With no British Formula Three championship this year, the F3 Cup is the only championship in the Formula Three category based in the UK in 2015. I went along to watch the F3 Cup at Donington this weekend, as part of the MSVR event there. I have watched and enjoyed the F3 Cup before –…
There is not one but two Ginetta series supporting the BTCC championship this year, with the Ginetta racing at Donington Park including both the Ginetta GT Supercup, and the Ginetta Junior Championship, with drivers as young as 14 racing. I went along to the Ginetta media day at Silverstone a few weeks ago, and…
A returning feature to the support calendar of the 2015 BTCC series is the Renault UK Clio Cup, which made an appearance at Donington last weekend as part of the race weekend. With Mike Bushell, the 2014 champion, having graduated to a BTCC drive for 2015, there were some new faces in the series as…
As part of last weekend’s BTCC event, I saw what was a new racing series for me; MSA Formula at Donington Park. For those who are not familiar with the series, this is a FIA Formula 4 based single seater series for drivers from the age of 15 up. There were some familiar names racing…
The British Touring Car Championship seems to be getting more and more popular, with crowds larger each year. I went to the last round of the 2014 championship at Brands Hatch, which was a busy weekend, and more recently to the media day for the current series, which was impressively busy for a mid week…
Today, 24th March, saw the BTCC 2015 Launch Day at Donington Park, with the various drivers and cars who will make up the British Touring Car Championship on display for the media and fans to see. There were a few big announcements on the day, including that Nicolas Hamilton, brother of current Formula One world…
I realised that last time I wrote about the Donington Aero Park, the aircraft museum beside East Midlands Airport, I mentioned the Nimrod there but did not include any photographs of the aircraft. I took a trip back there at the weekend, and it seemed a good opportunity to take a few photos of the…
Last weekend, the first weekend in May, saw the Donington Historic Festival 2014, the fourth running of the event, and another big success. For those who have not been before, the weekend is a series of races and events with historic cars from various eras in motor sport over the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the…
Formula E is the new class of motor racing from FIA, featuring electrically powered cars, hence the name. Formula E will be based at my local circuit, Lecestershire’s Donington Park in Castle Donington. The complex that will house the new formula is currently being built, and I took a trip along this evening to see…
It appears that there are connections to the Lotus F1, or formerly, Toleman team everywhere at the moment. I wrote recently about a trip to see Lotus F1 earlier in the week, and I had previously mentioned the 1984 Toleman that was in reception at The Donington Collection in Donington Park, which had been Ayrton…
You might start to think that I am obsessed with Castle Donington. I mentioned how it has a great history in motorsport, rock music and aviation, and how wonderful the Donington Collection, the world’s largest collection of Grand Prix cars, is. I also have mentioned that when I was there for lunch yesterday, Ayrton Senna’s…
As most F1 fans reading this are aware, Ayrton Senna was born on the 21st March, and the world of social media contains many tributes to the three times world champion on this date each year. In the UK, one place associated with Ayrton Senna is Donington Park, the race track in North West Leicestershire…