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 up seven further victories with star … [Read more...]
Seb secures Silverstone success
Welsh racer Seb Morris secured an excellent victory as part of an impressive podium hat-trick in the GT Cup Championship at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit over the weekend to mark a superb return to action for the Pro driver and team-mate Charles Dawson. Having been on the racing sidelines for more than three months, recovering from a broken back, Dawson starred and Wrexham’s Morris expertly … [Read more...]
Grand Prix legends return to Silverstone
An incredible grid of legendary front-engined Grand Prix cars will be one of the standout highlights at Silverstone Festival 2023 from 25-27 August which this summer is celebrating the world famous circuit’s 75thanniversary in spectacular style with special races, parades and displays. As ever, the three-day event will feature an unrivalled line-up of retro races but this year the bill will be … [Read more...]
Leading Welsh racer is back on track
Professional racing driver Seb Morris will make a very welcome return to endurance action just a few days from now having been confirmed as team-mate to GT4 driver Charles Dawson in the GT Cup Championship with RAM Racing. Welshman 26-year-old Morris, from Marford near Wrexham, is thrilled to be back in GT action for 2023 after being drafted in as Dawson’s team-mate for selected rounds of the … [Read more...]
Follow your heroes in a single-seater TrackDays experience
Motorsport fans looking to follow in the tyre tracks of their racing heroes can now live out their dreams following the relaunch of thirteen driving experience packages which allow participants to get behind the wheel of a single-seat Formula racing car. With the start of the 2023 F1 season just around the corner, racing enthusiasts can now select one of the newly reactivated packages … [Read more...]
Welsh firm helping Aston Martin F1 project
Cardiff-based aluminium fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium will assist in the construction of Aston Martin’s new Formula 1 facility at Silverstone. Dudley’s Aluminium will be working with SDC Builders Ltd on the project and install Kawneer doors and capped curtain walling. The 400,000 square foot facility will house the Aston Martin team’s design, manufacturing and marketing resource, as well as … [Read more...]
Newslines 23 August
Octopus Energy Group and National Grid ESO have announced the first successful integration of vehicle-to-grid technology, using a test environment of the Balancing Mechanism, the primary tool used by National Grid ESO to balance Great Britain’s electricity system in real-time. This is the first time that vehicle-to-grid technology has been demonstrated in Great Britain to show that electric … [Read more...]
Bond classic cars going under the hammer
A display of cars from the 007 blockbuster No Time To Die will be in pole position at Silverstone for The Classic over the end-of-summer bank holiday weekend 26-28 August. To celebrate 60 years of James Bond on the silver screen, EON Productions and Christie’s are teaming up to present a very special two-part charity auction with 60 standout lots. The live auction on 28 September includes … [Read more...]
Formula Student takes to the grid next weekend
With Covid restrictions lifted, spectators will be back in full force at Silverstone for Formula Student, which will take place at the famed circuit across the weekend of 9-10 July. For the first time in two years, more than 130 teams from over 30 countries will have the chance to showcase the results of their hard work in formal presentations and dynamic events at the home of British … [Read more...]
Historic F1 sounds echo again at Silverstone
Historic-sounding F1 cars will once again be lining up at Silverstone over the August Bank Holiday. The Silverstone Grand Prix circuit will once again reverberate to the awesome shrill of F1’s best-ever sounding engines at The Classic this summer 26-28 August. The high-revving V8, V10 and V12 powertrains introduced at the end of the 1980s to supersede their turbocharged predecessors are widely … [Read more...]