Action-packed timetable and exhilarating grid line-up for 2019 Donington Historic Festival

The 2019 Donington Historic Festival promises to be the most action-packed yet. Fifteen grids will take to the track across 18 races, when a hugely diverse range of more than 400 classic racing cars spanning nine decades converge on Donington Park from all over the world.

The provisional event timetable has just been released, and historic motorsport enthusiasts will be spoilt for choice when deciding whether to attend on May 3, 4 or 5 – with many likely to choose to book for all three!

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The race is on… Earlybird tickets now available for 2019 Donington Historic Festival

Earlybird tickets are now on sale for the 2019 Donington Historic Festival, offering extra savings over the already discounted advance ticket prices. Classic motorsport fans have until January 31 2019 to take advantage of the additional savings and secure their place at the world-class historic racing event taking place at Donington Park on May 3, 4 and 5 next year.

The Earlybird offer also comes in plenty of time for Christmas – neatly solving the annual problem of what to pop under the tree for a historic motorsport enthusiast!

MG Car Club announces motorsport calendar for 2019 season

The MG Car Club’s Motorsport activities for the 2019 season have been confirmed with a six race calendar for the Club’s six Championships.

Alongside the Club’s non-motorsport activities, the Club are the largest single marque club organising and managing all of the race meetings and championships. Motorsport is synonymous with the MG brand, with numerous race and rally appearances and also land speed records littered throughout history.

Equipe pre ’63 classic race series set for bumper 2019

With eight meetings comprising a mix of sprint and pit stop races – two on grand prix circuits – the Equipe Pre ‘63 series for Appendix K FIA sports cars is all set for a thrilling 2019 season.

Formulated to recreate the spirit of 1950s clubman motorsport, Equipe Pre ‘63 certainly captured the imagination of drivers and spectators alike this year – its inaugural season.

McLaren 570S GT4 secures memorable 1-2-3 finish in British GT finale

The McLaren 570S GT4 scored a memorable 1-2-3 finish in the two-hour British GT Championship season finale at Donington Park, with customer teams Equipe Verschuur and Tolman Motorsport finishing with cars on the podium.

For the final qualifying of the 2018 season, the 570S GT4 showed strong pace, with three examples in the top five grid slots. The Equipe Verschuur driving duo of Finlay Hutchison and Daniel McKay proved the quickest McLaren over the one lap sprint, lining up second on the grid.

Aston Martin wins British GT crown as Flick Haigh makes history

– V12 Vantage GT3 bows out of British GT with multiple championship titles
– Flick Haigh first woman to win the British GT Championship outright
– Jonny Adam secures third title and becomes series’ most successful driver
– TF Sport clinches Team’s Championship crown with second position

Aston Martin drivers Flick Haigh and Jonny Adam clinched the 2018 British GT Championship title at Donington Park in a historic day for the sport.

A classic date for your diary – The 2019 Donington Historic Festival May 3rd, 4th & 5th 2019

It’s never too early to block out your diary for a key event – and the 2019 Donington Historic Festival is a definite ‘must-do’ entry for classic motorsport fans.

For three glorious days on May 3rd, 4th and 5th 2019, Donington Park will see motorsport history come to life, as hundreds of racing cars spanning nine decades take to the track.

Spectator viewing points are famously fantastic at Donington Park, and the whole event has a wonderfully family-friendly feel while showcasing world-class historic motorsport.

HRDC ‘Classic Alfa Challenge’

The Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) has announced plans for an important invitation race for Classic & Historic Alfa Romeos at Donington Park on 14 October. The ethos behind this accessible invitation race is to promote a possible Series in 2019, which will champion close racing within a proper historic format for classic Alfa Romeo models from three evocative decades: the 1950s, the 1960s and the 1970s.

The series is open to all Alfa Romeo 750, 101, 105 & 116-series cars, which will encompass anything from an early Giulietta Berlina to a four-cylinder Alfetta GTV or an AlfaSud, competing alongside the more familiar Bertone GT coupes in all racing variants.

Legendary cars feature in motor racing legends’ Mad Jack pre-war sports car race at Donington Historic Festival

Grids full of historically important cars are something race organiser Motor Racing Legends is renowned for, since all four of their racing series feature period races, rich with famous drivers and race history.

Entered in last weekend’s Pre-War Mad Jack race was one very special car – a 1934 MG K3 piloted by the owner Teifion Salisbury from Bakewell.

What a scorcher! Donington Historic Festival turns up the heat

The eighth Donington Historic Festival (Donington Park, May 4, 5 and 6) was one of the best yet, with the brilliant May bank holiday sunshine presiding over three superb days of historic motorsport and bringing the crowds with it.