Carlin has been given special permission to run a fourth car in the BRDC British F3 Championship this season, opening the door for Billy Monger to race in the series. The series’ rules state teams can only run three cars, but Monger’s “exceptional” case – following a double leg amputation because of a Formula 4 crash last year – has meant an extra car could be entered for him. Group operations manager Giles Butterfield from MotorSport Vision, which operates British F3, said: “The rules are three drivers per team but the Billy Monger situation is utterly exceptional in our opinion, we’re very keen to help his rehabilitation. “Obviously there are unknowns, how is he going to get on and funding it etc? “Everyone is hoping in time the effort and money to make the fairytale come true is worth it.” Monger has been testing with Carlin – alongside Nicolai Kjaergaard and Sun Yue Yang, who have already signed with the team, … [Read more...] about British F3 rule change clears way for Monger
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2018 Calendars: British GT
2018 British GT Series British GT racing series for FIA GT3 and GT4 cars with two drivers per car, these days run by the SRO using Blancpain BoP. Three race meetings feature 2 x 60 minute races. Google/iCal Calendar links: ICAL -or- HTML For more championships click here. *As at 3 March 2018* 2018 British GT Date Format Track Location 2 Apr 2 x 60 min Oulton Park Cheshire, England, UK 29 Apr 120 min Rockingham Northants, England, UK 27 May 2 x 60 min Snetterton Norfolk, England, UK 10 Jun 180 min Silverstone Northants, England, UK 22 Jul 2 x 60 min Spa-Francorchamps Belgium 5 Aug 120 min Brands Hatch Kent, England, UK 23 Sep 120 min Donington Park Leicestershire, England, UK There are only two changes and those are just housekeeping: Oulton Park moves to early April to stay in line with the traditional Easter Monday date. Spa-Francorchamps is 2 weeks later than last year and now runs the Sunday before the Total 24 Hours of Spa. I visited the … [Read more...] about 2018 Calendars: British GT
2018 British Drift Championship Schedule
It’s that time of year again when we start getting through the race calendars from our favourite motorsport championships. Over the years drifting has absolutely exploded in terms of popularity in the UK and is one of the most popular motorsports in the country. It’s also free to watch VIA the BDC’s live streams from each event, which we must say are brilliant! 2018 promises to be another fantastic year for British drifting and we cant wait to get to some events this year. The schedule for this year is as follows: ROUND 1 – CONCRETE JUNGLERockingham Motor Speedway – March 31 & April 1, 2018 ROUND 2 – RETURN TO THE AUTODROMETeesside Autodrome – June 2 & 3, 2018 ROUND 3 – DRIFTLAND TAKEOVERDriftland – July 14 & 15, 2018ROUND 4 – BACKLASHThree Sisters Racing Circuit – September 15 & 16, 2018 ROUND 5 – THE INVASIONRockingham Motor Speedway – October 20 & 21, 2018 There … [Read more...] about 2018 British Drift Championship Schedule
CAR HEAVEN, BRITISH STYLE
Written by Mark Vaughn on July 7, 2017 in Shop Talk with 1 Comment by Mark Vaughn (This article first appeared in AUTOWEEK magazine.) Hidden away on the Cali coast is a small shop big on English autos IF YOU LIKE OLD ENGLISH sports cars—Austin-Healeys, Jaguars, MGAs—and you wandered into a small shop in San Luis Obispo, Calif., called British Sports Cars, you might check your pulse and respiration to be sure you hadn’t actually died. “Death, where is thy sting?” you might ask, quoting some appropriately English author or other. There is no sting and you are not dead, though this could be considered heaven for you and your ilk—British car heaven, at least, because everywhere you look, there are great sports cars you remember from your faster youth: Triumphs, Loti, Sunbeams and Daimlers (the British kind), as well as Rolls-Royce’s, Bentleys, Jaguars and, everywhere, Minis. British Sports Cars is the largest Mini … [Read more...] about CAR HEAVEN, BRITISH STYLE
Carlin pulls out of British Formula 4 Championship for 2018
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