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Vee Festival & Victor Meldrew Trophy

Vee Festival & Victor Meldrew Trophy

The traditional end of season festival for Formula Vee is renowned for superb racing action, close grids and plenty of drama. The heats and final format provides short, adrenaline-fuelled encounters that make this a breathless day full of excitement.

Formula Vee cars are inexpensive, VW Beetle-based single seaters and provide cost-effective racing on a budget. As a result, there are usually plenty of cars on the entry list and with drivers racing on pure adrenaline, action is guaranteed!

The event is supported by the popular and irreverent Victor Meldrew Trophy, a handicap event for talented drivers who, for one reason or another, never quite made it to the top of the sport!

For additional ticket enquiries, detailed venue information and event timetables visit http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/

Brands Hatch circuit information

One of the world's most iconic motor racing venues, Brands Hatch plays host to some of the most prestigious events in motorsport, including the DTM and the FIA Formula Two Championship.

In addition to hosting top international meetings, Brands Hatch is also visited by the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship and Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, both of which will hold their 2012 opening and closing rounds here. Other big events including the British F3/GT Championships, the Masters and Historic Superprix nostalgic meetings, the British Truck Championship and many club car and bike meetings. Brands Hatch will also be hosting a Lotus Festival in 2012.

Brands Hatch is also heavily involved in London 2012 and as well as being part of the Olympic torch route and a training ground for athletes, it will also host the Paralympic road cycling events.

A natural amphitheatre, Brands Hatch is located 20 miles outside Central London, just off the M25.

Circuit history

There has been a race track at Brands Hatch since 1926, when the land was first used for grass track bike racing. In those days, competitors ran anti-clockwise, but the direction of the circuit was switched in 1954.

The heritage of Brands is vast - name any famous driver from the last 50 years or so and they are bound to have cut their teeth racing here. Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Barry Sheene, Jack Brabham, Ayrton Senna and Jenson Button are among the countless drivers to have raced and won at Brands over the years.

Nigel Mansell scored his first Grand Prix victory there, also winning the final F1 race at Brands in 1986. The circuit became the spiritual home of the World Superbike Championship in the 1990s and 2000s, and hosted the first A1 Grand Prix in 2005. The Formula Ford Festival continues to be an important event on an aspiring driver's CV and past winners have included Jenson Button and Mark Webber. Brands Hatch continues to make history, with the road cycling events at the 2012 Paralympic Games based at the Kent circuit.

Brands Hatch's unique combination of dips, cambers, fearsome corners and hills means it is still one of the world's favourite racing circuits, and continues to go from strength to strength.

Circuit Statistics

• Indy Circuit
  • Length: 1.198 miles (1.929 km)
  • Direction: Clockwise
  • Corners: 6
• GP Circuit
  • Length: 2.301 miles (3.703 km)
  • Direction: Clockwise
  • Corners: 9

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