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.
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Jean-Eric Vergne’s next target, having won his 12th race and the championship last weekend at Silverstone, is to see if he can beat the all-time record for the number of race wins in a season, which stands at 14 and was set by Jan Magnussen in 1994.
Carlin racer Vergne will also be doing all he can to help his team-mate James Calado to secure the vice-champion’s position. Racing Steps Foundation-backed Calado is locked in battle with Fortec’s Oli Webb for the honour of finishing the season as championship runner-up.
For T-Sport’s Kings Lynn-based driver Alex Brundle, and for Ipswich man Rupert Svendsen-Cook, the Snetterton races are a home game and a chance to shine in front of an army of local supporters. Buoyed by recent set-up changes which have transformed his Volkswagen-powered Dallara into a top-10 contender, Alex - son of ex-Grand Prix racer and BBC F1 commentator Martin - is relishing the coming weekend: “I’m really looking forward to it; it’s my local track and I’ve always gone well there. It’s one of the fastest tracks in the UK and a great thrill, with a couple of really exciting corners. It offers a very different challenge to other tracks in the UK.”
Snetterton is home track also for Besthorpe-based Litespeed F3, the ‘Lotus junior team’, which, with driver Jay Bridger, has made great strides forward in recent races.
The battle for honours in the National class will be heading towards its climax in Norfolk, with title protagonists James Cole and Menasheh Idafar separated by just nine points with six races remaining. Idafar’s T-Sport machine has finished on top of the class 12 times to the 11 of Cole’s sister machine, but the latter has a superior finishing record.
British F3 is sponsored by US tyre manufacturer Cooper Tire and is further supported by Sunoco Racing Fuels, Anglo American Oil Company and Mirror.co.uk
