FIA Historic Touring Cars

The FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission has recognised the desire amongst a number of competitors for a return to the FIA Championships for Touring Cars and GT cars. Having been off the schedule for a few years, others have stepped in and organised series for these categories and, while the Commission’s desire is to satisfy the demand, they also do not want to dilute existing grids with more races for the same categories. As a result, they have proposed an FIA Cup for Under Two Litre Touring Cars complying fully to Appendix K. This will be run as part of the existing U2TC series; the Cup and FIA Class winners will be based on results of the U2TC races at Monza, Dijon and Portimäo – all of which run alongside other FIA Historic Singleseater championship rounds.

U2TC organiser, Carol Spagg said, “Our expectation is that this will be approved by mid-April and we can start the registration process. We are honoured by the confidence that the Historic Commission has placed in U2TC.” She added, “This will not affect the regular U2TC runners, or the Four Hour Challenge contenders if they do not wish to register, but will add a new challenge to the existing series for those who would like to participate”.

The Commission is hopeful that this will be the starting point for what will be a full Championship next year, with more races and a broader range of classes.

Regulations and details of how to register for the Cup should soon be found on the FIA and U2TC web sites.