Silverstone’s very special celebration

Incredible timeline of cars representing each of F1’s World Champions fittingly marked the sport’s 75th anniversary

A busy weekend of top classic action on and off the track at the last Silverstone Festival

AUGUST 22-24

This photo is 65 years old but a large number of the cars have survived

Peter Auto resurrected its Imola Classic event from 25-27 July after seven years, with nine of its own grids plus the Alfa Revival Cup. The latter closed proceedings, with polesitter Davide Bertinelli

Ah, 1985: heart of the decade of Cold War superpowers and Dayglo socks. The year of Marty McFly and Back to the Future – “You made a time machine – out of a DeLorean?” Dodgy Sylvester Stallone action