Stunning Season Start for
Equipe Classic Racing
at Silverstone 4-5 April 2026
It was a great start to our season on the Silverstone International circuit last weekend with some big fields, great racing and even a fastest ever race lap of the circuit.It was great to see so many of you back with us and in our paddock, and also thanks to the newcomers and new cars who were a very welcome addition to Equipe Classic Racing for 2026

Equipe 70s
It was a 40-minute pitstop race for the Equipe 70s field on Saturday afternoon. Steve Dance continuing his fine form of 2025 by putting his Ford Capri RS3100 on pole, Rob Cull alongside in his lovely Escort RS1800. Dance led away, Cull with him in the first two laps before slipping back and coming under pressure from the BMW CSL of John Strowbridge. The BMW moved into second on lap second exiting Club corner, Dance by now already well clear at the front.

Cull was the first to make his pitstop, coming in on lap 12, Dance two laps later and Strowbridge and Nick Matthews, his Capri running fourth, on lap 15. Dance stayed clear for the rest of the race to take the win, Strawbridge second on his debut in the series with the BMW. Cull brought the Escort home third, Matthews fourth in his RS2600.

“The Capri is going really well, “said Dance. “I had a few issues during the racebut always nice to win.”

Equipe MG Cup
The large Equipe MG Cup field started the day’s, and the season’s, race action and it was Rhys Higginbotham on pole in his newly built up ZR190 but a slow getaway saw him just sixth at the end of the opening lap, the MGF Cup of Mark Wright leading from Peter Bramble’s fast starting MGB. Higginbotham was on a charge though, up to third after two laps with a gap to close to the lead pair.

He passed Bramble on lap four and two laps later was with Wright, and in the lead by lap seven. Higginbotham stayed clear to take the win and class D, Wight in second and Bramble rounding out the podium. Ales Fletcher was fourth and first in class C, having battled class B pace setter Dan Ludlow in the middle part of the race. Archie Styant claimed class A in his newly restored Rover 216 GTi, James Brown second in class.

“I was caught out at the start as only one red light came on then went out!” said Higginbotham. “I was still sat here as everyone else set off, good to get back through, this is a new car so still working on the set-up.”

In race two on Saturday afternoon again Higginbotham was slow away, Wright once more taking the early lead but Higginbotham moved ahead into Stowe on lap four and started to pen a gap. A slow lap from Higginbotham with three to go saw Wright move closer, but the leader held on to start his season with two wins.

Stuart Tranter took third in his Rover 220 Tomcat after a battle with Bramble and Fletcher, the three finishing in that order. Ludlow claimed his second class B win of the day with sixth overall while in class A this time round Brown got the better of Styant.

“Lots of wheelspin off the line,” explained Higginbotham. “I settled down a bit in the middle of the race but maybe a bit too much as I could see Mark’s MGF coming back at me!”

Equipe Sports Prototypes
The Equipe Sports Prototypes had a race a day, Mike Jenvey in his Jenvey-Gunn on pole with the Revolution 500 EVO of Jude Peters alongside for Saturday’s 25-minute opener. Jenvey led at the start, Peters second at the end of lap one but with the Spire Turbo of Joe Lock right with him.

Despite the very windy condition Jenvey was able to ease away, Lock passing Peters on lap two and in turn opening a gap, that Peters then reduced as the race progressed. Peter reclaimed second at Abbey on lap 12, and the race was stopped after 20 laps as Lock’s car stopped at the start of the Hanger Straight, Jenvey winning from Peters, Scott Mittell taking third in his Mittell MC-41RR.

“I tried to get away quickly at the start as some of these cars have a lot of power,” said Jenvey. “It is really windy, I was having to downshift in some corners, we have a new engine so nice to give that its first win!”

Back in action on Sunday morning it was again Jenvey who led them away, Mittell into second ahead of Peters with Max Windheuser fourth in his Norma. Jenvey slowed on the Hanger Straight, an electrical issue seeing him need to reset his car, then he was back up to pace and chasing down Mittell.

The pair were side-by-side through Farm on lap five and it was Jenvey ahead as they reached the straight, and next lap the leader was still pushing hard and set the fastest ever race lap of Silverstone International circuit, and the first sub one minute lap. Jenvey thus made it two wins for the weekend, Mittell third from Peters, Richard Chamberlain fourth in the Chamberlain CTR-01 raced by son Matthew the day before.

“The car cut out on me early on,” said Jenvey, “and I had to cycle the ignition. I was desperate to try to go under a minute so really pleased to do that and take the win!”

Equipe F2 Atlantic
Callum Grant had his March 79B on pole for the first of Sunday’s two Equipe F2 Atlantic grids, his 1600cc Formula Atlantic car working well with Mark Williams quickest of the Formula Two cars and sharing the front row. Williams made the better start took the lead, Grant getting past at Farm on lap three while Ray Smith and Ewan Bason battled over third.

