Last weekend saw the 2016 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, as the Formula One circus made its way to the Northamptonshire circuit for its annual visit. As the F1 leaderboard gets closer, this was the opportunity for Lewis Hamilton to close the gap on his team mate and current championship leader, Nico Rosberg. Lewis has…
The BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship 2016 made its way to Silverstone this weekend as part of the BRSCC St Georges Day weekend, and as normal were racing at the same event as the senior Fiesta Championship. The first practice session saw the fastest time set by Callum Hawkins-Row ahead of Harry Gooding and Ronan Quinn,…
This weekend saw the BRSCC Fiesta Championship 2016 at Silverstone as part of the BRSCC St George’s Day weekend event. The racing was taking place on the international circuit with the teams based in the International Pits, part of the Wing complex, which provide great facilities for both competitors and spectators. Of course, as normal,…
The British Superbike season has started its latest season, and got under way at Silverstone. Of course, as well as the main event, there are other series over the same weekend, so here are some details of the support races at the 2016 BSB Silverstone weekend. The weekend had 14 races planned, including two British…
The British Superbike season starts in April, and the first BSB Official Test 2016 was held today at Silverstone as the riders got to show off their bikes ahead of the championship, which opens back at the Northamptonshire circuit on the weekend of the 8th-10th April. Reigning champion Josh Brookes is not in the series…
Last weekend saw a welcome return as the World Series by Renault 2015 moved to Silverstone. The popular series was a regular visitor at Silverstone from 2008 until 2011, and previous to that at Donington Park, before a hiatus in 2012 that saw it missing from the Northamptonshire circuit’s fixtures until this year. The event…
Thanks to Twitter, I was reminded this weekend that there was the opportunity to see the Fiesta Junior Championship at Silverstone as part of the BRSCC racing weekend there. The Fiesta Junior championship is in its fourth season, with drivers aged between 14 and 17 racing Ford Fiestas. Many of their alumni have gone on…
Last weekend at Silverstone saw the 2015 British Grand Prix, and as normal, I went along to see Formula One’s annual visit to the UK, as the Northamptonshire circuit became the centre of the F1 circus for a few days. The Grand Prix weekend is getting longer and longer, with Thursday having a pit lane…
This weekend saw the first event of the BRSCC calendar. For those not familiar with the British Racing & Sports Car Club, it has been around since 1946 and current organises various races and events, with the GT series being one of the more famous, through various types of motor sport. The BRSCC event at…
I happened to be at Silverstone today for a meeting and found out that it happened to coincide with the Ginetta Media 2015 which saw the launch of the cars for the various Ginetta series this year, so naturally I popped along. As I drove from the Wing over to the National Pits, I could…
The British Grand Prix saw the fifth round of the 2014 GP2 series, with the usual configuration of a feature race and a sprint race. There were changeable conditions over the weekend, and one of the things that was probably less visible to those watching on TV was how windy the track was at times.…
One of the great things about motor racing is that there are so many fantastic series for most of us still to discover. I went along to Silverstone last weekend to experience the BRDC F4 championship for the first time, complete with its series of support races. Like many of the series outside the top…