic Racing” will be up and running starting in 2027. The release goes on to say that only authentic cars with identifiable history will be allowed on the grids. There will be grids, for single…
Angoulême 2026
Announcing the grids that will run at this year’s Circuit des Remparts in Angoulême organisers have included some changes to the programme. Two grids that have not run there before are the Plateau Victor Riley, for pre-war Rileys and their contemporaries – the tight and twisty track particularly suits Rileys,…
Expanded Calendar for ASAVÉ
Starting the season at the V de V 1000km of Navarra in April, ASAVÉ has announced that it will also be present with two racing grids at the Charade Supershow in June and at the SuperSpa meeting in early October. The successful Charade Super Show will run for the fifth…
The Alfa Revival Cup
A new feature of the Alfa Revival cup this year will be the introduction of two distinct Championship categories. At the end of the five-race season, two Champions will be crowned, one for Period E and F cars and one for the later G, H, I cars. When this series…
Qatar Cancellation
Not only has Formula 1 suffered from postponements due to the situation int the Middle East, it has also affected the Qatar 1812KM events, which were due to take place on 22-23 March. These have now been postponed, hopefully just until later in the year. Included in the programme were…
HSCC Twin-Cam Cup
In 2026 the ‘HSCC Twin-Cam Cup’ will be introduced for cars powered by 1600cc Lotus Ford Twin-Cam engines. Car conforming to Guards Trophy Regulations and running on Dunlop Historic L or M section tyres will run as a separate championship within the Guards Trophy races. “The Twin-Cam Cup will provide…
The Sponsors of Speed – The Great Motorsport Liveries – Vernasca Silver Flag
Thirty years for a classic car event are a lot. It takes great passion and commitment to organise an event year after year. In those thirty years, there has been a generational shift. Tastes and interests have changed, and the cars that were at the peak of their popularity are…
Centenary of Britian’s First Grand Prix
The world’s first permanent race circuit is also the venue for Britain’s very first Grand Prix, which was staged at Brooklands in 1926. This year, to celebrate the centenary, the award- winning Brooklands Museum is staging a special event on Saturday 8 August – 100 years to the day after…
Dr. Wolfgang Ulrich to act as Legends of Le Mans Ambassador
To mark the launch of the new Legends of Le Mans series in 2026, Peter Auto, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, and Le Mans Endurance Management have announced the appointment of Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich as the series’ official ambassador. A well-known figure in modern endurance racing and former director of…
London Motor Sport Show and Motor Show Announced for 2027
Motorsport Expo has been announced as a brand-new London-based motor sport show, set to take place at the Excel exhibition centre in Docklands on 26-28 February 2027, the first general motor sport show in the capital since the 1990s. In the intervening period Autosport International has been held each January…
US Tariffs for Cars
According to the latest bulletin from logistic company special- ising in the transport of high value and historic vehicles CARS Worldwide following their review of the recent US Supreme Court ruling concerning IEEPA-based tariffs and the Presidential Proclamation issued under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, the impact…
M&S Partner with Silverstone
Racy is not the word that springs to mind when thinking about Marks & Spencer, but the conservative, some would say staid, high street retailer has just signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Silverstone Circuit to become its Official Partner with a presence across Silverstone’s annual programme of events. According…
Masters Champions Announced
Masters held their 2025 season awards dinner at Beaune in France on Saturday 1st March announcing their 2025 Champions. Masters regulars Mike Cantillion, James Hagan, Martin Bullock and Ewen Sergison won the Patrick Head, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fitipaldi and Jackie Stewart classes of the Masters Racing Legends Championship for 3-litre…
Laguna Seca and Petersen Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca have announced a new partnership that will bring the two institutions together to amplify their impact in the automotive and motorsports industries. The Petersen Automotive Museum, recognised as one of the world’s top automotive museums, and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, which…
Payne to race Senna tribute Van Diemen RF81
Forty-five years after Brazilian rising star Ayrton Senna da Silva – as the future three-time Formula 1 World Champion was known then – burst onto the British racing scene, a sister Van Diemen RF81 in tribute livery will compete in the HSCC-run SDC Classic Formula Ford Championship for Pre-1982 cars,…
Le Mans Guest of Honour Gordon Murray
Le Mans Classic will host visionary engineer Gordon Murray as guest of honour at the Le Mans Classic Legend event in July. Designer of the Brabham BT42, the first Formula One car entirely of his design, Murray went on to join McLaren and contribute to the design of World Championship-winning…