Nigel Greensall drives…

SILVERSTONE, FEBRUARY 25

A Classic Sports Car Club test day with Ben Snee and his Lotus Elan GTS 26R, coaching him ahead of the upcoming season. Ben went on to win the first round in the Classic K category at Silverstone a week later.
classicsportscarclub.co.uk

BARCELONA, MARCH 2-3

Running with Esprit Compétition, a Paul Ricard-based team, testing and coaching with Philippe Scemama in his Lola T70 and BMW CSL ‘Batmobile’. The BMW is a dream car, especially to me. I was at Silverstone in 1976 when Ronnie Peterson drove the turbo version. Awe-inspiring. We ended up with rain, but useful set-up work.
espritcompetition.com

DONINGTON PARK, MARCH 4

With Foxcraft Racing for a shakedown of a Chevron B19, a B26 and a Morgan SLR. I’ll be racing all three with John Emberson in Peter Auto historic races.
peterauto.fr

SEBRING, MARCH 5-9

Flight to Florida to my favourite track to race a Ligier LMP3 with Gary Ball in the Prototype Challenge at the Classic 12 Hours. Unfortunately, Gary had to start form the pitlane when a compressor failed as we were about to roll to the grid. The team, Hudson Historics, was terrific and swapped the compressor in minutes. But then a novice driver moved over on Gary, caused some damage and that was it.

I also raced with John Spiers. He’s bought a 1967 Mustang that he’ll keep in America run by the Olthoff team. We’ll take that car to this year’s HSR events. John drove solo in a sprint race and finished on the podium.
hsrrace.com

Our top events this month

Baja World Cup – Jordan
Aqaba, Jordan, April 10-12
It helps to have deserts to host a Baja round which is why we should never give up hope of a British Baja at Dungeness. Jordan has no shortage of arid areas, such as the stunning Wadi Rum region in the country’s south – a backdrop of this race. HQ is in the five-star Westin Saraya Aqaba Resort overlooking the Red Sea – and you can drink alcohol in Jordan.

BRScc – 2025 oulton park nw season opener
Oulton Park, Cheshire, April 19
They say variety is the spice of life and that’s what Oulton Park is offering. There’s the Audi TT Championship, the short ’n’ sharp Pro-Sports Sprint, MG Cockshoot Cup Championship, the all-new Production Cup and a two-hour SuperSport Endurance Cup Championship; 8.30am-6pm.

WEC – Imola 6 hours
Imola, Italy, April 18-20
Hypercar heaven at the first European date on the WEC ’25 calendar, with Aston Martin’s Valkyrie making its continental debut – although the team will be looking for improvement after the Qatar 1812Kms opener (17th/Ret).

European Hill Climb Championship –Rechberg rennen
Tulwitzdorf, Austria, April 25-27
Considered the most challenging hillclimb in Europe, the Rechberg has plenty of spectator areas to view single-seaters, tin-tops and historics amid a stunning Heidi-like backdrop.

WRC – Canary Islands Rally
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, April 24-27
“Now, love, you know that short break we were talking about…?” (of course, this could be male or female speaking). WRC arrives in the Canaries for the first time. Tarmac surface, winding roads, possibility of fog… go and give WRC leader Elfyn some support.

MORE EVENTS

Apr 12-13 F1 – Bahrain GP, Sakhir
Apr 19-20 Trucks – Brands Hatch
Apr 26-27  British GT – Silverstone 500