Two fabulous FIA Masters Historic Formula One races headlined the weekend with Steve Hartley (Arrows A4) the winner of both legs, despite tough oppositionfrom Simon Fish (Ensign N180). The pair edged away from Mike Wrigley (Williams FW07) in the opener, but once clear Fish concentrated his attention on Hartley but couldn’t quite get close enough to attack. Wrigley took third place from Greg Thornton (Lotus 91/5) who charged from the back of the grid after an off in qualifying, while Silvio Kalb (Arrows A4) took fifth. Fish led away in race two but Hartley forced a way past on lap five as he attacked going into Surtees, although Fish never gave up and had a second chance after a safety car period to retrieve Mark Dwyer’s battered March 811. Wrigley again took third, while Kalb got the better of Thornton.

Simon Hadfield and Leo Voyazides took a win apiece in the Greek driver’s Lola T70 Mk3B in the FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship, despite massive pressure from Martin O’Connell (Chevron B19). On a wet but drying track, Hadfield won the first race despite driving cautiously to look after the tyres, but O’Connell did everything he could to find a way by, missing out by just six-tenths of a second. Andy Wolfe took third (in Jason Wright’s Lola T70 Mk3B) from Sam Yates (Chevron B16) and Manfredo Rossi di Montelera (Abarth OsellaPA1). Sunday’s race was dry and led by O’Connell but he was concerned about the Chevron’s gearbox output shaft. Fearing the worst, he retired leaving Voyazides to win from Jason Wright (Lola T70 Mk3B) and di Montelera with Andy Newall (Chevron B8) a class-winning sixth. 

The next stop for Masters Historic championships is Brno, Czech Republic, on July 4th - 6th.