Next month marks the 75th anniversary of the very first official FIA World Championship Formula 1 Grand Prix. Staged at a sunny Silverstone on Saturday 13 May 1950, it was a momentous sporting milestone and this summer’s Silverstone Festival (22-24 August) will be paying tribute to its incredible legacy. The new World Championship introduced a points … [Read more...]
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Guild of Motoring Writers jamboree
Each year I look forward to the Guild of Motoring Writers track day at Castle Combe circuit on the fringe of the glorious Cotswolds in leafy Wiltshire. Initially formed in 1944 by a group of Fleet Street motoring hacks as a dining club, such was the enthusiasm of the new membership that its remit quickly became wider ranging and at the AGM December 1946, … [Read more...]
Trackday teaser opens 75th anniversary year
Starting its glorious 75th season of motor racing, Castle Combe previewed its 2025 calendar at a Media & Track Day organised by Castle Combe Racing Club, giving drivers and teams an opportunity to test cars and meet motorsport journalists, before the season starts in earnest at Howards Day, Easter Monday 21 April. It was eighty-five years ago in 1940 … [Read more...]
Nominations invited for motoring heroes
The Royal Automobile Club is once again on the hunt for the present-day heroes of Britain’s historic motoring and motorsport worlds. Last year’s double award for restoration went to the 1939 ERA E-Type GP2 (Tip Top Engineering) aimed to bring back to competitive life an important historic racer and the 1927 Bentley 3 Litre with Boat Tail body (Julian … [Read more...]
Silverstone Festival thrills building
Harking back to the very first official points scoring Formula 1 Grand Prix staged at Silverstone 75 years ago, the unrivalled racecard at this summer’s epic Silverstone Festival includes a very special showdown for charismatic 500cc F3 cars. Powered by half-litre bike engines, the innovative and affordable 500cc formula provided motorsport-hungry … [Read more...]
Motorsport and Supercar Festival returns
The Welsh Motorsport & Supercar Festival is returning to Pembrey Circuit on Sunday 21 September – and in 2025 the all-action event will be presented in association with two renowned and highly respected automotive companies, The Trade Centre Wales and Iconic Auctioneers. The Trade Centre Wales is Wales' largest used car supermarket, with showrooms and … [Read more...]
Race Retro returns & so did Ken Davies
Following its cancellation in 2024 due to flooding, Race Retro – run by Clarion Events – bounced back to promote and showcase club and national motorsport including all forms of circuit racing, rallying, speed hill climbs, and much, much more. Annually, this event offers enthusiasts a fantastic platform to display iconic cars from four capacious exhibition … [Read more...]
Chequered flag drops in ten days on F1 Exhibition
You've just about 10 days to see one of the world's major motor sport exhibitions in London. After making its debut in Madrid August 2023, followed by Vienna then Toronto, F1 the Exhibition opened at ExCeL, in London’s charismatic Royal Victoria Dock, on 23 August 2024, and was then extended by popular demand until 2 March 2025. Packed with great content … [Read more...]
Willpower behind rallying legend
Former BMC apprentice, engineer and international rally competitor Pablo Raybould, has established a reputation as a prolific motorsport author and Willpower will be his tenth book! His no-nonsense writing style is succinct with painstaking research invested in the chosen subject, invariably well-illustrated with copious and uniquely sourced images. … [Read more...]
Goodwood Revival is good for the environment
Goodwood Revival was awarded the Motorsport UK Environmental Sustainability Award, celebrating the event’s commitment to ensuring a sustainable future for motorsport. The Duke of Richmond collected the accolade during Motorsport UK’s annual Night of Champions awards evening, on Saturday 25 January 2025 with the sport’s leading drivers, volunteers, … [Read more...]
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