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Post Silverstone Bulletin
Post Silverstone – Bulletin 1 It is extremely disappointing to be having to write this bulletin but it is imperative that solutions are found to prevent the amount of car contact that occurred during the 24hr race at Silverstone this weekend. We have, over the winter, put a number of rules into place to help […]
Silverstone 2019 Scrutineering Notes
Scrutineering is going to be really busy as BARC have to safety and compliance scrutineer 100 cars, weigh and seal ballast trays on 100 cars and check the clothing, helmets and Hans devices for 425 drivers. It will start at 9am on Friday morning and run throughout the day. Please remember that the scrutineers are […]
2019 Silverstone 24hr Corrections
Quite how all four of us could manage not to have noticed the typo in the summary timetable, none of us can now work out, but many apologies. Here is the correct summary timetable, with one-and-a-half hours available for qualifying, which is still tight, but at least possible! The correct important bits for us are: […]
2019 Silverstone 24hr Instructions
Silverstone 24hr Essential Information Here is some essential information and the timetable for the upcoming 24-hour at Silverstone. This will be the largest grid ever to start a race in the United Kingdom. TimetableBARC have published the timetable, which can be found here. The important bits for us are: Start End Activity Friday 09:00 17:00 Paid testing […]
Stop Press – Silverstone
Stop Press – Silverstone 24hr Today we secured agreement with Motorsport UK and Silverstone that 100 cars can compete at our 24hr race, April 26th-28th. We would like to thank Motorsport UK for allowing us to run the largest ever grid at a UK circuit race. The effect of this is that all previous reserve entries can be […]
Entries Update
Entries Update The first C1 race of the 2019 season was last weekend, despite the worst weather possible it provided two very close races and throughly tested the skill’s of all the drivers, one event completed nine to go. The entry for our next event at Silverstone on 26-28 April is full. If you aren’t […]
Croft Newsletter
Croft 16th March The journey begins…We are all just about to head off for the long journey up to Croft, so a few final points. Everyone is welcome at CroftWe have Croft to ourselves for the weekend, so everyone, friends and family, is most welcome. There are no tickets needed, so please just come and […]
Pre Croft Newsletter
Croft Update The season openerWe hope that you are as excited as we are; that the first race of the season is nearly upon us. We had such a nice time at Croft last year, that we thought that we would open the season with a double-header of two three-hour races there. Time to head […]
2019 Regulations Update Bulletin
2019 Regulations update. Following consultation with MSUK and input from a number of competitors, we have changed the wording of clause 2.22.1 which used to say: Competitors must fit cameras that shall capture an image that provides a view of the circuit ahead with a field of vision at least 160 degrees. The camera shall […]
Newsletter – ECU update
We have been working hard over the winter on many things for you, one of which is to deal with a lingering concern that many of you have expressed to us, that other people are tinkering with their ECUs and gaining an advantage. We are determined that the Series will have a level playing field […]
Confirmed 2019 Calendar
The 2019 season rapidly approaches and the C1 Calendar is confirmed as follows. Event Date Circuit Duration Entry fee Entries £ open 1 16th March Croft 2x3hr 890 open 2 26-28 April Silverstone 24hr 3500 open 3 25/26 May Anglesey 4hr 690 open 4 7-9 June Pembrey 2x6hr 1170 27th Jan 5 27/28 July Mallory […]
Updated 2019 Calendar
We did say mostly….. We were conscious, when we announced the provisional calendar, that the closure of Rockingham had taken quite a bit of track capacity out of the market, so we hadn’t got as much as we’d wanted. We’ve been working away at that with BARC, and have managed to secure three more race […]
2019 Calendar Announced
The news that you’ve all been waiting for is at last here. Well mostly. The calendar remains provisional for now, but this is next year as we know it today. We don’t have prices yet and these are still a couple of weeks away, but at least this will allow you to put some dates […]
Jalopnik – Dan Trent – 14th November 2018
Why Even American Drivers Are Showing Up To Race A 67 HP Citroën In Belgium Spa-Francorchamps has many well-known corners. Eau Rouge you likely know. But the one that prompts a reflexive wriggle against the harness straps on approach is Pouhon, a downhill, fourth-gear left-hander round the back of the circuit. It’s probably just a […]
Silverstone, Silverstone, Silverstone
24 hour Entries A reminder that entries will open on the C1 Racing Club website at 1700hrs on Sunday 28th October. For an entry to be valid, three drivers have to be named, all of whom must be current club members. If you have not joined yet, fear not, your Club membership will be valid for […]
Dan Trent – Goodwood 16th Oct 2018- The Real Holy Grail of Motorsport
Why racing a Citroën C1 at Spa is the real holy grail of motorsport Why on earth would anyone want to race at Spa-Francorchamps in a Citroën C1? With just 68hp you might think it would struggle to drag itself up from Eau Rouge. And whether it’s Häkkinen on Schumacher back in 2000, Jacky Ickx, Derek […]