Silverstone Celebration to show of F1 champion winning cars and trucks
Kris Holland BBC News, Northamptonshire Reporting fromSilverstone
Classic Group Lotus Mario Andretti’s title-winning JPS Lotus 79 from 1978 will sign up with the screen of world championship winning automobiles A”legendary”Formula 1 team will display a few of its former world championship winning race cars and trucks at a motorsport celebration, organisers said.The Silverstone Celebration in Northamptonshire, due to be held over the August bank holiday weekend, has actually revealed 4 automobiles from the former Norfolk-based Group Lotus will belong to display featuring F1 cars and trucks raced by all 34 of the sport’s world champions.The showcase is
part of an unique celebration to mark the 75th anniversary of the Formula 1 World Championship.Nick Wigley, the event’s director, stated the display screen was an”ambitious obstacle that nobody has actually ever tried before “. He said:” Now, the star-studded collection is not just almost total, however it likewise includes an incredible number of title-winning cars and trucks. McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull, and Williams have actually already validated their assistance for
the showcase, contributing title-winning vehicles driven by remarkable champions including Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Fernando Alonso, Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Silverstone Museum/BRDC Archive Jim Clark drove the Lotus 25/R4 to all seven of his victories in 1963, including the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Group Lotus was established by Colin Chapman and taped its first F1 entry in 1958. Based at Hethel, near Norwich, the team counted world champs Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Mario Andretti amongst its drivers.British chauffeur Clark was
intrinsically linked with Group Lotus in its formative years, winning titles in 1963 and 1965 and the”iconic”Lotus 25/R4 in which he won
his first crown will sign up with the display, alongside those driven by Rindt, Fittipaldi and Andretti.The festival will likewise include performances from Natasha Bedingfield and Craig David presents TS5.The Silverstone Celebration runs from 22-24 August.