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Travelling in Europe with your racing car
A letter to our editor.. Dear Carol, Since last year when I was able to share with HMRN readers (see our April 2023 issue) my thoughts on going to/from the EU with your race car (typically towed), concluding that the regulations permitted Temporary Admission without the need for an ATA…
Masters to Support F1 in Abu Dhabi
Masters Historic Racing has announced that Masters Racing Legends series will join the support race line-up at the 2025 Formula 1 ETIHAD Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, to be held at the Yas Marina Circuit on 5-7 December. Featuring Formula 1 cars from 1966 to 1985, the Masters Racing Legends…
New Category for French Championships
New for the Historic Tour and the French Championships is the Renault Classic Trophy, which becomes a French Historic Championship qualifying series. Until now, the Formula Renaults ran within the F3 Classic grid which has become the F3 Interseries in collaboration with the HSCC and is no longer part of…
2025 Velocity Invitational Cancelled
In late April press and event ticket holders received the following letter from the organisers of the Velocity Invitational event that was scheduled to take place 6-8 June at Sonoma Raceway, California without further explanation: We have made the difficult decision to postpone the 2025 Velocity Invitational to 2026 due…
Malcolm Wilson New Deputy President for Sport
FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem has nominated Malcolm Wilson OBE for the position of Deputy President for Sport. FIA Members will vote on the nomination at the Extraordinary General Assemblies and Conference in Macau in June. The position became vacant when Robert Reid resigned from the position in April…
New Direction for Algarve Classic Festival in 2025
Starting in 2025 Race Ready will take over the organisation of the Algarve Classic Festival. First held in 2008 (then known as the Algarve Historic Festival) organised by Fransico Santos, Diogo Ferrão’s Race Ready organisation took over for a few years after the retirement of Santos before late circuit director…
Monterey Motorsports Reunion Authenticity Check
The much-coveted invitations to compete at the 2025 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on 13-16 August have been sent to owners of 448 exceptional race cars, the diversity of which ranges from a 1909 Locomobile Model I to a 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am. They…
New Auction Partner for Retromobile
The acquisition of Gooding Auctioneers by Christie’s is already paying off. The partnership between car experts, American-based Gooding and the International reach of Christie’s (established 1766) has resulted in them being selected to partner Retromobile in its 50th anniversary year. Starting in 2026 Gooding Christie’s becomes the official auction house…
The Motoring Spectacle Returns to the Mall
The RAC has announced the return of the Motoring Spectacle. Last year the Royal Automobile Club launched the St James’s Motoring Spectacle, a free-to-attend event staged in London’s Pall Mall outside the RAC’s historic Clubhouse, closed to traffic for the occasion. Hailed as a great success by organisers, exhibitors and,…
Alfa Anniversary
Alfa Romeo is 115 years old this year. 2025 also marks significant brand moments, including the centenary of the GP Tipo P2’s victory in the first World Motor Championship; the 75th anniversaries of the Alfa Romeo 1900 and the brand’s first world title in Formula 1; the 50th anniversary of…
British Historic Rally Championship – Plains Rally
David Crossen and Ben Teggart took a thrilling victory at the Plains Rally on 17 May, storming to their second BHRC win of the season in hot and dusty conditions in a rally that marked the BHRC’s long-awaited return to Welsh gravel. The Escort MkII crew came out on top…
European Historic Rally Championship Round 3 – Antibes Historic Rally
Down to the wire for Pieri For the third round of the European Historic Rally Championship, most of the regulars gathered in France for the Rallye d’Antibes. With Finnish rally champion Jari-Matti Latvala in his Toyota Celica, already winner of the first two rounds, along with 37 other registered competitors,…
European Historic Rally Championship Round 2 – Historic Vltava Rallye
Rallye Šumava Klatovy has run 59 times, and the cars of the Historic Vltava Rallye have participated in 33 of those editions, most recently on 25-27 April as part of the Czech and FIA European Historic Rally Championships. Based in Klatovy in the southwest of the Czech Republic, the popular…
Montjuïc Manifesto
In memory of an Important Chapter in Motor Sport History Sunday, April 27, marked the 50th anniversary of the last Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Montjuïc track, a race that, due to its tragic outcome, meant the last car competition to be held on Barcelona’s famous urban racetrack. A…
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…