Tour Britannia route to be unveiled at Race Retro
More details about the route for Tour Britannia (7-9 June) will be unveiled at Race Retro, the International Historic Motorsport Show, at Stoneleigh (24-26 February).
Classic venues like the Croft and Cadwell Park race circuits are already confirmed along with the famous Harewood Hillclimb and the awesome Oliver’s Mount motorcycle course at Scarborough. More venues for both races and asphalt special stages will be revealed at Race Retro, where Tour Britannia will have its regular position in the main ‘speed street’, Hall 2 stand 36.
“We’ve been busy with the final stages of route planning over the last few weeks and have some interesting news to announce both to our regular competitors and prospective new entrants,” said event director Alec Poole. “We’re inviting everyone to come to Race Retro and see what we have in store for this year. I think it will be one of the best routes we’ve had so far.”
Tour Britannia is Britain’s only classic race and rally tour and the eighth running of this unique event will be based in Yorkshire. The Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate will host documentation and scrutineering during Wednesday 6 June before another first for the event, a special prologue stage in the grounds of the hotel on Wednesday evening.
Thursday’s leg will take in the event’s first visit to Croft as well as Oliver’s Mount, along with a brand new special stage venue never previously used on the tour. Friday’s route will include Cadwell Park and Harewood, while on Saturday the route heads south before finishing in the Midlands.
Running alongside the classic event will be Targa Britannia, a parallel event open to any post ’75 road legal car, including sports, GT and saloon cars capable of carrying a crew of two, and complying with MSA race regulations.
Tour Britannia announces partnership with Bonhams and EFG International
Tour Britannia is delighted to announce that Bonhams Auctioneers and EFG International (represented in the UK by EFG Private Bank) have become the main partners of Britain’s premier race and rally tour for classic cars.
Tour Britannia is one of Europe’s leading historic motoring events offering the entrant the choice of the more relaxed regularity category or full-blown competition category. Following the very successful 2011 event, the 2012 Tour Britannia will run from 7-9 June and base itself around the beautiful Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate.
Welcoming Bonhams and EFG International’s commitment to the event, Tour Britannia’s Alec Poole said: “Bonhams has assisted us greatly over the years and we are thrilled that Europe’s foremost collectors’ motor car auction house has become one of our main partners. Bonhams has a long standing partnership with EFG International, which is known for its commitment to historic motoring, and I welcome them alongside Bonhams.”
James Knight, Bonhams’ Group Motoring Director commented: “The Bonhams motoring team has thoroughly enjoyed participating on the Tour; we regard it as a perfect fit to our portfolio of events, and it was only natural to further raise our profile with Tour Britannia.”
Keith Gapp, Head of Strategic Marketing & Communications, EFG International, said: “It is a pleasure to be partnering with Tour Britannia, alongside Bonhams, with whom we have a very strong relationship. Tour Britannia has made strong progress in recent years, and we look forward to supporting its continued development.”
Details of Bonhams' forthcoming auctions can be found at www.bonhams.com.
For more information on EFG International, visit www.efginternational.com. To learn more about its commitment to historic motoring, visit www.efgmotorracing.com