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#1 Supertourer

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Posted 20 November 2015 - 09:23

I see the theme for 2016 has been announced. For those of you that haven't seen it, pr copy below. I remember this era well and cars from this period are largely locked away in collections with the odd run out demo from some cars - we are all used to seeing the TGP and earlier F1's out and about , so to see the simplicity of some 90's cars even static will make a change!

 

 

 

Race Retro will celebrate the career of British racing driver Damon Hill to mark the 20th anniversary of his World Championship win and his time with Williams, when it returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February 2016.
Various guests from Williams have been invited to appear throughout the weekend, which will culminate with a confirmed appearance by Damon Hill, making his Race Retro debut, on Sunday 28th February.

As part of the celebration, four of Damon’s most famous cars from the Williams Heritage Collection will be on display – the championship winning FW18, the 1995 FW17 race winning car, the 1993 FW15C with which Damon won his first Grand Prix, and a 1990-91 FW13B which Damon drove to make his debut as a Williams test driver in 1991. In 1993 Damon was promoted to the Williams race team and took the first of his 22 victories at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
During the mid-1990s, Hill was Michael Schumacher's main rival for the Formula One Drivers' Championship. The two protagonists clashed on and off the track. Their infamous collision at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix gave Schumacher his first title by a single point. Hill went on to became World Champion at the 1996 Japanese Grand Prix, memorably captured by an emotional Murray Walker who proclaimed ‘I’ve got to stop because I have a lump in my throat”. Hill won eight Grand Prix on his way to the 1996 title and started all of the 16 races from the front row of the grid, completing a dominant year for Williams securing the Constructors Championship some 105 points ahead of Ferrari.

Williams Grand Prix Engineering was founded in 1977 by Sir Frank Williams and engineer Sir Patrick Head, the cars on show at Race Retro form part of Williams Heritage whose mission is to preserve, showcase, run and service cars from the teams past. It is overseen by Jonathan Williams and former Williams team manager Dickie Stanford. Both Jonathan and Dickie will be available for Q&A’s on the live stage during Race Retro.

Tom Siddall, Race Retro Event Director commented “We are thrilled to celebrate Damon Hill’s World Championship win at Race Retro, which I know will bring back great memories for our visitors. We are delighted to be working with Williams Heritage to enable F1 fans to see these iconic cars on display”
 

Jonathan Williams of Williams Heritage added; “Williams Heritage was established in 2014 to showcase Williams’ historic racing cars to a new generation of fans and we are delighted to be taking part in Race Retro this year. This will be one of a number of events in 2016 where Williams Heritage will be celebrating 20 years since Damon Hill’s Championship win - an iconic moment in Williams and Formula One history.”

 

 



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#2 2F-001

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Posted 17 February 2016 - 21:24

Any TNF-ers heading to Race Retro this year?

 

Anyone who's been in recent years — is it worth the trip? Somehow I've not made it there before, but may well be in Leicester that weekend anyway after my Mother's funeral, so travelling to Stoneleigh would be quite easy.

 

Which day would be favoured, or most patronised by fellow TNF-types?



#3 Allen Brown

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Posted 17 February 2016 - 22:59

I never miss it. Friday's best.

#4 Nick Savage

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Posted 18 February 2016 - 07:47

Allen is right. I have been to every one after giving up on the Autosport Show (too many karts). Stand in one place long enough at Race Retro and you will meet everyone you know in historic racing ...  a very social event.

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#5 Collombin

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Posted 18 February 2016 - 11:53

Stand in one place long enough at Race Retro and you will meet everyone you know in historic racing


You won't if everyone else follows the same strategy.

#6 Allen Brown

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Posted 18 February 2016 - 12:56

Free coffee?!  What time?



#7 2F-001

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Posted 18 February 2016 - 13:36

Don't think I'll be able to make Friday, as I'll probably be on 'parent watch'. Though, at other times my Dad would have revelled in Race Retro too.

 

Any other likely weekend attendees to look out for?



#8 Seedy

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Posted 18 February 2016 - 16:11

If you are going to Race Retro be aware that the rally cars are in action outside on Saturday & Sunday only and its usually freezing!!

