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 [...]

This weekend (10-11 September 2011) the Aston Martin Owners’ Club holds a landmark meeting at Snetterton. The club has been established for 75 years and held the very first meeting at Snetterton in 1951, making it 60 years since racing engines were first heard at the Norfolk circuit. Motorsport artist and circuit historian Andrew Kitson [...]

There’s just three weeks to go until the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship reaches a crucial part of the season at Lincolnshire’s Cadwell Park, which hosts the Title Fighter decider on August Bank Holiday weekend (27-29 August). Cadwell Park is traditionally one of the biggest events on the BSB calendar and fans from across the [...]

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 [...]

Oulton Park is gearing up to host its first major event of the 2011 season over Easter weekend (23/25 April), when it welcomes a double headline meeting from the British F3 and GT Championships. British F3 and GT brings an exciting mix of multi-million pound sportscars and future Grand Prix stars to Cheshire for practice [...]

A new service between Cardiff and the Isle of Man has been announced for this year’s TT races. The flights will operate through practice week and race week, from 27 May to 12 June. Chairman of Manx2.com, Noel Hayes said: “We had many enquiries about a direct flight from Cardiff to the Isle of Man, [...]

Legendary motorsport stars, Norfolk heroes and historical figures are among the personalities and places to be immortalised by the redeveloped Snetterton circuit, as venue owner MotorSport Vision (MSV) unveils the new corner names for the multi-configuration track. Following the announcement in Autumn 2010 of a multi-million pound transformation of the Norfolk venue into arguably the [...]

A series of superheroes and toys descended on Brands Hatch on Wednesday (16 March) for a race with a difference to raise money for Comic Relief. Captain America, Buzz Lightyear, Spiderman, Bananaman, Morph, Barbie & Ken, the Honey Monster, a Green Army Man from Toy Story and Katsuma all took part in a race on [...]