Brooklands is hoping to create a concours event to take on the legendary Pebble Beach event in California.
Organisers of the Brooklands Motoring Festival (June 28 and 29) are hoping to turn it into a world class concours event as well as featuring two days of driving tests for classic cars.
The event only started last year, this year being called ‘The Double Twelve’, but Brooklands has ambitious plans for it.
This year Lewis Hamilton and Stirling Moss will appear, as will McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen.
The McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 car will be displayed alongside other single seater racing cars from the past decades.
Competitors will have their vehicles judged in the Concours d’Elegance, while the tests will take place in on the Members’ Banking and the notorious Test Hill of the original circuit, as well as on the modern handling circuits at Mercedes-Benz World.
Points awarded for both car and test will be added to give an overall score, ensuring that the overall winner will be the best driver using the best-kept vehicle.
A spokeswoman for the event told PistonHeads: ‘We want this to be a world class concours event that can compete with the likes of Pebble Beach.’
Allan Winn, Director of the Brooklands Museum, added: ‘We will be replicating the exact tests undertaken in the past so it will be interesting to observe whether driving skills have advanced or diminished in the 80 years since these Rallies were first held.
‘We aim to make ‘The Double Twelve’ the UK’s premiere Concours event which will rival the best in the world, so drivers competing in the inaugural event will be making history.’
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