What to look out for at the 2025 Silverstone Festival
The Silverstone Festival, formerly known as the Classic, is one of the highlights of the international historic racing calendar. The event has grown hugely over the past three decades and now encompasses many attractions, from music shows to multiple classic car club displays, but the on-track action remains at its heart. The focus of the […]
The F1 and sportscar highlights of the Retromobile historic extravaganza
France, birthplace of motor racing 130 years ago and a patriotic bastion of style, elegance and avant garde design, is the perfect home of Retromobile, arguably the world’s greatest car show. Staged in Paris since 1976 and with Europe’s best museums, motor manufacturers selling historical soul, leading collectors of reassuringly priceless automotive jewels, specialist craft […]
Horner’s pre-Goodwood F1 test drive an uplift in Red Bull positivity
Even for someone who has experienced 381 starts in Formula 1, it is interesting how the nerves can still get to you. Christian Horner has been at all of Red Bull’s races and overseen its 120 victories and 277 podiums. But until just under a week ago, he had never sampled one of the cars […]
Ex-F1 racer Pirro makes motorbike racing debut at Goodwood
The 62-year-old Italian contested the Hailwood Trophy for 250cc and 350cc two-stroke grand prix and Formula 750 motorcycles that raced up to 1983. He qualified the Michael Russell-entered Yamaha TZ250 20th in the 34-bike field, 9.7 seconds off pole. The Le Mans winner of 2000-02 and 2006-07, who recently left his role managing the McLaren young […]