Regulations for the 2005 Tour Britannia have been published on tourbritannia.com
1. Route
As its reputation grows, the Tour Britannia organisers continues to shape the route into an even greater motoring extravaganza, with additional venues being offered and added to provide the ultimate British motor sporting experience. Shelsley Walsh will now feature heavily in the itinerary, with two visits to this historic venue, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Billed as the Monaco of hill climbs, it is the oldest motorsport venue in the world that is still held on its original course. Aside from Shelsley Walsh, the crews will take in five other stages during Wednesday’s leg, including Curborough, the world-leading automotive test tract at MIRA, Weston Park and Loton Park.
Monday’s opening leg looks set to include competitive sections at Belvoir Castle, Manby Motorplex and Swinderby, with one race held at Cadwell Park. Tuesday includes the Silverstone National and Southern circuits, as well as the beautiful country estate at Cornbury Park, while Thursday’s finale is at the Silverstone Historic Grand Prix Circuit.
2. Entries
Entries continue to arrive at the Tour Britannia offices with a great blend of age, elegance, speed and history being represented.
One of the early entries came from Michael Schryver with his 1967 Chevron B6, a car that is more often seen powering around circuits. And, interestingly, one of the few people to have ever rallied a Chevron is the event’s Commercial Director Alec Poole…
Three notable entries in the pre-war category include Germany’s Rüdiger Friedrichs, who will be competing in a 1932 Alvis Speed 20, Gerry Leumann, from Switzerland, whose 1929 Invicta S-Type won its class at the 1929 TT at Ards and was a regular at Brooklands in the thirties, and Britain’s Roger Saul, entered in an Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B. All three have entered their magnificent machines in the competition category.
In contrast, American-powered machines will line-up together with these pre-war classics. Howard Redhouse has entered his 1965 Shelby GT350 alongside the sister car of David & Caroline Betts, while Philippe Olczyk will be competing in an extremely rare ex-factory 1965 Bizzarini P538-Chevrolet. An AC Cobra MkII 289 is also on the list.
Former touring car racer and regular European historic championship competitor Nick Faure has also added his name to the ever-increasing list of entries, wheeling out his recently found 1953 ex-James Dean Porsche 356 for the occasion.
Chris Sanders, Michael Kerry and Mike Smith have all entered 1970s Ford Escorts, while Norman Grimshaw brings along the only ex-works Mini Clubman in existence.
Neil Hatfield’s 1952 Jaguar C-Type appeared at that year’s Brussels Motor Show and was subsequently bought by the first F1 World Champion Giuseppe Farina. Andrew and Henry Fletcher bring their 1962 E-Type down from Scotland while an XK150S is entered in the Touring-Regularity category.
3. Licenses
After considerable discussion with the RACMSA, Tour Britannia is delighted to have reached agreement for crews holding the following licenses to enter Tour Britannia. Significantly, this means a far wider range of participants are eligible to take part; great news for the event and its crews.
Touring-Regularity category
Any car RACMSA National B license or higher, including foreign equivalents. These licenses require no training courses or past experience.
Competition category
The driver is required to hold a National B race licence. This requires attendance at a one-day race school course. Additionally, if the co-driver does not drive on Competitive Sections or in Races, then any car RACMSA National B license or higher, including the foreign equivalent, is acceptable.
4. Tyres
In order to control cost, the pre-regulations stated that competitors would only be permitted to use six tyres during the event. However, to ensure all our crews remain road legal, the regulation has been amended to the following:
9. Tyres
9.1 All tyres used throughout the event must be legal for road use in the UK.
9.2 The tyre dimensions must be in conformity with FIA Appendix K.
9.3 A single tread pattern, compound and size of tyre must be used throughout the competition.
For ease of identification, we are also considering an identity panel on the scrutineering sticker to note the type of chosen tyre.
5. Cambridge Motorsport
Cambridge Motorsport are the car transportation partner. Established in 1980, its team has a passion for classic, historic and modern competition cars and with a wealth of experience offers race and rally support and transportation worldwide.
