A spectacle to wow spectators

ime was when the BRDC’s International Trophy event at Silverstone was a non-championship Formula 1 race. Rooted in 1949, when Alberto Ascari won for Ferrari, it was second only in importance to the British Grand Prix – whether staged there, at Aintree or Brands Hatch – on the domestic calendar. Thus it attracted large crowds to Northamptonshire, and long-term title sponsorship from the that promoted and covered the meeting, over which household name drivers often competed in supporting races too. I first attended