About Historic

As well as a full time racing programme in the Avon Tyres British GT championship in 2011, Michael also races in selected historic Formula 1 and historic Sports cars in the prestigious Masters series. Michael has already won two Grand Prix this year in the Hesketh 308e at Brands Hatch. Also on the calendar is the ever prestigious Silverstone Classic event. One of the unique aspects of this event is that Michael will be racing against his mother and father – also historic Formula 1 machinery!

GRAND PRIX MASTERS

3 litre F1 Cars built between 1968 and 1978

From the pre-ground effects and pre-turbo era of F1 racing, Grand Prix Masters offers fast racing and close competition. Running in four distinct classes, providing a series of double-header races, emotive grids from the likes of Hesketh, Tyrrell, Lotus, Matra, McLaren, Cooper, Surtees and BRM, compete over two separate races per weekend.

Grand Prix Masters relives a fantastic decade of Grand Prix racing, including the actual cars driven by GP stars such as Hunt, Fittipaldi, Stewart, Amon, Rindt, Hill, Reutemann, Beltoise, Cevert and Peterson.

WORLD SPORTSCAR MASTERS

Le Mans type Group 4 Prototypes, built between the mid-1960s up to 1974

2011 will be World Sportscar Masters’ seventh season with Masters and promises more exhilarating racing from the Group 4 period of endurance racing.  Covering a wide range of evocative and powerful sports cars, from Ferrari to Porsche 917s, Lola T70s to Alfa Romeo 33/3s, from Chevrons to Abarths, the series generally provides two shorter sprint races over a weekend.

With all cars running on Dunlop period treaded tyres, and a number of class wins up for grabs, close dramatic racing is ensured throughout the field at every event.