May 2026
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Gran Premio Storico d’Italia
As previously reported, this meeting, at Mugello on 2-4 October, will bring together an array of exceptional single seater grids, including Masters Racing Legends (F1 1966-1985), Boss GP (F1 1990s-2000s), HGPCA (GP pre-1966), the F2 and F3 Classic Interseries, Formula Junior, Historic F3b 1000cc & Formula Ford pre-1982. The latter…
Postponed Peter Auto Support Race – New Dates for the Qatar 1812km
Originally scheduled to open the 14th season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the Qatar 1812Km race will now take place in October at the Lusail International Circuit, thus becoming the penultimate round of the championship. Scheduled to run alongside the main event, the CER support races organised by…
20 Years of GT3 at the 24 Hours of Spa – Motor Racing Legends to Lead the Celebration
Introduced in 2006, GT3 quickly became the most prolific endurance racing category worldwide. Its growth was so spectacular that it became the main class of the 24 Hours of Spa as early as 2011. 20 year after the creation of the series, the early GT3 cars will be returning to…
Peter Auto GT3 Revival Series – Opening Round
The Peter Auto series for older GT3 cars held a promising inaugural round at the Paul Ricard circuit on 11-12 April, supporting the first round of the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS 6-hour race. It was a dream opener for the Storic and Race Cars team as Jim…
PMre-‘66 GT Sprint a New Place to Race
the Motor Racing Legends Pall Mall Cup bill, but this time in a shorter race format. While the Pall Mall Cup, with its two-hour races, remains on the calendar to top and tail the MRL season at the Donington Historic Festival on the first weekend of May and the final…
F1 Celebration at Brands Hatch
As part of its 100th Anniversary celebrations, Brands Hatch will be welcoming two very special Williams Formula 1 cars at the Masters Festival on 30-31 May. The cars, raced to victory by Nigel Mansell in Grands Prix at the Kent circuit in 1985 and 1986, include the Williams FW10, as…
BRDC Classic
Inaugurated in July 1990 as the Christie’s BRDC Historic Festival and continuing as the Coys Festival until it became the Silverstone Classic, the main historic race meeting that has taken place at the Northampton circuit every summer for 35 years has this year reverted to the BRDC on its original…
New President for the Vintage Sports-Car Club
With no other nominations were received to replace outgoing The Vintage Sports-Car Club President Simon Blakeney-Edwards, the role will go to Paul Mullins, with John Lomas stepping up into the Vice President’s chair. Originally slated to become Vice President under Jon Giles, who stepped away as President-Elect when it became…
BOSS GP in Action
For more than 30 years, the FIA International BOSS (Big Open Single Seaters) GP Racing Series has delivered has provides a platform for young and ambitious drivers to race large formula cars from the past three decades that are above Formula 3 level. These include Formula 1 cars, US IndyCars,…
James Hunt and Barry Sheene Celebrated at Goodwood
Amongst the many themes and memorials that took place at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting, Tribute was paid James Hunt’s 1976 World Championship win over Niki Lauda 50 long years ago and his friendship with double World Champion motor cyclist Barry Sheene. Despite coming from vastly different backgrounds hell raising instincts…
Motoring Book of the Year
Entries are now invited from authors and publishers for some of the car world’s most prestigious Awards for books on motoring and motorsport. The annual Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year Awards are open to new books published between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026, and the…
FFSA In Disarray
In 2024 when Pierre Gosselin was elected President of the French ASN, the FFSA, we were particularly pleased to have a historic- friendly man at the helm. He has proved to be very supportive of historic motorsport, but sadly his tenure was cut short at an Extraordinary General meeting on…
130 Years of London to Brighton
This year’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run commemo- rates the 130th anniversary of the 1896 Emancipation Run, which heralded the freedom of the motor car in Great Britian. Entries for the 2026 event opened in late March with organiser, the Royal Automobile Club, anticipating a strong field of ‘horseless…
The Royal Irish Automobile Club
The Royal Irish Automobile Club is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Founded at the Metropole Hotel in Dublin in 1901, the club played a central role in organising the 1903 Irish Reliability Trial and hosting the Gordon Bennett Race the same year. It was the first international motor race…
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Another notable anniversary his year is that of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, preparing for its 75th Anniversary. The event is expected to revisit some memorable and historic moments from past years. Ferrari will be the primary featured marque, with a special focus on Chinetti and NART competition cars. Vignale…
Circuit des Remparts Celebrates Lorraine-Dietrich
For its 54th edition on 18-20 September, the Circuit des Remparts d’Angoulême continues its tradition of showcasing a particular marque or chapter in automotive history, this year by celebrating Lorraine-Dietrich. One hundred years ago in 1926, this prestigious French automobile manufacturer notably achieved the first-ever 1-2-3 victory in the history…
Generations Rally
Staged in welcome spring sunshine, the fifth edition of Rally the Globe’s Generations Rally lived up to its billing by introducing a raft of newcomers to the joys of competition in evocative pre-1986 cars, attracting crews of different generations. This year’s March 20-22 weekend event took place on the edge…
Regularity Specialist looking for a fourth Trophée des Alpes Victory
Already a four-time winner of the Rallye Neige et Glace, Yves Deflandre is also aiming for a fourth victory in the other flagship event organised by Zoulou Racing Heritage to add to his impressive regularity CV. The three-time winner and defending champion, two-time European champion and Belgian regularity champion, will…
Get Jerky Rally North Wales – British Historic Rally Championship Round 2
The British Historic Rally Championship took crews to the gravel stages of Aberhirnant and Dyfnant on 28 March for the second round of the British Championship. The Welshpool-based event saw Ben and Steven Smith leaving Wales as leaders, courtesy of their Category 2 victory. Fresh from an impressive performance on…
Beforty Rally
This year’s Beforty rally, the 15th, wove its way through Hampshire and the New Forest, with a stop at Vintage Bentley for some tea, Walter Heale for fish and chips, and Goodwood for some Fiskens fizz on the weekend of 11-12 April. For those under the age of 40 in…