The cars and stars of the 2022 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship officially broke cover this week with Britain’s premier motorsport series launching its all-new hybrid era at Thruxton Circuit. In 2019, Series Organiser TOCA appointed world-renowned Cosworth Electronics to design and develop the new TOCA Hybrid system – and now the BTCC proudly … [Read more...]
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Racinglines 8 April
Motor Racing Legends is proud to announce that Lifeline, industry-leading manufacturers of motorsport safety products, are the new headline sponsor for the Tony Dron Trophy, the popular and well-established series catering for Group 1 and 1½ Historic Touring Cars of the 1970s and early ‘80s. The Tony Dron Trophy named after the British works driver who … [Read more...]
Breaking news: Audi and Porsche ponder F1 entry
Audi and Porsche are poised to re-enter F1, Reuters is reporting today. McLaren is said to be looking at €500 Million from Audi and Porsche wants to team up with Red Bull, probably at a similar cost, but the deals depend on future electrification and synthetic fuels being approved, but parent Volkswagen Group has to cost the plans on the back of major … [Read more...]
Stellar support for Castle Combe media & trackday
With green shoots of COVID recovery clearly visible throughout the UK and unusually balmy spring weather abounding, the motor racing calendar started with a bang at Castle Combe on Saturday when the Racing Club organised a well-supported Media and Track Day for competitors in the club’s 2022 races and championships, writes Ken Davies. Remarkably, given the … [Read more...]
Classic car owners concerns over new ‘tampering law’
A recent survey shows 84 per cent of classic and specialist car owners are against the Department for Transport’s anti-tampering proposals that would outlaw tampering with a system, part or component of a vehicle intended or adapted to be used on the road. The poll by classic and enthusiast vehicle insurance specialist, Footman James, shows that 84 per cent … [Read more...]
Quick Vic has left the circuit
The death of Vic Elford in Florida on 13 March at the age of 86 has robbed Great Britain of one of its finest and most versatile endurance sports car drivers of the 1960s, writes Ken Davies. Victor Henry Elford was one of the most versatile and intuitive drivers of his era, driving in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix 1968-1971 and scoring a total of 8 … [Read more...]
Voice of motor racing falls silent
For 45-years David George was probably the west country’s best known motor racing commentator, synonymous with Castle Combe Circuit where for 22-years he served as number-two to Richard ‘Dickie’ Davies, in a treaty DG relished. Always strangely uneasy about being cast in a lead role, DG initially called the action from a garden shed perched precariously on … [Read more...]
Historic F1 sounds echo again at Silverstone
Historic-sounding F1 cars will once again be lining up at Silverstone over the August Bank Holiday. The Silverstone Grand Prix circuit will once again reverberate to the awesome shrill of F1’s best-ever sounding engines at The Classic this summer 26-28 August. The high-revving V8, V10 and V12 powertrains introduced at the end of the 1980s to supersede … [Read more...]
Classic Touring Cars heading to Castle Combe
Recognising the increasing popularity of Group 1 Touring Cars of the 1970s and early ’80s with today’s generations of racers and spectators, Automobiles Historiques is co-promoting an exciting new race for the machines at Castle Combe’s Autumn Classic on 24 September. It will run alongside a fifth appearance of the Royal Automobile Club Historic … [Read more...]
Britain’s first F1 car buck found
The body buck for the original Mark 1 P15 V16, handcrafted in 1949 to help build Britain’s first Formula One car, has been found, and will be used to build Chassis V, the second of three ‘new’ 16-cylinder P15 V16 BRM racing cars. The body forming jig was created to build the first six BRM cars that were unveiled to the world at RAF Folkingham on December … [Read more...]
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