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Row Over Confidentiality Within the FIA
A row has broken out within the highest levels of the FIA, with the FIA facing significant controversy and potential legal action over a new confidentiality agreement introduced by FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The FIA insisted at short notice that World Council members sign the new, stricter non-disclosure agreement…
JD Classics Goes into Liquidation for a Second Time
Once bestowing largesse as sponsors of racing series, rallies such as the Mille Miglia and hillclimb events like the Grand Turismo, JD Classics has faced multiple financial troubles and bankruptcies in recent years. It initially went bankrupt 2018 when founder Derek Hood was sued by a customer and received a…
SVRA Driver of the Year
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) came together in late February to celebrate its 2024 champions while kicking off a new race season at Sebring International Raceway during the Sebring SpeedTour. The event honoured all of SVRA’s 2024 Sprint and Endurance champions, while also recognising a series of drivers and…
Motor Racing Legends Acquires HRDC
Aythorpe Promotions Limited, the company that only recently acquired Motor Racing Legends, has announced the acquisition of the HRDC. The move sees the MRL leadership team, led by chairman Shaun Lynn and CEO Pierre-Antoine Lecoutour, take the helm alongside HRDC founder Julius Thurgood. “HRDC has been an ally of Motor…
Royal Automobile Club Concours
It seems as if Concours events have crossed the Atlantic and become a real thing in Europe, with new ones popping up everywhere. The latest one to be announced, and it should be a good one if the quality of their other events is anything to go by, is…
Expect the Unexceptional
Last year was the 10th Anniversary of the UK’s Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional celebrating long-forgotten everyday family cars. With each year, the event has become bigger as its reputation has spread around the world, attracting many entries from overseas. 2024 saw a record attendance with over 2000 cars and…
Hunts’ Role Reversal in India
After 20 days and 6000 miles, Richard Clark and Jonathan Round grabbed the win of the Pearl of India rally on the final day in a 1938 Ford V8 Coupe. Going into the last two regularities of the event, the Bentley 4½ L Open Tourer of Martin and Olivia Hunt…
Rally Stages Without the Rally
After the Legend Boucles @ Bastogne 2025 pitted highly competitive rally aces over the forest stages (see our rally report in the March 2025 issue), it is now the turn of the general public, who are invited to bring their classic and modern cars and get a taste of what…
Midnattssolsrallyt Returns in 2025
After it was cancelled in 2024 due to logistical and health problems of the organising team, the Royal Automobile Club (KAK) has announced that dates for the 2025 Midnight Sun Rally will be 11-12 July. This highly popular and evocative rally, the biggest in Sweden for historic cars, will run…
Rallye Neige et Glace
The 70th Rallye Neige et Glace, held on 22-26 February, proved to be an exhilarating and challenging event that lived up to its reputation as one of the most demanding winter rallies in Europe. This year’s edition, organised by Zoulou Racing Heritage, featured a significantly revamped route and format, offering…
Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport
One week before the Australian Grand Prix (7-9 March) the Victorian Historic Racing Register (VHRR) ran its annual Classic Festival of Motorsport at Phillip Island for the 36th time at one of the most picturesque tracks in the world. As last year, the Australian summer skies were clear blue and…
Alfa Revival Cup Final Round Misano Win Gives Davide Bertinelli the 2024 Title
The 2024 Alfa Revival Cup season concluded at Misano World Circuit under sunny skies on 5 November with one of the most highly contested races of the season. Davide Bertinelli of Team Gatti won the race to score his first Alfa Revival Cup championship title after pole man and points…
V de V Endurance Champions
At the end of the three V de V Sports endurance events of the season, namely the 6 Hours of Navarra, the 6 Hours of Paul Ricard and the Deux Tours d’Horloge, Damien Kohler and José Da Rocha emerged as the victorious crew in the 2024 VHC V de V…
Ingram Clinches Opening Round of the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series
Local driver Kevin Ingram won all three F5000 races at Manfeild’s Circuit Chris Amon, the opening round of the NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series on 8-10 November. Although the entry was below expectations due to shipping delays affecting the return of several vehicles from overseas – the planned 60-day…
2L Cup Champions
The highly competitive 2L Cup series, for early two-litre SWB Porsches runs to a handicap system that penalises professional or ‘Elite’ drivers with longer pitstop times. The races are 90 minutes with mandatory pit stop and most teams consist of two drivers. This year two Elite drivers, Kyle Tilley and…
HGPCA Inaugurates Historic Racing at the Transformed Circuit de Navarra
Tim Child became the first winner of a historic motor race on the updated Circuito de Navarra layout after claiming a double victory in his Brabham BT3/4 in the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association races at the Navarra Historic Festival on 20 October. Following him home in race 1 was…
New Association to Champion Historic Circuit Racing
A new organisation dedicated to promoting the interests of organisers and drivers involved in historic circuit racing has been launched. The Historic Motorsport Association (HMA) aims to preserve the rich legacy of motorsport while fostering the sense of community that is one of the unique features of the sport in…
75 Years of Grand Prix to be Celebrated at the Silverstone Festival 2025
After an impressive and hugely popular tribute to Ayrton Senna at the 2024 Silverstone Festival, organisers will turn their attention to celebrating 75 years of Grand Prix racing at the Northamptonshire track. Three quarters of a century ago in 1950 Silverstone hosted the very first official points-scoring F1 Grand Prix…
Welch Motorsport Doubles up on Pandas
In 2023 we reported Jeremy Welch’s adventures with daughter Arabella in the mad event known as the Panda Raid (see our September 2023 issue), which travels across the Moroccan deserts in classic Fiat Pandas. Jeremy was so enamoured with the event that he took his younger daughter Emily this year,…
HYTracks Acquires Andalucia Circuit
Three years ago, Frenchman Brice Pineau and Belgian Olivier Muytjens created HYRacing, a racing team preparing both historic and modern cars such as Ford GT40, Shelby Cobra Daytona, Ford Mustang, De Tomaso Pantera, Porsche 911 RS, and the team has quickly become regulars in the historic paddocks. At the same…