Historic motorsport fans enjoy Donington’s festival atmosphere
More than 400 historic racing cars descended on Donington Park over the May bank holiday. Visitors were able to soak up the atmosphere of one of the best motorsport nostalgia-festivals on the calendar at the Donington Historic Festival.
Indeed, tannoy announcements such as, ‘Would John Cleland and Patrick Watts please make their way to the Clerk of the Course’ transported everyone back several decades.
The nostalgic element was further strengthened by the presence of hundreds of classic cars in the infield and by the historic rally cars and karts which put on a storming display on the Melbourne Loop.
Anyone standing in the middle of the race paddock could enjoy both the sound of racing cars on track and the noise of rally car tyres squealing on the loop.
Here are our favourite moments from this year's event.
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1000km 'mini enduro' race
The weather did its best to make things even more interesting on the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, with rain and cold wind causing many a spectator to remind themselves that they were there for the love of the sport.
Saturday evening’s 1000 km ‘mini-enduro’ saw a fabulous grid of World Sportscar Championship cars such as Lola T70s, Ford GT40s and no less than 11 Chevrons race into the dusk on a decidedly slippery track. The Broadley Lola T70 3B of Chris Ward and Paul Gibson took the chequered flag after 150 exhilarating minutes.
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