British holiday information

The first event of Brands Hatch’s busy 2012 season takes place this Sunday (22 January) with the Chelmsford Motor Club set to return to the Kent circuit with the TRS (Essex) Ltd Brands Hatch Stage Rally after a success inaugural event last year. Stage rallying is an event rarely seen in the south east and [...]

Damon Hill’s 1996 World Championship-winning Williams-Renault FW18 is set to appear at Brands Hatch this bank holiday weekend (28-30 May) among a host of other legendary Formula One cars. Damon Hill’s time at Williams will be forever associated with his rivalry with German Michael Schumacher and a range of cars celebrating his Benetton team from [...]

The 50th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type is to be celebrated at the Brands Hatch Masters Festival this coming May Bank Holiday, 28 – 30 May. The event, a major fixture in the historic racing calendar, will take place on the full Grand Prix circuit on the Sunday and Monday. Included in the E-Type entries [...]

The famous Isle of Man TT races get underway at the end of this month. TT fortnight, which consists of the practice week and a week’s racing, runs from 28 May until 12 June. This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the Mountain Circuit and will also see Yamaha celebrate 50 years of TT [...]

Brands Hatch has revealed 13 headline events for the 2011 motorsport season, featuring a hat-trick of British Superbike meetings and three major international championships. Two wheel fans can enjoy even more track action from the UK’s premier domestic bike championship next year, as the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship will visit the Kent circuit on [...]

The Beaujolais Run, a unique charity driving experience, has announced that Nigel Mansell OBE will launch its 38th event at the iconic Brands Hatch circuit in Kent on Tuesday 16 November. The Beaujolais Run is a navigational shootout through a cryptic checkpoint course, which begins at a location in the UK and ends in deepest [...]

Brands Hatch is revving up for a bevy of ‘spooktacular’ entertainment this Halloween (Sunday 31 October), as the monstrous machines of the British Truck Racing Championship arrive at the West Kingsdown circuit for their 2010 season finale. These five tonne powerhouses boast 1,000bhp and are capable of reaching speeds of up to 100mph, lapping the [...]

MotorSport Vision is to become the custodian of the National Motor Racing Archive, after reaching an arrangement to take over the phenomenal efforts of creator and sole archivist Martin Hadwen and ensure the collection’s safe storage and future development. Founded by Hadwen in 1987, the National Motor Racing Archive is dedicated to the preservation of [...]

The fight to become the 2010 MCE Insurance British Superbike champion will intensify this weekend (16/17/18 July) as the title battle reaches the high-speed Snetterton circuit for a triple-header round for the first time this season. Josh Brookes and the HM Plant Honda team lead the overall standings by just four points from Worx Crescent [...]

Fans of the British Superbike Championship can get their fix this bank holiday weekend when the racing descends on Oulton Park. Oulton Park is renowned for producing some of the most thrilling and closest racing of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship season so fans can expect this round to be no different. The 2010 [...]