The usual suspects in historic Formula 1 were shocked to see a surprise winner at the Silverstone Festival, as Tom Bradshaw won both races on his debut after having been handed a golden opportunity by veteran Masters Racing Legends competitor Steve Hartley. Four-time champion Hartley, who won his last title in the McLaren in 2022, has been less fortunate with the MP4/1 of late and admitted to having felt lost in terms of setup over the last few meetings – and so he asked Bradshaw for a second opinion. The Bolton driver currently leads the British Porsche Sprint Challenge and is a former multiple Masters Sports Car Legends race winner in the Chevron B19 he built with his father, so he seemed like the perfect judge of the McLaren and its merits.

Mike Cantillon took a pair of wins in the two historic F1 races at the Nürburgring, as the circuit held the 52nd edition of its Oldtimer Grand Prix event. The changing conditions required all-weather performance from the drivers who had to deal with a treacherously slipping Ersatzring on Saturday before a cloudy but dry Sunday marked their second race. Some of the grids were fortunate to get two dry races but others weren't so lucky: the single 90-minute FHR Historic Championship '81 race was hit by the weekend's worst deluge.

In the 12th running of the Historic Grand Prix at Zandvoort, the heat was on so much that on Sunday morning it had to be cooled off by a near tropical rain shower before conditions returned to a pleasant chill that is more familiar to the Netherlands. On Saturday, though, the Caribbean evergreen of ‘Pass the Dutchie on the left-hand side’ was more in tune with the laidback beach vibes created by the hot weather – although with a majority of homegrown drivers doing the winning, also in the Masters races, not too many Dutchies were passed on either side!