After becoming the first premium manufacturer to enter Formula E in 2016, Jaguar has created the world’s first production battery electric vehicle race series. The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY will be the support series for the FIA Formula E championship, taking place on the same weekends at the same city circuits, starting in late 2018. Exclusively featuring Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY racecars, the new … [Read more...]
Racing
TVR Griffith unveiled before Welsh production begins
The new 200mph TVR Griffith was unveiled today, a year before it is due to roll off a new production line in South Wales. TVR chose the Goodwood Revival meeting to show their 5.0V8 prototype two-seater designed by former McLaren engineer Gordon Murray and incorporating F1 type ground effect technology to aid grip and handling. Last year, the new owners of TVR announced they had … [Read more...]
Welsh dragon on Aston Martin racer
Wales’ partnership with Aston Martin will be promoted world wide from this week. The car maker’s V8 Vantage pro racing car is now proudly sporting the Wales brand. The new branding is in celebration of Aston Martin’s impending move to Wales and will be showcased globally as the V8 Vantage competes in races in Mexico, the USA, Japan, China and Bahrain in the season ahead. Last year Aston … [Read more...]
Welshman and team-mate close to championship
Marford, Wrexham racer Seb Morris and Bentley Continental GT3 team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr returned to winning ways during the penultimate round of the British GT Championship at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit on Sunday to crucially leap to the top of the title standings ahead of next month’s season finale. Delivering a dominant victory during the two-hour race, battling through superbly from … [Read more...]
Welsh drivers in classic contest at Castle Combe
A ‘classic’ weekend of racing is in prospect at the Castle Combe circuit’s ‘West Country Cracker’ meeting on 12 and 13 August. Eight of the Classic Sports Car Club own series are intermingled with the Chippenham circuit’s home favourites, with the ‘Jaguar Enthusiasts’ club also in action. One of the most popular offerings from the CSCC is its ‘Swinging Sixties’, catering for a wonderful mix … [Read more...]
Brands clincher for Bentley boy Seb
Bentley Continental GT3 racer Seb Morris heads to Brands Hatch next weekend for the penultimate race of the British GT Championship season. Returning to UK soil following the overseas visit of British GT to Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium three weeks ago, where Welshman Morris and team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr retained second position in the standings, the Team Parker Racing drivers are focused on … [Read more...]
Ben powers back into championship lead
Mid-Wales racing driver Ben Power has regained his lead in the MRF National Legends Car Championship at Donington Park. Power, aged 27, from Guilsfield, near Welshpool, won four of the weekend’s six races, and finished second in another. He only missed out on Sunday’s final race, when he got caught up in an accident and had to retire with car damage. “What a brilliant weekend,” said … [Read more...]
Summer Action Festival
New for 2017, the Summer Action Festival will celebrate all things cars when it takes over Castle Combe Circuit on Saturday 22 July. Be it classic or kit, modified or original, the show welcomes all, with specific areas set aside for each and there are concessions for motor clubs. Following the winning ‘Action Day’ format, the event will play host to a huge amount of excitement both on and … [Read more...]
Seb survives Spa and scores in GT Championship
Two incident-packed British GT Championship encounters at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium on Saturday delivered a best finish of fifth place for Welsh racer Seb Morris and team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr.. The Bentley Continental duo ended the weekend second in the standings. Ending round seven fifth on the road and round eight seventh, with several drivers participating at Spa on a one-off basis – … [Read more...]
It’s Spa treatment for Seb this weekend
Spa-Francorchamps, one of the world’s greatest motor racing challenges, hosts the annual overseas visit of the British GT Championship on saturday . Multiple race winner Seb Morris, from near Wrexham, and team-mate Rick Parfitt Jnr will be mounting a major bid to add to their tally of 2017 wins in their Bentley GT. Heading to Belgium for rounds seven and eight of the season, where both … [Read more...]