Chris Evans has confirmed that next summer’s CarFest North will be held at Oulton Park on 1-3 August, with CarFest South taking place at Laverstoke Park Farm on the 23-25 August Bank Holiday weekend.

Paul Wignall and Mark Appleton claimed the first place of the Rally of the Tests in an 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint after taking over the lead in the final section from Jan Ebus and Iain Tullie’s 1964 Porsche 356.

Advance discounted tickets for the 2014 Donington Historic Festival, which takes place on 3-5 May 2014, are now on sale.

Commemorating the original Emancipation Run of November 1896, this year’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run held on Sunday 3 November was special even by its historic standards as the longest running and greatest of all motoring celebrations.