Ticket sales for The Classic 2022 open today – one month ahead of Christmas – and all those booking their tickets before midnight on the opening day will be in with a great chance of winning some absolutely amazing prizes. Lucky winners could be rewarded with a pair a of weekend tickets to the 2022 Formula 1 British Grand Prix 1-3 July also hosted at Silverstone, a stunning Silverstone … [Read more...]
The Classic returns to captivate car lovers this weekend
This weekend’s eagerly-anticipated 30th birthday edition of The Classic 30 July – 1 August will be the biggest and best in the festival’s outstanding history with record grids, record classic car displays, record anniversary circuit parades and record ticket sales plus epic levels of very welcome entertainment for the whole family. “It’s the high-octane, fun-fuelled event that we’ve all been … [Read more...]
The Classic tribute to the Triumph Stag
As the world’s biggest celebration of retro motoring and motor sport, The Classic is renowned for its record-breaking celebrations of bygone road and racing icons. Visitors to recent festivals have witnessed giant track parades featuring unprecedented numbers of Ferrari F40s, Jaguar XJ220s, McLaren sportscars, Porsche 911s and even Formula One racers. This summer it is the Triumph Stag with more … [Read more...]
Looking back at historic Welsh racer
Unlike best-selling blockbuster novels, specialized books on niche subjects tend to trickle off bookshop shelves over a far longer period of time, so it was perhaps not unusual to receive a fresh new copy of Cyril Kieft’s definitive racing biography some sixteen years after it was first launched in 2005. Despite the delay, this authorized biography, proved a thoroughly absorbing read which … [Read more...]
The Classic gears up for summer spectacular
As the world’s biggest historic motor racing festival, The Classic is an incomparable celebration of motoring nostalgia featuring mind-boggling numbers of automotive legends from both road and track. For a long three-day weekend in high summer, Silverstone’s paddocks are packed with unrivalled multitudes of retro race cars all revving up to renew old rivalries. Meanwhile, the … [Read more...]
Aston Martin to re-evaluate entry into WEC series
Aston Martin Lagonda has postponed development of its World Endurance Championship Hypercar race entry following the recent decision by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and the International Motor Sport Association to harmonise the Hypercar class with the so-called LMDh prototype category in the WEC from 2021 and the US-based WeatherTech Sportscar Championship from 2022. This decision means that … [Read more...]
Take a few historic laps of Silverstone
We’re all familiar with the iconic Silverstone track and the incredible F1 moments created there. What some people don’t know is that Silverstone was initially built on the site of a World War II Royal Air Force bomber station, which opened in 1943. Leasing Options has created an animation where you can see how the track has evolved from three runways into the iconic circuit that it is … [Read more...]
Seb salvages speed from second round of Endurance Cup
Bentley Continental GT3 racer Seb Morris helped Team Parker Racing salvage a top five finish in the Pro-Am class during a luckless second round of the Blancpain Endurance Cup season at Silverstone on Sunday where the Welshman produced searing pace. With a combination of an untimely Full Course Yellow period early in the race, and a major issue with multiple stalls for the No.31 Bentley … [Read more...]
Morris renews 2019 challenge fight
Blancpain Endurance Cup front-runner & Welshman Seb Morris wants nothing less than podium silverware when the season resumes at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit in Northamptonshire next weekend, 11 & 12 May, for the category’s annual visit to British shores. Following an outstanding debut in the globe’s biggest and best GT3 endurance championship last year with Team Parker Racing, Morris … [Read more...]
WRGB sponsor exits event and enters World Rallycross
Former WRGB sponsor Dayinsure will back Britain’s high-profile round of the action-packed FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy. The short-term specialist insurer based in Tarporley, Cheshire has ended a three year sponsorship deal with WRGB and will now channel its marketing into Silverstone’s event. The Dayinsure World WRX of GB takes place over the 25/26 May Bank … [Read more...]