The French historic racing scene rivals Britain as the European home of this branch of sport. One of the key French players is HVM Racing, promoter of the Historic Tour and headline historic race meetings at Paul Ricard and Dijon.
The HVM head is Laurent Vallery-Masson, a racer through and through who wheels out his Formula 2 March whenever he can.
“I’ve been running HVM since 2003,” he says. “But