MRL SILVERSTONE GP
PREVIEW
The Motor Racing Legends season concludes this weekend with its traditional autumn visit to the full Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, providing a fitting finale at the home of British motorsport.
Silverstone is the final destination of a memorable 2026 season that has featured eight events across Great Britain, France and Belgium. Based once again in the National Paddock, the event offers competitors and spectators the intimate and convivial atmosphere that lies at the heart of Motor Racing Legends. That spirit will reach its peak on Friday evening with an Oktoberfest celebration, featuring excellent food and great beer.
Live Stream
The MRL Silverstone GP event will be livestreamed on both Saturday and Sunday, with free coverage throughout the weekend available on the Motor Racing Legends YouTube channel.
Focus On
Eight grids will take to the track this weekend, bringing together some of the most iconic and historically significant racing cars in the world. Here is a closer look at three of them.
Jaguar E-Type Lightweight ’49 FXN’
Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup
’49 FXN’ is one of the most important Jaguars ever built. One of only 12 factory Lightweight E-Types produced and one of just two fitted with a distinctive low-drag aerodynamic body, it competed at the highest level of international GT racing in 1964, including the Nürburgring 1000 km, the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Goodwood Tourist Trophy, challenging Ferrari 250 GTOs and Shelby Daytona Coupes. It achieved speeds of up to 174 mph on the Mulsanne Straight.
Chasing a Hat-Trick
More than sixty years later, ’49 FXN’ has enjoyed an outstanding 2026 season, claiming victories in the Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup at Donington Historic Festival (with Lukas Halusa and Alex Ames) and the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration at Goodwood (with Lukas Halusa and André Lotterer). The car also won at two of Motor Racing Legends’ inaugural events: the Trophées d’Auvergne weekend (Circuit de Charade) and secured a podium finish at the London Historic Trophy (Brands Hatch). Victory in the Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup at Silverstone this weekend would complete a remarkable hat-trick of major Royal Automobile Club successes for Lukas Halusa and this spectacular, beautiful machine.
Renault 21 Turbo
Historic Touring Car Challenge
The Silverstone GP event marks this car’s first appearance in the Historic Touring Car Challenge. Presented here is a left-hand-drive 1986 Renault 21 Turbo (Phase 1), built at Alpine’s Dieppe workshops. It was originally supplied to Renault Holland for Michael Bleekemolen, the former Formula One and Formula Three driver, who campaigned it successfully in the 1988 and 1989 Dutch Touring Car Championship. The car’s striking a black-and-purple livery came courtesy of its principal sponsor, Penthouse magazine, one of the era’s most controversial publications. It was later brought to the UK by GB Motorsport and Renault UK, where it was prepared for the Willhire 24-Hour endurance races. This marked Renault’s first significant involvement in production saloon car racing and served as a precursor to its later commitment to the BTCC.
As Good as New
The car has recently undergone a comprehensive restoration, with the bodyshell stripped and blasted before being repainted in its original livery. Its 2.0-litre inline four-cylinder engine, modified in period by Prima Racing, is capable of producing up to 350 bhp when the turbocharger is set to 23 psi of boost.
Lister Sports-Racers
Stirling Moss Trophy
Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup
Nicknamed the “Jaguar Killer”, Listers dominated sports car racing on both sides of the Atlantic, taking 26 victories from 60 races in 1958 and attracting some of the era’s greatest drivers, including Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Carroll Shelby and Masten Gregory.
Two Body Styles, Two Engines, Seven Cars
A remarkable seven examples will be in action at Silverstone this weekend across the Stirling Moss Trophy and the Royal Automobile Club Pall Mall Cup. Spectators will be able to compare the two distinctive body styles produced by the marque: the celebrated “Knobbly”, whose tightly wrapped bodywork followed the contours of the mechanical components, and the later Costin-bodied cars, developed under the guidance of aerodynamicist Frank Costin in an attempt to improve straight-line performance. The entry also showcases the variety of powerplants that helped establish the Lister legend. Alongside the iconic 3.8-litre Jaguar straight-six, two cars are fitted with the mighty 5.7-litre Chevrolet V8.
