British drivers target Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy

There are few trophies in the world of sport – let alone in motorsport – that can boast the heritage of the Royal Automobile Club’s Tourist Trophy, which was first awarded in 1905.  The world’s oldest motorsport trophy is engraved with the names of sporting luminaries such as Tazio Nuvolari, Stirling Moss, Graham Hill and Derek Bell to name but a few, and since 2012 has been awarded to the winners of the FIA World Endurance Championship season opener, the 6 Hours of Silverstone.  Last week seven of the championship’s British drivers and WEC CEO Gérard Neveu joined the RAC Club’s Chairman of the Motoring Committee Peter Read, other senior club figures, members and selected media for a special dinner to celebrate the Tourist Trophy’s history and its links to the WEC’s British round.  To learn more about the Trophy and what Anthony Davidson had to say about it CLICK HERE

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Sport 1 to broadcast WEC free-to-air in Germany Leading German free-to-air sports TV channel, SPORT1, will broadcast live coverage and highlights from the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship 2017 (all rounds except 24 Hours of Le Mans), beginning from next weekend’s opening round on 16th April, the 6 Hours of Silverstone.  It will also stream the full races live on its website, alongside selected broadcasts on its Pay TV channel, SPORT1+. Live coverage from qualifying and races is complemented by appealing programming formats, featuring circuit presentations, race highlights, driver analysis, podium coverage and interviews.