Grant was flying in the March and soon had enough of a lead to control the race from the front. Williams ran second but had Smith’s Ralt RT4 closing in and Bason in his ex-James Hunt March 712 not far behind. The win went to Grant, Williams taking a secure second as Bason and Smith renewed their dice, Bason getting past down the inside at Abbey with three laps to go to claim third.

“We had new tyres and I didn’t really get off the line,” said Grant, “nice to be in a growing series and pleased to take the win.”

Grant had the front row to himself in race two with Williams not starting, Bason getting away well to run second at the end of the opening lap with Martin Stretton’s March already up to second from the fifth row of the grid only to slow and retire on lap four. Grant pulled away as Bason came under pressure from Smith and Julian Westwood, who was giving his March 78B its UK debut.

Grant duly took his second win, while the Smith and Bason battle went to Smith by less than a second, a highlight of the race. Westwood finished fourth, the Chevrons of Duncan Ross and David Sheppard next up.

“Really enjoyed that,” said Grant, “a big thank you to Equipe Classic Racing for putting these races on for us today.”

Equipe GTS
The 25-car Equipe GTS field put on their usual fine display on Sunday afternoon, John Caudwell leading away from pole in the TVR Grantura he was sharing with brother Brian, though losing that spot on lap two as the MG B Roadster shared by Paddy and Reed leading only to lose out the next lap to Caudwell once more. On a charge was Rob Cull, up to tenth from 24th on the grid on lap one and rapidly working his was through the top ten in his TVR.

Into second by lap four Cull was right with the leader on lap six and the outside line at Stowe corner translated to the inside for the next corner and he took the lead. Cull, the Reeds and John Caudwell all pitted on lap 12 for their stops, Robi Bernberg taking over the lead but in a lap plater in his TVR.

The safety car was out with a car stopped at Village and Noel Leonard pitted from the lead, racing resuming on lap 20. Some confusion with the safety car saw Leonard now as the leader with a big advantage that Cull and the MGB of Simon Cripps set about eating into, and at the flag the screens showed Leonard as still three seconds clear, though a ten-second penalty demoted him to fourth, Brian Caudwell getting past Cripps on the last lap to take second.

”I just had to pick the cars off early on,” said Cull, “the race seemed to go by so quickly and I can only thank the team for all their work after our fuel problem yesterday.”

Equipe Sports Racing Cars
It was a 50-minute race on Sunday afternoon for the Equipe Sports Prototype field, and it was Robert Tusting who led them away from their rolling start in his Lenham P69 to lead from the Chevron B6 of Nick Thompson. The early laps saw a great fight over second, Thompson having right with him the Lenham of Peter Hamilton, and the Chevron B8’s of Robin Tuluie’s and Wil Arif.

The safety car was out on lap five in response to a spin for Tuluie that saw him make contact with the pitwall, and when racing resumed heading into lap nine it was Tusting who was again able to pull away. Thompson pitted to hand over to Sean McLurg on lap 13, and as the others cycled through the pits the leader stayed out until lap 21 to make his stop.

In the final laps Ben Tusting used the pace of the lead Lenham to lap the field and take the win, McLurg bringing his B6 to the flag in second place. Third went to the second Lenham, Sam Hamilton bringing that car home with James Fox fourth in the B8 started by Arif.

“First time I have ever raced round this layout,” said Robert Tusting. “The car is just going better and better each time, I was worried when the safety car didn’t pick me up and I had to catch them up.”

“It was fun watching the cars battling in front at the end,” said Ben Tusting. “I had a lead and I was saving the tyres, and watching the two Elvas battle in front so I didn’t lap them to not mess up their race.”

Equipe Libre
The big Equipe Libre field was headed up the Lotus Elan 26R of Connor Kay and he had a great battle early on with the Cobra of Brian Caudwell, the two very different cars strong in different places do the Silverstone International circuit lap. Kay got ahead and was finally able to open a gap around 10 laps in, but a red flag due to a car stopped on the Hamilton Straight not long after the pitstop window had opened saw a new race declared, a 15-minute sprint with the original grid.

A new race meant that the cars that had already stopped weren’t handicapped by that lost time, and it was Kay again who took the early lead, again with Brian Caudwell second. John Caudwell was initially third in his Cobra, but Eddie Powell slipped by on lap five.

Kay stayed clear and took his first win of 2026 in the Elan, knowing one slip would put the Cobra right back with him, Brian Caudwell having to settle for second from Powell and John Caudwell.

“I spun on the oil that went down in the first part of the race,” said Kay, “and lost the lead. “The restart meant I got away with it but I was able to pull away in the second part of the race.”