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Masters Crowns 2018 FIA Champions

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Nick Padmore, Greg Thornton, Julian Thomas & Calum Lockie and Keith Ahlers & Billy Bellinger have been confirmed as the Masters Historic Racing champions of 2018 from the two FIA Historic Championships that Masters operates.

Thornton and Padmore scooped their titles in the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship while Thomas & Lockie and Ahlers & Bellinger triumphed in the two divisions of the FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship.

Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort, 31. August - 2. September 2018 Michael Krause
Nick Padmore, Williams FW07

 

Nick Padmore

Nick Padmore enjoyed a stellar season in the post-1978 division of the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship, taking nine outright race wins and 10 fastest laps on his way to the title aboard Max Smith-Hilliard’s Williams FW07C. His runner-up was the experienced Christophe D’Ansembourg who bagged two wins, at Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps, as well as the fastest lap at the Belgian circuit. Mike Cantillon, a relative newcomer to historic racing, took three race wins on his way to third place in the post-78 division for the Head and Lauda classes.

 

 Michael Krause
Greg Thornton, Lotus 77
Greg Thornton

The ever-consistent Greg Thornton split his season between his Lotus 77 (that suffered damage mid-season) and the March 761 on loan from Katsu Kubota for the remainder of the season. Thornton took seven wins on his way to the pre-78 section (Fittipaldi and

Stewart classes) of the championship with 11 race fastest laps falling to the flying Thornton as well. His main opposition came from Jason Wright who ended the season second after two wins and two fastest laps aboard his Shadow DN8, while the enthusiastic Max Smith-Hilliard secured third place with an impressive four pre-78 wins in his Fittipaldi F5A, underlining the openness of the racing and variety of the grids in the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship.

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Julian Thomas/Calum Lockie, Chevron B8

The popular FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship had separate champions for the pre and post-66 sections. The post-66 division went down to the last race at Dijon where Julian Thomas and Calum Lockie, a modern GT champion two decades earlier, secured their win. The two took four class wins and, although their Chevron B8 couldn’t challenge the big-bangers for overall wins, class points ensured the title success for the duo. Jamie Boot, also Chevron-mounted, was second in the title race with his B16, with a class win at the Nürburgring Oldtimer event to his name, while tying on points for third were Jason Wright, Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield. Wright raced his Lola T70 Mk3B on his own and took a class win at Imola, effectively a home win for the Italian-domiciled American. 

The regular combination of Leo Voyazides and Simon Hadfield shared Leo’s Lola T70 Mk3B to victories at Brands Hatch and Dijon on their way to third in the championship.

46. AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix auf dem Nuerburgring, 10. - 12. August 2018 Michael Krause
Keith Ahlers/Billy Bellinger, Cooper-Monaco

Reigning pre-66 ‘Hulme Class’ champions Keith Ahlers and Billy Bellinger did it again with a second successive title in Ahlers’ Cooper-Monaco. Three class wins fell to the experienced duo, ahead of Chris Jolly & Steve Farthing on their Cooper Monaco and Michel Smits who was a welcome visitor in his rebuilt Lola T70 Mk1 Spyder. He took a class win at Imola, but a broken engine affected his season and caused him to skip a couple of events.

New for 2018 was a ‘Grand Masters’ Championship for driver’s over-60 in the FIA championships, in which Jason Wright took the prize in the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship ahead of Joaquin Folch-Rusinol in his Brabham BT49 and Andrew Beaumont, who raced his Lotus 76/1 and 81 across the season. The equivalent award in the FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship fell to Keith Ahlers ahead of Jamie Boot while Jason Wright and Leo Voyazides tied for third just as they had in the main championship itself.

Ron Maydon, Masters Historic Racing Founder, said: “We’d like to congratulate our 2018 FIA champions at the end of a hugely competitive season. We have had some new venues, new names and new initiatives in the season, and I would like to thank all those who embraced and helped make the new initiatives work so well.  We have seen some excellent racing and great action for the fans. Our congratulations go to our FIA champions and we look forward to seeing how they fare in 2019.”

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Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Road & Racecar magazine, as well as Editor of Alfa Owner, The Oily Rag and BMW Ultimate Classic magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in neurobiology. Along with his passion for automobiles, Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who’s competed over 10 times in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey still contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and racecars and edits and curates the content for this website.
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