Inaugurated in 2012, Castle Combe’s Autumn Classic race meeting has grown in popularity with both spectators and competitors, currently sitting third most well-liked of the UK’s historic motor racing carnivals, just below the Silverstone Festival and of course Goodwood’s Revival in this fiercely contested league. Sponsored by Avon Aluminium and celebrating … [Read more...]
75 years of F1 celebrated this week in Silverstone Festival
Honouring the 75th anniversary of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the World Champions Collection at this weekend’s Silverstone Festival 22–24 August will be the most comprehensive gathering of title-winning F1 cars ever displayed together. Since Silverstone hosted the first points-scoring Grand Prix in 1950, 34 legendary racers have claimed the … [Read more...]
Atlassian Williams Racing features in Silverstone Festival
Atlassian Williams Racing, the iconic British Formula 1 team with nine Constructors’ Championships and responsible for taking seven drivers to World Championship titles, will be prominently featured in the remarkable World Champions Collection at this summer’s special Silverstone Festival, taking place from 22–24 August. Curated to commemorate the 75th … [Read more...]
75th anniversary of first World Championship F1
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...]
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...]
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...]
Senna honour at Silverstone Festival this month
The biggest and best ever collection of Ayrton Senna cars will be one of the standout highlights at this month’s Silverstone Festival 23-25 August. Staged at the circuit where the legendary Brazilian, who died 30 years ago, won more races than anywhere else, the very special display will feature more than 25 exhibits spanning Senna’s entire career from … [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...]
Newslines 9 April
The first electric Metro train ran north of Cardiff to Pontypridd during daylight hours on a test of the latest Stadler 756 model combination, which will be the backbone of the new Valleys services. Following the test run, further routes on the Core Valleys Network will see testing take place in the coming weeks before the start of an intensive train crew … [Read more...]
Great names return for Silverstone Festival
Two of the most successful teams in British Grand Prix history in recent decades – Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS and Williams Racing – will be supporting Silverstone’s 75thanniversary celebrations at Silverstone Festival over the Bank Holiday weekend 25-27 August. Williams famously won its first-ever Grand Prix win at Silverstone in 1979 and since then has racked … [Read more...]
