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On Tuesday I had lunch at the Royal Automobile Club in London watching Allan McNish receiving the Segrave Trophy.  That is the World Endurance Championship Driver's trophy he is holding with the Tourist Trophy, 24 Hours of Le Mans winners trophy and the Segrave Trophy at the back. Quite an impressive haul of silverware in just one season. For more on this year's Segrave Trophy presentation CLICK HERE Segrave Trophy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn't cost you anything to click on an advert but we get a small fee for every click thru from Google and this helps support this blog - thank you for helping ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE...

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 fo...

Fuji X100 - 19mm f2 - 1/55 @ f2 - ISO1000 This shot was taken on Thursday evening of the Toyota TS030 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype that competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship.  The car is in the opulent surroundings of the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London and was on display in the Rotunda as part of the media launch for the 6 Hours of Silverstone and the Tourist Trophy which I had organised in my role as the FIA Media Delegate for the Championship. To get the car into the Rotunda was a feat of precision by the Royal Automobile Club and the guys from Toyota as the car had to be put on its side and squeezed between two pillars.  It did fit, but by just 1.5cm.  However the result certainly attracted a lot of attention by the members and visitors to the Royal Automobile Club during the week it was on display. The 6 Hours of Silverstone is the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship and will take place on the 12-14 April. ...