Octane UK

These are the cars – and motorbikes – run by the magazine’s staff and contributors

RM Sotheby’s, Milan, Italy 15 June

Charterhouse, Somerset, UK 14 July

£31,995 from Hexagon Classics, London, UK

It may have been forced to be held behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but this popular event on 1-2 May was a hit with entrants and the many who enjoyed watching the action via a livestream. And with qualifying and 11 races crammed into the weekend, there was plenty of action on tap for viewers. Grids ranged from pre-war sports cars to historic Touring and Grand Prix cars, plus the Jaguar Challenge for pre-1966 examples, Formula Junior and more. One of the highlights was the Historic Touring Car Challenge for the Tony Dron Trophy. This frenetic hour-long race for 1960s to 1980s Touring Cars brought together a 40-strong grid of everything from early-60s Cortinas to mighty 1993 Group A Nissan Skyline ‘Godzilla’ (as featured in Octane 203). The undoubted star, however, was the flame-spitting 1989 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 of Craig Davies and Steve Soper.