FORMULA FORD 1600 – UK MOTORSPORT’S 2020 SILVER LINING?
It is hard to escape the impact of Covid-19 and not only in the sense of health. The pandemic’s economic consequences have been many and this naturally has been felt in motorsport.
Tales right now are everywhere of drivers, teams, cars and sponsors pulling out from this year’s delayed competition.
But on the UK national racing scene there might just be, with this cloud, a silver lining. The latest National Formula Ford 1600 season gets underway at Oulton Park this weekend and, sharing with Northern FF1600, has long had a capacity 34-car grid, with reserves in addition, for its curtain-raiser. The number clamouring for a spot might have been even greater too, as some participants based abroad have had to stay away due to travel restrictions, such as John Svensson who intended to have three drivers. Kevin Mills with his eponymous frontrunning team reports an extra driver of his who didn’t fancy waiting on the reserve list, but would have got in if he had done so… British
