Silverstone marks 75 years of the world championship

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

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

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

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

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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