Adding to the special celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the Sunday racecard at this summer’s Silverstone Festival (22-24 August) will include the biggest-ever showdown staged for 500cc Formula 3 cars. Back in 1950, when Silverstone had the honour of hosting the first-ever points scoring F1 Grand Prix, a … [Read more...]
Summer festival planning is warming up
Planning for Silverstone Festival next summer is in full flow, even as we brace for a holiday cold snap. The arrival of the New Year will signify some exciting automotive anniversaries and many of these will be celebrated in style with special birthday displays and track parades over the end-of-summer Bank Holiday weekend at Silverstone Festival 22-24 … [Read more...]
Silverstone’s tribute to Senna at this year’s festival
Revving up for the very special tribute display of Ayrton Senna’s race cars at this summer’s Silverstone Festival, current Formula 1 driver, Pierre Gasly, was recently at Silverstone putting the Brazilian’s first-ever F1 car through its paces. Senna made his Grand Prix debut 40 years ago in the history-making Toleman TG183B back in 1984 and also scored … [Read more...]
Racing lines 10 August
Visitors to this summer’s Silverstone Festival 25-27 August will be treated to the sensational sounds of BRM’s incredible V16 – widely hailed as the greatest sounding F1 engine of all time. It will be the first time Silverstone has reverberated to the mind-blowing wail of BRM’s fearsome supercharged 1.5-litre power plant in public for more than a … [Read more...]
