FIA HFO Championship
Welcome to Hockenheim, the popular GP circuit is always a great showcase for Formula One cars of any age and now in its 17th year, the FIA Historic Formula One Championshipis certainly the fastest museum in the world. If you stand in the paddock and look about you during a race weekend you could quite easily have stepped back in time to an era of motorsport that will live forever as a golden age; there’s Fittipaldi… there’s Rosberg… Piquet… Stewart, Lauda…!
The FIA Historic Formula One Championship recreates that bygone age thanks to the dedication and passion of the gentlemen drivers – and their tems – who now own and care for those fantastic cars. Running exactly as they were in period and featuring 3ltr grand prix cars from 1966 and 1985, the field covers a 20-year period of F1 racing. Whilst the likes of Patrese, Surer et al are unlikely to be putting in an appearance, the current class of pilots are no slouches; cars are often prepared and developed to a higher level than they were in period and the drivers are pushing themselves and their machines to the limits. Naturally, with a field spanning some 20 years, there is a speed differential between older cars such as Jackie Stewart’s Tyrrell 001 and the latter machines like the Patrese-driven Brabham BT49. To level the playing field, the championship is split into 4 classes according to age range and points are scored within the class thus giving all drivers the chance to claim the overall FIA trophy at the end of the season. The reigning Champion is Peter Meyrick who, driving a March 761, clinched the 2010 title with a final race of the season win that saw him pip former BTCC star – and 2009 HFO champion - Bobby Verdon-Roe. This season Bobby will be at the wheel of his stunning McLaren MP4 aiming to take a second HFO Championship and get his hands back on the crown. But to do so he will have his hands full. Nathan Kinch will be out to stop him in an identical MP4 and the likes of HFO stalwart and former champ Joaquin Folch, driving Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham BT49, former champion Steve Hartley (Arrows A6) and Rowland Kinch (Arrows A4) will all be pulling out the stops to pick up the title. Recognising the commitment and the quality of the Championship, the governing body of motorsport, the FIA, has duly awarded the FIA Historic Formula One Championship its ‘official championship’ status, placing HFO at the very top of the historic racing world.
For more information on HFO, visit the website: www.historicformulaone.com
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