Again on monitor: Onyx outing on anniversary
The final Monteverdi Onyx ORE-2 Components 1 automotive was the star of the demonstration programme at Manufacturers Hatch’s Pageant Italia final weekend, precisely 33 years for the reason that crew folded after failing to qualify both automotive for the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Chassis 007 was pushed at Manufacturers by Henry Pearman and traces its origins to the West Sussex workshop run by Mike Earle, the driving drive behind the Onyx identify and who had already received the F3000 championship however was now not concerned on the time of the crew’s demise.
Different automobiles in motion in Kent have been the Suzuka-winning Benetton B190 of John Reaks, Lorina McLaughlin’s ex-Michael Schumacher B192, an ex-Emerson Fittipaldi 1978 Copersucar F5A dealt with by Robert Spencer and Mark McAllister’s 1987 Arrows A10, though this made contact with the pitwall when “one thing broke and it turned proper”.
Donnelly’s Mondello return: Chevron look
Donnelly took a podium alongside Owen within the B8
Picture by: Michael Chester
Former Lotus Components 1 driver Martin Donnelly made a preferred return to Mondello Park on the weekend as he joined Mark Owen in a Chevron B8 for the Irish Worldwide Grand Prix race as a part of the Historic Pageant.
True to type, Donnelly led early on and, regardless of a jumped-start penalty, the delighted duo visited the rostrum with third place.
INSIGHT: Club racing with an ex-Formula 1 driver
Donnelly has raced a wide range of automobiles within the UK in latest seasons together with a Lotus Elise and BMW 116.
Drought among the many demos: Spice sighting
Drought and Dunne each had runs within the Spice at Mondello Park
Picture by: Michael Chester
Nicole Drought, contemporary from a second-place end within the EnduroKa collection at Snetterton the earlier weekend, demonstrated a Group C2 Spice-Hart SE86 from the circuit’s Martin Birrane Assortment on numerous events on the Mondello Park Historic Pageant.
She was joined on circuit by David Kennedy within the uncommon Ford C100 and circuit sporting director Ian Beatty in a BMW M1 Procar, whereas GB3 star Alex Dunne additionally had a run within the glorious-sounding Spice.
Pics of the week:
A uncommon mistake from hillclimb star Wallace Menzies at Shelsley Walsh
Picture by: Pleasure Richings
A Copersucar, Arrows and Benetton all in demo motion at Manufacturers Hatch
Picture by: Gary Hawkins