See BTCC action this weekend at Silverstone
The sky over Silverstone will resound to the thunderous roar of our last flying Vulcan bomber on Saturday, as the next BTCC round coincides with the climax of the World Aerobatic Championships.
Having seen the Vulcan flying at Shoreham airshow a couple of weekends back, I can say for certain it's a sight worth seeing - and with the final rounds of the WAC interspersed with Touring Car practice and qualifying action on the Saturday, Silverstone is looking like a good couple of days out.
Herbert makes his debut... oh, never mind!
The flying is all over by Sunday when the BTCC races take place, so instead you can concentrate on watching Johnny Herbert's debut performance in the BTCC.
The 1995 British Grand Prix winner recently signed to race in the UK's premier motor racing series with former title-winning squad Team Dynamics.
"I'm going to be going three or four abreast into corners for the first time since my Formula Ford and Formula 3 days in the mid-Eighties. I'll be up against some of the best touring car names in the world with the likes of Matt Neal, Jason Plato and Fabrizio Giovanardi and I've seen what these boys get up to along the way....scraping panels and having a wing mirror or bumper taken off is part of the game and it's something I'm going to have to adapt to quickly," he says.
Sounds a bit like a PistonHeads track day when Garlick and RacingPete get the old red mist...
You can get tickets at the circuit website or by calling 08704 588 260
The video clips below show the Vulcan's last flight in the early 1990s before it was rescued, and some of the BTCC stars getting their first taste of aerobatics!