SMALL REALLY IS BEAUTIFUL FOR NEW CITYCAR CUP

I have always lived by the ethos that smaller is more beautiful. It is an outlook that has taken me far in life, and one of my proudest moments was talking my wife Lucy into that philosophy too. Anyhow, I have always been a fan of small race cars too, and the British Racing and Sports Car Club has come up with something to fill a real niche in British motorsport: the CityCar Cup.

I have run entries and competed myself in the endurance-based British Automobile Racing Club’s Citroen C1 Challenge in recent seasons. The cars are a hoot: cheap to run and the smiles-per-hour return factor is fantastic. I know the pleasure these machines can bring but I was slightly cautious when I heard about the CityCar Cup. I thought that the BRSCC was trying to do some kind of copycat series.

The CityCar Cup is catering for the same base car, along with the very similar Toyota Aygo and the Peugeot