The 2013 Tourist Trophy

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The Tourist Trophy on the grid before the start of the race at Silverstone - Fuji X100

At the end of the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone on Sunday Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen, Loic Duval and Audi became the latest names to be added to the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy roll of honour that stretches back to the first race on the Isle of Man in 1905.

It was with a sense of pride that I watched the Tourist Trophy being held aloft by three FIA WEC drivers as I was involved in the negotiations with the Royal Automobile Club to bring the Tourist Trophy to the WEC.  This was through my links with the Club when working for them as the press officer for the Tourist Trophy and the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

The first panel of winners from 1905 to 1933 and there are three more panels like this.
HISTORY

The 108-year-old Tourist Trophy is one of the most significant prizes in International motorsport. It was the first formally organised and contested international endurance race in the world and over the years has been won by such racing greats as Rudolf Caracciola, Tazio Nuvolari, Sir Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Denny Hulme and Derek Bell.  The first Tourist Trophy meeting was held on the Isle of Man on 14 September 1905 with cars setting off from Alexander Drive, Douglas on a 52 mile course. John Napier, in an Arrol-Johnston won in the 6 hour race comprising 4 laps, 208 miles, with an average speed of 33.9 mph.

Whilst there were breaks in the Tourist Trophy being contested in the early 20th century and during both world wars, it has remained one of the most prominent endurance competitions on the world motorsport calendar. Over the years the challenge moved around the country and has been contested at circuits on the Isle of Man, England and Northern Ireland.  As well as the imposing Isle of Man track, the other circuits include Ards in Northern Ireland, Donington Park, Dundrod in Ulster, where the career of the then unknown Stirling Moss was launched, Goodwood, Oulton Park and finally, in 1970, Silverstone, which has hosted more Tourist Trophy events than any other circuit.

 The list of names that appear on the four panels of the Tourist Trophy reads like a who's who of motor racing.  On the first panel pictured above CS Rolls and Tazio Nuvolari appear and it was one of the few times that Rolls Royce appeared on a motor sport trophy as a manufacturer.

 The roll of honour - 

1905 - John Napier driving a Arrol-Johnson
1906 - Charles Rolls driving a Rolls-Royce 20hp
1907 - Ernest Courtis driving a Rover 20hp
1908 - Willy Watson driving a Hutton-Napier
1914 - Kenelm Lee Guinness driving a Sunbeam
1922 - Jean Chassagne driving a Sunbeam TT
1928 - Kaye Don driving a Lea-Francis Hyper S
1929 - Rudolf Caracciola driving a Mercedes-Benz SSK
1930 - Tazio Nuvolari driving a Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS
1931 - Norman Black driving a MG C-Type Midget
1932 - Cyril Whitcroft driving a Riley Brooklands Nine
1933 - Tazio Nuvolari driving a MG Magnette K3
1934 - Charles Dodson driving a MG Magnette NE
1935 - Freddie Dixon driving a Riley TT Sprite
1936 - Freddie Dixon and Charles Dodson driving a Riley TT Sprite
1937 - Franco Comotti driving a Talbot-Lago T150C
1938 - Louis Gerard driving a Delage D6-70
1950 - Stirling Moss driving a Jaguar XK120
1951 - Stirling Moss driving a Jaguar XK120C
1953 - Peter Collins and Pat Giffith driving a Aston Martin DB3S
1954 - Gerard Laureau and Paul Armagnac driving a DB-Panhard
1955 - Stirling Moss and John Fitch driving a Mercedes-Benz 300SLR
1958 - Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks driving a Aston Martin DBR1
1959 - Stirling Moss, Jack Fairman and Carroll Shelby driving a Aston Martin DBR1
1960 - Stirling Moss driving a Ferrari 250 GT SWB
1961 - Stirling Moss driving a Ferrari 250 GT SWB
1962 - Innes Ireland driving a Ferrari 250 GTO
1963 - Graham Hill driving a Ferrari 250 GTO
1964 - Graham Hill driving a Ferrari 330P
1965 - Denny Hulme driving a Brabham BT8 Climax
1966 - Denny Hulme driving a Lola T70 Chevrolet
1967 - Andrea de Adamich driving a Alfa Romeo GTA
1968 - Denny Hulme driving a Lola T70 Chevrolet
1969 - Trevor Taylor driving a Lola T70 Chevrolet
1970 - Brian Muir driving a Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1972 - Jochen Mass and Dieter Glemser driving a Ford Capri RS2600
1973 - Derek Bell and Harald Ertl driving a BMW 3.0 CSL
1974 - Stuart Graham driving a Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1975 - Stuart Graham driving a Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1976 - Jean Xhenceval , Pierre Dieudonne and Hughes de Fierlandt driving a BMW 3.0 CSL
1977 - Dieter Quester and Tom Walkinshaw driving a BMW 3.0 CSL
1978 - Raijmond van Hove and Eddy Joosen driving a BMW 3.0 CSL
1979 - Martino Finotto and Carlo Facetti driving a BMW 3.0 CSL
1980 - Umberto Grano, Harald Neger and Heribert Werginz driving a BMW 635 CSi
1981 - Tom Walkinshaw and Chuck Nicholson driving a Mazda RX-7
1982 - Tom Walkinshaw and Chuck Nicholson driving a Jaguar XJ-S
1983 - Steve Soper and Rene Metge driving a Rover 3500 V8
1984 - Helmut Kelleners and Gianfranco Brancatelli driving a BMW 635 CSi
1985 - Tom Walkinshaw and Win Percy driving a Rover 3500 V8
1986 - Jeff Allam and Denny Hulme driving a Rover 3500 V8
1987 - Enzo Calderari and Fabio Mancini driving a BMW M3
1988 - Andy Rouse and Alain Ferte driving a Ford Sierra RS500
1994 - Paul Radisich driving a Ford Mondeo
1997 - Alain Menu driving a Renault Laguna
1998 - Vincenzo Sospiri and Emmanuel Collard driving a Ferrari 333SP
2005 - Pedro Lamy and Peter Kox driving a Aston Martin DBR9
2006 - Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini driving a Maserati MC12
2007 - Mika Salo and Thomas Biagi driving a Maserati MC12
2008 - Ryan Sharp and Karl Wendlinger driving a Aston Martin DBR9
2009 - Ryan Sharp and Karl Wendlinger driving a Saleen S7-R
2010 - Warren Hughes and Jamie Campbell-Walter driving a Nissan GT-R GT1
2011 - Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr driving a Nissan GT-R GT1
2013 - Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Loic Duval driving an Audi R18 e-tron quattro



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