 

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#9 doc knutsen

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Posted 18 February 2016 - 19:59

My friend Ole and i will be going, although it is a bit of a long drive - some eleven hundred miles on the road through Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France. And, of course, the same distance going back. We have been at Race Retro the last six or seven years iand I would not miss it. There used to be an excellent ferry service from Esbjerg in Denmark to Harwich which made the journey very much more enjoyable, but this ferry service was cancelled over a year ago.

incidentally, failing to pay a British road toll charge while en route for RR last year cost me well over ninety pounds. We were in a leased small van at the time, as we were also to collect some racing car bits and pieces. The van had one of the little transponder thingies (fitted to the windscreen), which works with the road toll systems throughout Europe, except, so it seems, on a major road somewhere north of London. I did not know this, and certainly found no no signs nor a toll booth or any other means to pay the charge of £ 3.40 at the time. The fee, apparenty, doubles when unpaid, every two or three weeks, which was to become rather costly: The bill was sent to the Norwegian licensing authorities, the car having been identified by camera, who then sent it to Renault Norway, the car being a Kangoo van. From there it went to the leasing company (it was a leased company van) then onto the local Renault dealer, who finally notified me after some months. The fee had, by this time, swollen from £ 3.40 to over £90.

So, any tips on finding out when a road toll is applied, and how to pay it locally when it is applied?


Edited by doc knutsen, 18 February 2016 - 20:01.


#10 glyn parham

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Posted 18 February 2016 - 21:04

Looking forward to my first visit to the show in my unnofficial capacity as RTH's chauffeur. I hope to meet as many old friends as possible next Friday.
Glyn

#11 Allen Brown

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Posted 18 February 2016 - 21:55

We have very few toll roads in the UK, and I'm sure any we do have would blindly ignore any cross-European payment aystem. I'd guess it was the bridge over the Thames on the eastern side of the M25. Isn't that a toll bridge? The only other likely one is on the M6 but you should have been south of that.

#12 Roy C

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Posted 19 February 2016 - 07:39

My friend Ole and i will be going, although it is a bit of a long drive - some eleven hundred miles on the road through Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France. And, of course, the same distance going back. We have been at Race Retro the last six or seven years iand I would not miss it. There used to be an excellent ferry service from Esbjerg in Denmark to Harwich which made the journey very much more enjoyable, but this ferry service was cancelled over a year ago.

incidentally, failing to pay a British road toll charge while en route for RR last year cost me well over ninety pounds. We were in a leased small van at the time, as we were also to collect some racing car bits and pieces. The van had one of the little transponder thingies (fitted to the windscreen), which works with the road toll systems throughout Europe, except, so it seems, on a major road somewhere north of London. I did not know this, and certainly found no no signs nor a toll booth or any other means to pay the charge of £ 3.40 at the time. The fee, apparenty, doubles when unpaid, every two or three weeks, which was to become rather costly: The bill was sent to the Norwegian licensing authorities, the car having been identified by camera, who then sent it to Renault Norway, the car being a Kangoo van. From there it went to the leasing company (it was a leased company van) then onto the local Renault dealer, who finally notified me after some months. The fee had, by this time, swollen from £ 3.40 to over £90.

So, any tips on finding out when a road toll is applied, and how to pay it locally when it is applied?

It does sound like the Dartford Crossing (tunnel northbound or bridge southbound) under/over the Thames on the M25. The toll booths were removed some time ago and it now uses ANPR.

 

There is also the London Congestion Charge Zone, but that is more expensive.



#13 Peter Morley

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Posted 19 February 2016 - 10:26

It does sound like the Dartford Crossing (tunnel northbound or bridge southbound) under/over the Thames on the M25. The toll booths were removed some time ago and it now uses ANPR.

 

There is also the London Congestion Charge Zone, but that is more expensive.

 

The other possibility is the M6 toll that Allen has mentioned.

 

Doc

 

Once you are aware of them paying is easy if you have internet access and a bit of a pain if you don't!

I'm not sure about the others but for the Dartford toll you now go to the website, enter a registration number and pay for as many rides as you want, you don't have to specify the date and they just deduct each crossing as the number plate recognition identifies your vehicle.

But Dartford is free at night so check the time you will be going.

 

You were very unlucky to be fined, because the UK won't share registration information with other countries (such as France, when people have been photographed speeding) they don't share information either.

Presumably it was the tax people rather than the police that chased you and they have different reciprocal arrangements.



#14 RTH

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Posted 19 February 2016 - 12:33

Amendment dept:-

 

I have just been asked to point out that I was wrong to imply  we could meet and get a cup of coffee on the Motor Sport stand.

It is in fact something which might  be available only to  fully paid up subscribers to the magazine - so I imagine you would need to produce proof of identity and  a payment receipt.

My apologies to Motor Sport and to all readers for giving a misleading impression.



