Formula Junior will be there
The second all-new grid will be a 40-minute pre-1980 road sports and touring car race for the Road Sports Trophy . At the heart of this grid will be cars from the HSCC ’ s Historic Road Sports and 70s Road Sports grids as well as cars from the Historic Touring Car Championship . The HSCC is keen to welcome competitors from other series , on an invitational basis , for what might be a unique opportunity to race at the Silverstone Festival . Cars from a number of categories will be eligible , particularly those running to FIA Appendix K regulations , but all cars in near standard trim from the 1970s will be welcomed .
Thundersports is the HSCC ’ s series for 1970s sports-racing and GT cars and for the 40-minute Silverstone Festival race the entry will be opened to other suitable cars on an invitation basis , particularly powerful GT cars . Anyone with a car that may be suitable should make contact with the HSCC office as soon as possible .
Across all three grids , entry fees will be kept as competitive as possible and will be detailed shortly .
Meanwhile , the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association will be delivering some great racing as usual at the event with two races for an over-flowing grid of Formula Juniors .
Andy Dee-Crowne said : “ I ’ m delighted that once more our categories will be strongly represented at the Silverstone Festival . We have a close relationship with the event and continue to be the race organising club for this fabulous weekend on the full Silverstone Grand Prix circuit .
“ I hope that many of our racing members will take the chance to be part of the 2023 Festival . I also hope that drivers from across historic and classic racing who normally compete in other series will come and join us for a one-off event . They will be made very welcome and we will make the administration process as simple as possible and keep the entry fee as close as possible to those for other race meetings !”
Festival news ‘ Silverstone Festival ’ marks a new era for the venue ’ s very popular event with a new name and fresh look for 2023 , celebrating all that happens both on and off the track .
The Home of British Motorsport has played host to the event – formerly known as ‘ The Classic ’ – since 1990 and the new name celebrates the wider experience now enjoyed by visitors .
Silverstone Festival ( 25-27 August ) continues to boast an unrivalled line-up of incredible track action as well as recordbreaking displays of classic cars . All the crowd-pleasing grids will be returning in 2023 along with some landmark automotive anniversaries , an incredible line-up of off-track entertainment , main stage music and family fun .
Last year saw the popular addition of Foodie Fest , extreme stunt shows , three nights of live music and current F1 car displays including a worldexclusive tribute to Lewis Hamilton , and now Silverstone is injecting even more vibrancy into the weekend . This year ’ s Festival will celebrate
75 years of F1 will be celebrated
the 75th anniversary of racing at the Northamptonshire track .
The first race meeting at Silverstone was in October 1948 when a makeshift track was set up on the runways of the former RAF bomber station . To mark the anniversary , the HGPCA will take 30 front-engined and 30 pre ‘ 66 rear-engined Grand Prix cars to the event . They will feature in three races , one of them dedicated solely to front-engined cars .
The early cars , some of the type that featured in the first Silverstone International Grand Prix race in 1948 , will compete for the 75th Anniversary Grand Prix Trophy .
A major demonstration during the weekend will be for Grand Prix cars that have raced at Silverstone over 75 years . These cars be on track on each of the three days of the newly retitled Silverstone Festival .
Event director Nick Wigley said : “ We really wanted to mark Silverstone ’ s 75th anniversary with a bumper track programme celebrating the circuit ’ s incredible heritage . While the Festival is broadening its appeal , the racing remains right at its heart and I ’ m thrilled with the fantastic range of grids we ’ ve assembled to mark this important landmark .” In all , a total of 14 grids will deliver 20 races across the weekend .
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