Masters Historic Festival Brands Hatch GP 27&28 May

[Thundersports]

Originally Posted by 9203RW

By 'unraced in period car', do you mean the car that Purley drove in two Aurora races in 1979?

Thanks for the correction forgot about those 2 races.

[GORDON STREETER]

I would have gone up there this weekend to have a look, also I was offered a couple of decent hospitality suite tickets free. However it would have meant flying back from Spain for a few days or so.
I think I can cope sitting in the local beach bar

[piekey]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

I would have gone up there this weekend to have a look, also I was offered a couple of decent hospitality suite tickets free. However it would have meant flying back from Spain for a few days or so.
I think I can cope sitting in the local beach bar

I think its far drier/warmer in uk rignt now. Got home on wednesday from a very soggy spain

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by piekey

I think its far drier/warmer in uk rignt now. Got home on wednesday from a very soggy spain

What part was you in ? we are down in Mojacar and have been down here on and off for 50 years and have seen the best and worst that can be thrown at us. Last Monday was the worst that we have had for 12 years and within 2/3 hours it caused mayhem.

[Mike Harte]

The BBC reported flooding problems near Murcia city, Gordon.

[geordiecriag101]

Not had a chance to get down to Brands this weekend for the main event, but did manage to get down there on Friday for the test day and heres my vid from the days track action for anyone who interested:

https://youtu.be/DMwgSsnMDBI

[Willmaz223]

Was a nice little event!

Good to see a little revival this year for the F1. Endurance Legends as a series just hasn't really worked given the initial excitement. Pre 66 grids as always deliver at a track so suited for them!

The event isn't what is was but the charm of Brands in the sun is something else!

[Peter Mallett]

I enjoyed the day, although the "moderns" were a bit thin on the ground. Good crowd though who witnessed at least two excellent touring car races. The Pre 66s put on a good show, but, and I may be biased, the HRDC Gerry Marshall Trophy was spectacular. Rovers and Capris drifting through Paddock on the limit were well worth staying on to watch.

[Peter Mallett]

Took a few pictures, a bit generic since I'm looking over the fencing.
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAFM9C and https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAFRna

[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I enjoyed the day, although the "moderns" were a bit thin on the ground. Good crowd though who witnessed at least two excellent touring car races. The Pre 66s put on a good show, but, and I may be biased, the HRDC Gerry Marshall Trophy was spectacular. Rovers and Capris drifting through Paddock on the limit were well worth staying on to watch.

I went on Sunday - quite a good day of racing as you say. Highlight for me was the F1 (the sight and sound of those is always special). Gerry Marshall trophy was good fun too, a good mix of machinery there. Pre 66's were good - maybe lacking some of the variety of old? Could just be my perception - maybe it's the hordes of Cortinas.

The new GT grid was pretty small - I'm not sure that warrants a place on the bill here yet, those cars still have other homes that they can race in. The endurance legends grid wasn't huge either - but those cars do get a free pass on that front because they're just spectacular to watch around the GP circuit. Shame that damage and reliability thinned them out further for the second race. Also the inclusion of GT3 cars (or car ) seems odd -again they still have places to race. Having said that if someone brought out one of the Morgan GT3 cars for this I wouldn't be complaining.

[tbtstt]

Haven't been to this for over a decade due to calendar clashes but, with my original racing plan for Sunday cancelled, I decided to give it a look. Glad I did, as it was an enjoyable day out.

As others have said, entries were a little thin in some classes. Had been hoping for a few more entries in the Sport Cars, but as there was an M1B out there I could forgive the quantity! Pre-66 race was great, the whole field looked really well presented and the gaggle of Cortina's fighting for third were great to watch. F1 cars sounded immense.

Although they didn't have the numbers, the cars in the Endurance class made it one of the highlights of the day for me. Shame that we only got one 90x in the second race, but was still superb to see LMP1 cars on the GP loop. If the respective class numbers remain low then maybe running the Endurance and GT cars together could make things interesting?

Glad I stayed on for the last race as well, felt so sorry for the leader chucking the win away on the last lap.

[stuart thompson]

The Gerry Marshall trophy was a massive highlight to a fabulous weekends racing, I hope they come again, it would also be fabulous to add some Gp2 and Gp5 cars in some way.

[Peter Mallett]

I disagree with part of your post, adding group 2 and group 5 cars would result in the Group 1s disappearing. Look at the MRL Tony Dron Trophy. That said, Sunday's race was extremely good.

[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by tbtstt

Although they didn't have the numbers, the cars in the Endurance class made it one of the highlights of the day for me. Shame that we only got one 90x in the second race, but was still superb to see LMP1 cars on the GP loop.

Agreed - since the fences went up around the loop I don't really go out there as much but I did take the walk to go and see the LMP1 cars stretch their legs. Very impressive and they were the real highlight of the day for me.

Originally Posted by tbtstt

If the respective class numbers remain low then maybe running the Endurance and GT cars together could make things interesting?

I thought about that too - but the concern would be the closing speeds between the LMP1 cars and the GT4 cars. A step too far I think. It'd make sense to put the GT3 cars (or car at Brands) out with the other GTs rather than with the prototypes but that would further dilute the grid of the Endurance Legends.

[stuart thompson]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I disagree with part of your post, adding group 2 and group 5 cars would result in the Group 1s disappearing. Look at the MRL Tony Dron Trophy. That said, Sunday's race was extremely good.

I didn’t mean to add them to the Gp.1/1.5’s, I was thinking more along the lines that it would be great to see some racing in some way at the Masters Festival.