Over the weekend the HGPCA were in action at the VSCC’s Spring Start featuring a grid of Pre-66 and Pre-61 Grand Prix cars racing on Silverstone’s National Circuit layout. In the Pre-61 class Bruce McCabe was out in the P25-8 starting in 4th place but retired. He did however set a fastest lap of 85.88 on lap 3. In the Pre-66 class was Philipp Buhofer in the BRM P261-2 who
The 81st Goodwood Members’ meeting made history by assembling and running a grid of Can-Am cars in the UK for what is believed to be the first time. 25 of these thunderous and outrageously powerful sportscars had been assembled for a demonstration and include were the Hepworths were their P167 and P154. We popped down to support the Hepworths who were running the P154-02 7626cc V8 Castrol liveried ex-Pedro Rodriguez
This weekend will see a fabulous demonstration of Can-Am cars taking to the West Sussex circuit. These cars are beasts! Outrageously loud and immensely powerful, these cars are certainly a sight to behold. The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, commonly known as Can-Am, was held between 1966 and 1974 for Group 7 cars, manufacturers included Lola and Chaparral, before taking the interest of Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Porsche, before Shadow dominated the
Last Saturday saw the hugely successful Engineered in Bourne event take over the town’s Corn Exchange – with workshops and discussions, and an array of F1 related materials inside; and a display of 4 significant BRMs outside, including the beautiful grand-prix winning Yardley-BRM, and the recently built and raced Chassis IV P15 V16. The event was the culmination of 6 months planning, and was built on the foundations of the successful
BRM had a very successful Goodwood Meeting with no shortage of action, drama and heart in the mouth moments! Mother nature threw everything at us including record temperatures on Saturday and heavy rain on Sunday. Weather aside, BRM and Hall and Hall enjoyed a vintage Goodwood to savour for many years to come. Despite some concerns in the run up to the meeting, Chassis IV fired up beautifully and immediately
This year’s Goodwood Revival (8th to 10th September 2023) will see the BRM V16 Chassis IV return to the famous West Sussex motor circuit to race in the Goodwood Trophy. This year the objective is to “Go Racing” with the focus being on the car and its participation in the race with Rob Hall driving. Hall and Hall will of course be running the car and have been busy preparing
The Silverstone Festival was a very busy weekend for British Racing Motors. Not only were we welcoming our Paddock Pass Members across the three days but also we had guests, sponsors, the first showing of our new retail space and of course the first time in a generation the V16 has run in public at Silverstone. The lead-up to the event was extremely full on as we learned how to
Two BRM P261s were in action at the recent Oulton Park Gold Cup, with two races in the HGPCA Championship. Race 1 saw Philipp Buhofer qualify 5th and finished the race exactly where he started, setting the third fastest lap. Graham Adelman started 16th and finished in 12th. Race 2 saw Philipp again start in 5th but lost a few places ending up 7th overall, again with the third fastest
• Formula 1’s best-ever sounding engine returns to its spiritual home • Legendary Type 15 celebrates Silverstone’s 75th anniversary with special demo laps on Sunday • Motorsport icon rekindles priceless magical memories • Wide range of tickets on sale – kids under 16 go free! Visitors to this summer’s Silverstone Festival (25-27 August) will be treated to the sensational sounds of BRM’s incredible V16 – widely hailed as the greatest
The inaugural Motoring Literary & Art Festival, organised by Porter Press International takes place from the 2nd to 3rd December inside The Wing at Silverstone Circuit – the home of British motorsport. The two-day Festival dedicated to motoring books, art, magazines and automobilia will feature dedicated sessions by a variety of famous speakers from across the motoring world, an exclusive book awards dinner, new book launches and announcements plus a
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