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Brands Hatch Masters Festival

Photos by John Retter

A mixed bag of weather was served up for the Brands Hatch Masters Festival, where John Retter was on hand to capture the best of the classic racing action.

Highlights of the Motor Racing Legends races can be found here

Gentlemen Drivers – Michael Gans (AC Cobra) had to do it all by himself but upon hearing that team mate Andy Wolfe had dislodged his thumb during his off in the preceding FIA Masters Historic Formula One race he knuckled down to hold off a charging Mike Whitaker (TVR Griffith) and win the Stena Line Gentlemen Drivers race at Brands Hatch.

Masters Pre-66 Touring Cars – The pole-sitting Ford Mustang of Henry Mann and Steve Soper led from start to finish to win a thrilling Masters Pre-66 Touring Car race at Brands Hatch. While Mann and Soper kept their cool at the front, lots was going on behind them in a race punctuated by several safety-car periods. Mann was given a fight by Craig Davies’ Mustang in the early stages, Davies closing up to four tenths after 10 laps, but one lap later he dropped out after losing third gear.

FIA Historic Sports Cars – On a wet but drying track after a deluge hit the Brands Hatch circuit shortly before the start, Martin O’Connell was in a class of his own in the FIA Historic Sports Car race. From the start, O’Connell never looked back, winning by 36 seconds over Robert Oldershaw (Lola T212) who passed Gary Pearson’s Lola T70 Mk3B for second one lap before the race was cut short three minutes from the end.

FIA Masters Historic Formula One – Michael Lyons was not bothered by a safety-car period between laps 11 and 13, as the polesitter charged to a dominant victory in the first of two FIA Masters Historic Formula One races at Brands Hatch. Martin Stretton won the second FIA Masters Historic Formule One race of the weekend at Brands Hatch, but as his Tyrrell 012 was in the invitation class Steve Hartley took maximum points from the race. His Arrows A4 kept Stretton honest from start to finish, which came under the safety car after Max Smith-Hilliard and Mark Hazell collided into Stirlings, ending a race-long fight prematurely. Polesitter Michael Lyons had retired after just one lap, driveshaft broken on his Williams FW07B.

Source: Masters Historic Racing

Full results of the meeting can be found here: Results

 

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