Forthcoming UK Events
| Date | Event | Location |
| 06-08.07.2012 | Formula 1 British Grand Prix | Silverstone (Arena GP) |
| 01-03.06.2012 | British Drift Championship | Norfolk Arena |
| 23-24.06.2012 | MG Live 2012 | Silverstone |
| 25-26.08.2012 | FIA World Endurance Championship | Silverstone |
The 2012 Season Starts Here
The last week has seen a flurry of activity as championships big and small held their annual media days and opening tests, with some already even getting down to racing proper. The British Touring Car Championship heads strongly into a new all-turbo generation and this year boasts 10 models from nine different marques on its 24-car grid, including the technicolour liveried return of the MG name.
The BTCC season opener hits Brands Hatch on 1st April, followed a week later by the first rounds of the British GT Championship and the British F3 International Series at Oulton Park. While some single-seater formulae have struggled in recent times - Formula Renault postponing its UK series due to poor entries - British F3 continues to attract young talent. With recent champions including the Scuderia Toro Rosso pairing of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne, its status as a stepping-stone to Formula 1 is hard to dispute.
Read more...School Team Steps Up to VW Cup
- Details
- Category: VW Racing Cup
- Monday, 22 August 2011
The teams plans were focussed on the Fiat Abarth series, but with its demise, the VW Racing Cup was a good fit, as team boss, Paul Kneeshaw explained, "The Volkswagen Racing Cup ticks all the right boxes in terms of the level of professionalism of the teams and the engineering of the cars. We are really looking forward to it.”
On 3-4 September, the team's new car, a Mk IV Golf GTI will hit the track for the first time. Like its previous cars, the Golf has been prepared for the track from a donated road car by students aged 14-18 from schools in Northamptonshire, Rutland and Cambridgeshire as part of their GCSE-level qualifications in motor vehicle repairs and engineering. The driver is still to be confirmed as the team work with a number of different drivers, including their Fiat regular Cassey Watson.
Championship manager Melissa Wright welcomed the new team: “We are over the moon to see Lunar Racing joining the championship. It is a great initiative for grass-roots motorsport and I know that the other competitors will be pleased to see the team and to offer them all the help they can.
“It is great also that Lunar has chosen an older-model Golf for the project, which adds further to the diversity of the grid, something for which the championship is justly famous.”
The project is based at the Rockingham circuit in Corby, so the race, a part of the British F3 and GT support package, will be on their home turf. We'll be there to cheer them on and watch the devlopment ahead of a planned two-car assault in 2012. Further updates can be found at the team's website - www.lunarracing.com.
