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Guido Barcella and Ombretta Ghidotti Win the Winter Marathon
The 35th running of the Winter Marathon was strongly characterised by the snow that fell over two days on 19-22 January, copiously on Thursday evening and persistent in the main leg on Friday on all the traditional Dolomite passes (Gardena and Pordoi in particular), and the extreme cold that reached -12°C on the top of Passo Pordoi.
F5000 New Zealand
Taupō International Motorsport Park was the venue for the second round of the SAS Autoparts MSC, NZ F5000 championship on the weekend of 20-22 January. In perfect weather, five cars put in impressive sub 1:30 qualifying times on the full 3.4km International circuit, the quickest of which was Grant Martin (Talon MR1/A) at 1.27.295, (circuit record for the category is held by Michael Lyons at 1:25.301), while favourite Kevin Ingram (Lola T332) failed to qualify, and withdrew on the first lap. Tony Roberts, in the ‘high wing’ McLaren M10A, was the fastest of the older Class A cars, achieving a personal best of 1.32.952.
Rétromobile
Vengeance and Compensation Ater two years of postponement and rescheduling, Rétromobile was finally back on its spot on the winter calendar where it belongs – early February. And with a vengeance, as it proved hard to find anyone disagreeing with the observation that the French car show was bigger and…
Dakar Classic
From 29 December to 15 January the Amaury Sport Organisation and the French ASN, (the FFSA) ran the third Dakar Classic alongside the 45th Dakar cross-country rally, in Saudi Arabia for the fourth time. Eighty-eight classics from the bygone days of the event took the start in an overall field of 355 vehicles, which included bikes, quads, cars, trucks and buggies, starting from a new bivouac on the Red Sea coast and heading deep into the Arabian Desert.
Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique
The first edition of the of the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique was run in 1998, and it took place at the same time as the modern WRC rally. Such a huge undertaking caused all sorts of logistical problems for the organisers, so after that the ACM took the decision to separate the two events, and ever since they have run ten days apart.
Editorial February 2023
Who is the governing body governing? When he took office as FIA President at the beginning of last year, one of the pledges that Mohammed Ben Sulayem made was to get the FIA’s financial affairs in order, something many who elected him thought was long overdue. This is inevitably leading…
New Masters Series for ‘Modern Historics’
The idea for an additional, series for later GT cars was spawned by the one-off Masters GT4 Trophy at the 2022 Silverstone Classic. Run in association with SRO Motorsports to celebrate the latter’s anniversary, the two races at Silverstone led to an influx of interest from existing competitors as well…
News from the Nürburgring
Racing Heroes – Pre-‘65 at the Nürburgring In 2017, the Nürburgring celebrated its 90th birthday. On the exact day of the first race there, the “Nürburgring Classic” was inaugurated as an international motorsport meeting for historic cars on the Grand Prix circuit and the Nordschleife, organised by the DAMC 05…
Velocity Invitational Moves Back to Sonoma
After a successful year at Sonoma Raceway in 2019, before the COVID pandemic put a stop to just about everything, Jeff O’Neill’s Sonoma Speed Festival was renamed Velocity Invitational and moved to Laguna Seca, home of the long-running Monterey Motorsports Reunion, which takes place in August. Velocity Invitational met with…
24 Hours of Anglesey
The enterprising Classic Sports Car Club has announced its 2023 calendar, (see www.historicmotorracingnews.com for the full 2023 calendar of all the series) and it will be running separate 40-minute races for its Classic K and Swinging 60s series on the Silverstone GP circuit at the HSCC meeting on 28th May. …
GP de France Historique
FIA Historic Formula 3 After the last three years at Zandvoort, the single-event FIA Historic Formula 3 European Cup races will take place this year at Circuit Paul Ricard on 7-9 April as part of the KENNOL Grand Prix de France Historique in collaboration with event promoter HVM Racing and…
80th Members’ Meeting
The 80th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood, scheduled for 15-16 April will see the return of some firm favourites as well as some innovation in the timetable. The Gerry Marshall Trophy race for Group 1 saloon cars of the 1970 to 1982 era, will be renamed the Gordon Spice Trophy and…
HSCC and the Autosport Three-Hour
The Historic Sports Car Club will re-introduce an endurance race into its 2023 schedule with a three-hour pre ‘66 GT race on the Snetterton 200 circuit on Sunday April 23. Recreating the former Autosport Three Hour race, organisers are hoping to attract competitors that normally compete in the HSCC’s Guards…
FJ Goes Back to the Baltic
After a successful run last year, which was enjoyed by many members of the Formula Junior ‘family’, the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has announced a three-round 30th Anniversary Tour to the Baltics to take place starting on 9-11 June in Riga, Latvia, going on to Parnu in Estonia on…
Historic Endurance Championship for France
At their autumn meeting the FFSA has given the go-ahead for a new Historic French Championship category. For two seasons now French Championship promoters HVM have run endurance races at the Historic Tour race meetings, inviting all GT, prototype and touring car participants in the other French championships to enjoy…
Testing in Andalucia
VdeV Racing is also joining in two open pitlane test days for historic cars only. Organised by HYRacing on 10-11 February on the 5.02km Andalucia circuit in Spain near Tabernas, 40km from Almeria between spectacular mountains and olive groves, it is the place in Europe with the highest rate of…
Spa Open Pitlane
Each year Vincent Collard from Roadbook runs an early season track day for anyone who wants to run or test their cars on the great Spa Francorchamps circuit. It is for all closed-wheel cars, modern and historic, road and race. No vans. Motorhomes, SUVs or vehicles with fewer than…
The I.C.E.
The lake at St. Moritz is freezing over slowly this year and the mountains are not yet totally enrobed in snow. However, at this altitude (1,800 metres), by 24-25 February, they no doubt will be and the organisers of the International Concours d’Elegance (The I.C.E) will be assembling some 50…
Race Retro
The world is indeed returning to normal and as we go to press Autosport International is underway and we have both Race Retro and Retromobile to look forward to, as well as the relative newcomer, the London Classic Car Show, which takes place at the end of February. Amongst…
The FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission 2022-2023
Under new rules, the FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission is appointed for two years (it was previously one year), so this year’s Commission remains the same as last year with only one exception. Roger Wills becomes the delegate from the UK in place of David Clark. President John Naylor (IRL) …