#15 Allen Brown

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Posted 19 February 2016 - 12:45

I am a subscriber so I note that I might be lucky.  Should everyone else bring their own straw? :)



#16 Michael Oliver

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Posted 19 February 2016 - 13:18

I am a subscriber so I note that I might be lucky.  Should everyone else bring their own straw? :)

 

Allen, don't get too excited. I took advantage of it last year as a subscriber and I seem to recall it was instant coffee...but still very enjoyable nonetheless to take the weight off my feet and chat with like-minded MS readers! And of course it may not be instant this year...



#17 2F-001

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Posted 19 February 2016 - 14:28

This will doubtless brand me as a heathen, but I am not a coffee enthusiast (I'd have written connoisseur if I'd known how it is spelt) so instant is just as acceptable as any delayed or long-winded kind!

 

As a subscriber, I recently received a small tin mug bearing the masthead - perhaps we're intended to take those along with us...



#18 oldclassiccar

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Posted 26 February 2016 - 18:50

Seemed pretty busy to me today at Race Retro (interesting to note that today it was announced that Clarion Events Ltd is taking over the future RR events from Live Promotions).

 

It was neat to see the Rover BRM again, last time I saw this it was part-dismantled, minus powerplant, in the same workshop my old lorry was restored in.

 

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http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18245

 

RJ



#19 MCS

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 14:24

The Rover-BRM was on display at the National Heritage Motor Museum, just off the M40, when I was there about five years ago. 

 

It is now known as the British Motor Museum, apparently.  I do hope they have seen fit to give it a tidy up.  It was rather disappointing to say the least and everything was dusty.


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#20 alansart

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 17:31

The Rover-BRM was on display at the National Heritage Motor Museum, just off the M40, when I was there about five years ago. 

 

It is now known as the British Motor Museum, apparently.  I do hope they have seen fit to give it a tidy up.  It was rather disappointing to say the least and everything was dusty.

On the contrary, I thought it was rather nice to see it unmolested  :)

 

I'll post some piccies if I can find some time tomorrow.



#21 2F-001

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 17:54

On the contrary, I thought it was rather nice to see it unmolested  :)

 

Hmm… I thought MCS was referring to the museum rather than the Rover-BRM… (but then, perhaps you were too!).

 

I wonder why some 'combination car names' usually have the engine quoted first; for example, Rover-BRM, Repco-Brabham, as opposed to Lotus-Ford, or Cooper-BRM.



#22 MCS

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 19:00

Yes, I did mean the museum, Tony.  But in any case, I will look forward to seeing Alan's pictures.  :yawnface:



#23 geordiecraig101

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Posted 28 February 2016 - 12:58

Had a canny day there yesterday, tho must say its the first time i been to motorsport show and come home with a bag full of pies n cheese!

 

Loved the action on the live stage as sum crews were giving it there all and putting on a fantastic show. Really hope someone got on video who ever was at the wheel of the 555 Impreza overtake on Mick Strafford in the Firenza Can AM as that was so close to a monster accident and had everyone watching close their eyes.

Anyways heres my vid from the live stage, enjoy:

https://www.youtube....h?v=Ywj1-MMQIDE



#24 Alan Cox

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Posted 28 February 2016 - 15:58

Fabulous 1/20th scale diorama of a 1963 paddock scene of Lotus 25s being unloaded, exhibited on the Kit Lotus stand

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Sorry if I'm pre-empting alansart's posting of pics of the Rover-BRM but here is the car's rather nice interior

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It was good to see Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus 59 from 1969. It has been in the same ownership since 1973

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#25 bill p

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Posted 28 February 2016 - 16:20


 

 

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Brabham BT21B

 

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Lotus 41

 

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and Emerson's Lotus 59 again - my favourite!!

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#26 bill p

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Posted 28 February 2016 - 16:27

Henri Toivonen's cars

 

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Apologies for focussing!!



#27 bill p

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Posted 28 February 2016 - 16:34

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#28 alansart

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Posted 28 February 2016 - 18:33

Hmm… I thought MCS was referring to the museum rather than the Rover-BRM… (but then, perhaps you were too!).

 

Well that serves me right for glancing at a post and not reading it properly  :blush: 

The promised photos...

25323524616_2857da9501_c.jpgRover_BRM by Alan Raine, on Flickr

24982021249_9f94681e4c_c.jpgRover_BRM_3 by Alan Raine, on Flickr

25054080840_9500b77d20_c.jpgRover_BRM_2 by Alan Raine, on Flickr

24982012089_b73bf8258e_c.jpgRover_BRM_4 by Alan Raine, on Flickr

24719063404_bfb4779c3c_c.jpgRover-BRM Interior by Alan Raine, on Flickr