Reis Motorsport Insurance – Castle Combe Circuit’s all-new track day and motorsport partner for 2019 – has vowed to arrange more accessible and affordable insurance deals for those taking to the track at the Wiltshire venue throughout the year. A specialist supplier of insurance for motorsport, track day and performance road cars, Reis has not only become a partner to the venue but is also … [Read more...]
Racing
Rallying returns to Anglesey Circuit this weekend
Rallying returns to Anglesey Circuit this weekend, with the Tilemaster Adhesives Lee Holland Memorial Stages providing the perfect curtain raiser to what promises to be an action-packed season of motorsport. Jointly organised by the Pendle & District and Preston & Garstang Motor Clubs, the event, now in its 26th year, returns with a brand new sponsor and a bumper … [Read more...]
Seb slips into Blancpain Endurance Cup series
Welsh international racing driver Seb Morrisis confirmed a championship challenging campaign in the Blancpain Endurance Cup after signing with Team Parker Racing to continue as team-mate to Scottish businessman Derek Pierce. Little more than a week removed from the headline-grabbing news of 23-year-old Morris’ deal to race in British GT this year, he now adds a Pro-Am title bid in Blancpain at … [Read more...]
Tom Pryce honour with inaugural meeting in Wales
The life of Tom Pryce will be celebrated at the Anglesey Circuit in North Wales on 13th & 14thJuly when the Historic Sports Car Club’s first race meeting at the spectacular track is dedicated to the famous Welsh Formula 1 racer. The Tom Pryce Memorial Race Meeting will honour the memory of a hugely popular driver who had a meteoric rise to fame and a flourishing Grand … [Read more...]
Seb joins the ‘Bentley Boys’ for Spa24
Endurance racing champion Seb Morris has been named as one of the official ‘Bentley Boys’ for this year’s spectacular Total 24 Hours of Spa – the biggest race in the world for GT3 cars. The Ruthin-racer who won the British GT Championship title in 2017 at the wheel of a first generation Bentley Continental GT3 and last year starred during his maiden Blancpain Endurance Cup campaign, will become … [Read more...]
Welsh racer’s eastern delight
Former Welsh video gamer Jann Mardenborough continues his incredible career as a professional motorsport racer for Nissan in 2019 – his eighth season taking on and beating some of the world’s best drivers on the real world stage. Mardenborough won Nissan’s GT Academy competition in 2011, beating thousands of gamers from around the world to earn a drive at the 2012 Dubai 24 Hour race. The … [Read more...]
FF1600 championship’s golden anniversary
Half a century of Castle Combe’s circuit-based Formula Ford 1600 championship will be celebrated at the opening race meeting of the 2019 season on Easter Monday 22 April. Formula Ford racing has been an incredibly important part of the Wiltshire track’s story since the late 1960s. 50 years after the opening race in the Castle Combe Formula Ford Championship, the annual season-opening … [Read more...]
W Series at Autosport Show prepares for launch
The ground-breaking all-female W Series is heading to Autosport International to meet fans for the first time ahead of its launch in Spring with a host of drivers confirmed for the show opening today. Formula One winner David Coulthard is confirmed to attend Friday of the show as he goes on the main Autosport stage at the NEC to discuss how W Series was created and how it intends to change the … [Read more...]
Pembrey Circuit gears up for bumper events
A bumper package of events will take to Pembrey Circuit this season. Coming off the back of a hugely successful 2018 campaign for the South Wales-based venue which saw a glittering array of events take place and spectators line the bankings each weekend, the British Automobile Racing Club is track is gearing up for more of the same. The new season will kick off in early April with the Drift … [Read more...]
MG3 low-cost race series testing
The MG Car Club, MG Motor UK and SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre are jointly developing a new low-cost race car based around the MG3. SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre Interns have been building the concept car as their Internship Project and will be unveiling the car in the early part of 2019. The concept behind the car is aimed at providing a low-cost entry route into saloon racing with the … [Read more...]