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RAC Tourist Trophy

FieldValue
Race titleRAC Tourist Trophy
LogoSilverstone circuit.svg
Series longFIA World Endurance Championship
VenueSilverstone Circuit
LocationSilverstone, Northamptonshire, England
First race1948
Last race2019
LapsVarious
DurationVarious
Most wins driverStirling Moss (7)
Length km

The RAC Tourist Trophy (sometimes called the International Tourist Trophy) Series to have featured the trophy include the World Sportscar Championship, the FIA GT Cup, the World Touring Car Championship, the European Touring Car Championship, the FIA GT Championship, the British Touring Car Championship, It has been presented to the overall winners of the Silverstone Circuit round of the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2013 on.

The race was organised and formulated by senior members of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1904. They believed there was a major demand for a race to develop and encourage the design and performance of road-going cars. It was first contested on the Isle of Man in 1905 and continued to be held on the island until 1922. It moved to the Ards Circuit on Northern Ireland's public roads in 1928 after an article written by the journalist Wallace McLeod in a Belfast newspaper suggested it occur in the area and the inventor Harry Ferguson helped the RAC to find a suitable track. Donington Park staged the trophy's following two races in 1937 and 1938 after a major accident involving a Riley car during the 1936 edition killed eight onlookers and injured another 25. Following the Second World War, it returned to Northern Ireland and was held on the shorter Dundrod Circuit; Since then, the race has occurred on permanent racing circuits rather than closed public road tracks.

John Napier (John Stewart Napier) in an Arrol-Johnston was the event's inaugural winner in 1905. The first non-British driver to win the race was the Frenchman Jean Chassagne, who drove a Sunbeam Tourist Trophy car to victory in the 1922 race. Italian driver Tazio Nuvolari became the first driver in history to claim the trophy in 1933 to accompany it with an overall victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same year. The winners has been decided by the disqualification of drivers on three occasions, in 2010 to the Nissan pair of Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes after the Aston Martin Young Driver AMR pair of Darren Turner and Tomáš Enge lost the victory due to excess wear on their car's plank, in 2016 when Audi's Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer were disqualified for a skid block infringement and promoted Porsche's Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb to first, and in 2018 after two Toyota TS050 Hybrids were disqualified for a failed post-race test and elevated Rebellion Racing drivers Mathias Beche, Thomas Laurent and Gustavo Menezes to the victory. The current winners are Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López for Toyota.

