Diary
Hot dates for your diary
Mar 5-15 Geneva motor showMake a weekend of it and drive there, but make sure you bone up on the highlights first. www.salon-auto.ch/enMar 7 Legends of Le Mans, Eynsham Hall, OXONThree hours of archive film footage plus guest speakers, including winning Ford driver Jackie Oliver.www.legendsfilmfestivals.com
Mar 20-21Border Counties Rally, JedburghRekindling memories of RAC rallies of old, this cross-border event includes night-time stages in Kielder. www.bordercountiesrally.co.uk
Mar 27-29Australian GP2009 kicks off down under. Time to enjoy ad break-free coverage and gauge the effects of slick tyres, tall wings and KERS energy boosts. www.f1.com
Apr 3-5Malaysian GPDid you know that the KERS regenerative brake tech gives the cars an extra 82bhp burst each lap to aid overtaking? www.f1.com
Apr 3-5Le Mans Series, SpainAston is going for the big one at La Sarthe this year and its Gulf-liveried LMP1 (above) debuts in Catalunya. www.lemans-series.com
Apr 4-5BTCC, Brands HatchThe 2009 BTCC season begins at Brands with Vauxhall as the only works team. Will the Vectras dominate entirely? Perhaps, but the independents will have more than a fighting chance against the big boys. Most of 2008’s runners are expected back, including Tom Chilton, now in an Arena Motorsport Focus ST. Meanwhile, the BTCC’s youngest ever driver, 18-year-old Liam McMillan, will campaign a Super 2000-spec SEAT Toledo. www.btcc.net
Apr 4-5Run What Ya Brung, Avon RacewayCan’t make it to Le Mans, F1 or the BTCC? Go to Stratford and lose a drag race with a twin-engine Mini. www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk
Apr 7RMA Trackday, DoningtonTime is running out to enjoy the glorious swoops and curves of Donington before it’s remade as an F1 circuit. www.rmatrackdays.com
Apr 18-19British Motorsport Festival, RockinghamCelebrate the best of British, with Radicals, Minis and TVRs starring. www.rockingham.co.uk
