Donington Park, Derby, UK April 1–May 2, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Nearly 50 years ago I stood on the bank at Mulsanne Corner and watched the bright French sun flash on...
The third round of the FIA World Championship for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars was held at England’s undulating Donington Park Circuit on May 3rd. The series received a huge shot in the arm with the success of the first round support race for the Bahrain Grand Prix. To ensure close...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK May 5–6, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The 2015 Donington Historic Festival, set for the Bank Holiday weekend of May 2-4, will feature three full days of...
Donington Park, Castle Donington/UK April 30–May 1, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Donington Park will reverberate to the unmistakable sound of Bentley engines spanning nine decades on Saturday, June 7, 2014, as...
Brooklands and Donington are two names that conjure up the halcyon days of British motor racing. Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey, was the world’s first purpose-built enclosed motor circuit, constructed in 1907. Donington Park, at Castle Donington in Derbyshire, was the first purpose-built road-racing circuit in the UK, opened in...
Ask any F1 enthusiast to name Ayrton Senna’s greatest achievements and the 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington Park is...
The future of one of Britain’s greatest race circuits, Donington Park, has been spectacularly confirmed by the launch of its...
Here in the UK we get a four-day “long weekend” with public holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday, apart from a few minor events this is the traditional start of “the season”; it is a running British joke that these holidays will bring awful weather, well- not this time...
Mark Knopfler driving his Maserati 300S in the Maserati Centenary Trophy race at Donington. Photo: Pete Austin As a boy,...
The outrageous Group B cars from the World Rally Championship of the 1980s have been added to the Donington Historic...
The author found the Amon AF101 quite enjoyable to drive at Donington, now that it has been extensively developed—note particularly the twin canard fin nose treatment.Photo: Pete Austin One of the problems in writing this profile is the temptation to indulge in a long list of Chris Amon misfortunes—and there...
Photo: Pete Austin Jonathon Williams Dear Editor, In regards to Jonathon Williams’ piece on De Tomaso, John Mecom did not...
The VSCC and the Historic Grand Prix Car Association joined forces with Donington Park to savor the return of Auto...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK May 3–5, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on...
A Reunion to celebrate Britain’s first 24-hour race, the fabled Willhire 24 Hours that ran from 1980 to 1994, has...
The Donington Grand Prix Collection put their first works Renault Formula 1 car on show during the “World Series by...
At the final press day for GPLive at Donington Park in the UK, the threat of snow failed to stop a lunch time demonstration of one of the great cars that will be featured at the event on May 18–20. VR’s European Editor, Ed McDonough, was in the driver’s seat...
The Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) has announced plans for an important invitation race for Classic & Historic Alfa Romeos...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK July 14, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Donington, England Apr. 8 Howard Culley piloted his unique 1964 Attila MkIII in the RJB Thundersports Championship race for sports racers.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership...
Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM, during the Donington Grand Prix, on October...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK September 3–5, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The heavy toll on people and machinery over the summer months resulted in a somewhat thinner entry than hoped for, and smaller crowds, at the VSCC’s SeeRed Donington event on September 11-12th. The promised “terrible weather” failed to materialize but the predictions of pouring rain seemed to keep some people...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned...
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Maserati, Motor Racing Legends and the Maserati Club UK are staging a historic Maserati...
The first time I recall sitting in a racing car was as a child at the BRM works at Bourne, England, this would be in the late 1970s. It was one of the then-current F1 cars, the Rotary Watches Stanley BRM P207. This would be toward the end of the...