Winners

YearNationalityDriversCarTypeSeriesCircuitRef(s)
1905United KingdomArrol-JohnstonTouring carNo seriesHighlands Course
1906United KingdomRolls-Royce 20 hpTouring carNo series'Short' Highlands Course
1907United KingdomRolls-Royce 20 hpTouring carNo series'Short' Highlands Course
1908United KingdomHutton (Napier)Grand PrixNo seriesFour Inch Course
1909–1913
1914United KingdomSunbeamGrand PrixNo seriesIsle of Man Mountain Circuit
1915–1921
1922FranceSunbeam Tourist TrophyGrand PrixNo seriesIsle of Man Mountain Circuit
1923–1927
1928United KingdomLea-Francis Hyper SSports carNo seriesArds Circuit
1929GermanyMercedes-Benz SSKSports carNo seriesArds Circuit
1930ItalyAlfa Romeo 6C 1750 GSSports carNo seriesArds Circuit
1931United KingdomMG C-type MidgetSports carNo seriesArds Circuit
1932United KingdomRiley Brooklands NineSports carNo seriesArds Circuit
1933ItalyMG Magnette K3Sports carNo seriesArds Circuit
1934United KingdomMG Magnette NESports carNo seriesArds Circuit
1935United KingdomRiley TT SpriteSports carNo seriesArds Circuit
1936United KingdomRiley TT SpriteSports carNo seriesArds Circuit
United Kingdom
1937ItalyTalbot-Lago T150CSports carNo seriesDonington Park
1938FranceDelage D6-70Sports carNo seriesDonington Park
1939–1949
1950United KingdomJaguar XK120Sports carNo seriesDundrod Circuit
1951United KingdomJaguar C-TypeSports carNo seriesDundrod Circuit
1952
1953United KingdomAston Martin DB3SSports carWorld Sportscar ChampionshipDundrod Circuit
United Kingdom
1954United KingdomFerrari 750 MonzaSports carWorld Sportscar ChampionshipDundrod Circuit
France
1955United StatesMercedes-Benz 300 SLRSports carWorld Sportscar ChampionshipDundrod Circuit
United Kingdom
1956
1957
1958United KingdomAston Martin DBR1/300Sports carWorld Sportscar ChampionshipGoodwood Circuit
United Kingdom
1959United KingdomAston Martin DBR1/300Sports carWorld Sportscar ChampionshipGoodwood Circuit
United Kingdom
United States
1960United KingdomFerrari 250 GTGrand tourerFIA GT CupGoodwood Circuit
1961United KingdomFerrari 250 GTGrand tourerFIA GT CupGoodwood Circuit
1962United KingdomFerrari 250 GTOGrand tourerWorld Sportscar ChampionshipGoodwood Circuit
1963United KingdomFerrari 250 GTOGrand tourerWorld Sportscar ChampionshipGoodwood Circuit
1964United KingdomFerrari 330PSports carWorld Sportscar ChampionshipGoodwood Circuit
1965New ZealandBrabham BT8-ClimaxSports carBritish Sports Car ChampionshipOulton Park
International Championship of Makes
1966New ZealandLola T70-ChevroletSports carBritish Sports Car ChampionshipOulton Park
1967ItalyAlfa Romeo GTATouring carEuropean Touring Car ChallengeOulton Park
1968New ZealandLola T70-ChevroletSports carBritish Sports Car ChampionshipOulton Park
1969United KingdomLola T70-ChevroletSports carBritish Sports Car ChampionshipOulton Park
1970AustraliaChevrolet Camaro Z28Touring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
1971
1972West GermanyFord Capri RS2600Touring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
West Germany
1973United KingdomBMW 3.0 CSLTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Austria
1974United KingdomChevrolet Camaro Z28Touring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
1975United KingdomChevrolet Camaro Z28Touring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
1976BelgiumBMW 3.0 CSLTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Belgium
Belgium
1977AustriaBMW 3.0 CSLTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
1978BelgiumBMW 3.0 CSLTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Belgium
1979ItalyBMW 3.0 CSLTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Italy
1980ItalyBMW 635CSiTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Austria
Austria
1981United KingdomMazda RX-7Touring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
1982United KingdomJaguar XJSTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
1983FranceRover VitesseTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
1984ItalyBMW 635CSiTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
West Germany
1985United KingdomRover VitesseTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
1986United KingdomRover VitesseTouring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
New Zealand
1987SwitzerlandBMW M3Touring carWorld Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Italy
1988FranceFord Sierra RS500Touring carEuropean Touring Car ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
1989–1993
1994New ZealandFord Mondeo GhiaTouring carFIA Touring Car World CupDonington Park
1995
1996SwitzerlandRenault LagunaTouring carNo seriesDonington Park
1997SwitzerlandRenault LagunaTouring carNo seriesDonington Park
1998FranceFerrari 333 SPSports carInternational Sports Racing SeriesDonington Park
Italy
1999United KingdomLister Storm GTLSports carBritish GT ChampionshipN/A
United Kingdom
2000United KingdomMarcos LM600Sports carBritish GT ChampionshipN/A
2001–2002
2003United KingdomMosler MT900RSports carBritish GT ChampionshipN/A
2004United KingdomPorsche 911 GT3-RSRSports carBritish GT ChampionshipN/A
2005NetherlandsAston Martin DBR9Grand tourerFIA GT ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Portugal
2006GermanyMaserati MC12Grand tourerFIA GT ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Italy
2007ItalyMaserati MC12Grand tourerFIA GT ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Finland
2008AustriaAston Martin DBR9Grand tourerFIA GT ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
2009AustriaSaleen S7-RGrand tourerFIA GT ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
2010United KingdomNissan GT-R GT1Grand tourerFIA GT1 World ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
2011GermanyNissan GT-R GT1Grand tourerFIA GT1 World ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Germany
2012
2013FranceAudi R18 e-tron quattroSports carFIA World Endurance ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Denmark
United Kingdom
2014SwitzerlandToyota TS040 HybridSports carFIA World Endurance ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
France
2015SwitzerlandAudi R18 e-tron quattroSports carFIA World Endurance ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Germany
France
2016FrancePorsche 919 HybridSports carFIA World Endurance ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Switzerland
Germany
2017SwitzerlandToyota TS050 HybridSports carFIA World Endurance ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
United Kingdom
Japan
2018SwitzerlandRebellion R13Sports carFIA World Endurance ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
France
United States
2019United KingdomToyota TS050 HybridSports carFIA World Endurance ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit
Japan
Argentina

Statistics

NameWins
7
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
CarWinsBMW 3.0 CSLChevrolet Camaro Z28Lola T70-ChevroletRover VitesseAston Martin DBR1/300Aston Martin DBR9Audi R18 e-tron quattroFerrari 250 GTFerrari 250 GTOMaserati MC12Nissan GT-R GT1Renault LagunaRiley TT SpriteToyota TS050 Hybrid
5
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
NationalityWinnersDriversGBRITAFRADEUCHEAUTBELNZLUSAJPNARGAUSDENNEDFINPOR
4937
1210
1111
99
86
65
55
52
33
22
11
11
11
11
11
11

Notes

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