FEATURE : HISTORIC FORMULA 3
Historic F3 will be back at Brands Hatch
The King Hussein Trophy will be presented
Organised by the One-Litre F3 Historic Racing Association , the Nations Cup is open to a maximum of two teams per country with each team comprising up to three cars . The top two cars from each country will score points based on their finishing position in the two races and the top scoring team will win the Nations Cup Trophy . Teams from regions or even UK counties can be entered . The Nations Cup was first held here in October 1966 when the British team of Chris Irwin , Piers Courage and Peter Gethin won the Cup with Irwin winning the race in his Chequered Flag Brabham BT18 .
Subsequent Nations Cups were held at Hockenheim , twice at Karlskoga and once at Thruxton , which hosted the final Nations Cup for one-litre F3 cars in 1970 . In the Thruxton race , Bev Bond was a member of the lead British team with James Hunt and Mike Beuttler .
When Bond made an F3 racing comeback 40 years later , he took a role with the Association and suggested recreating the Nations Cup . Sadly , Bev passed away in November 2013 , but his memory lives on in the Nations Cup as the winning team will receive the GKN Forgings Trophy that he won in the Formula 3 race at the 1971 Silverstone International Trophy meeting .
King Hussein Trophy to be presented
A very special silver trophy donated by King Hussein of Jordan in 1966 will be brought back into use for the aggregate
“ The Nations Cup was first held here in October 1966 ”
HSCC Historic F3 set for Nations Cup at
Brands Hatch
The 2024 edition of the one-litre Formula 3 Nations Cup will be held during this weekend ’ s HSCC Legends of Brands Hatch Superprix as part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the creation of the category .
winner of the one-litre Historic Formula 3 races here Brands Hatch .
The trophy dates back nearly 60 years to the summer of 1966 when King Hussein of Jordan came to Britain for a 10-day state visit . Within the 10 days , there was a free day , and the King was asked what he would like to do on that day . He said that he would really like to see a motor race .
The most suitable event was a race meeting at the newly opened Ingliston circuit on the outskirts of Edinburgh . To support the event King
Hussein arranged for a substantial silver cup to be made and engraved so that he could present it to one of the race winners .
The race chosen was the one-litre Formula 3 race , which was won by the late Peter Gethin . King Hussein made the presentation to Gethin and a year later the trophy was presented to Chris Williams after another F3 race at Ingliston .
The cup now permanently lives with the Scottish Motor Racing Club and SMRC members have kindly agreed to bring it to Brands Hatch and present it to the aggregate winner of the Historic F3 races .
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Jon Milicevic heads the HF3 championship