Supercars convoy to celebrate the Tourist Trophy

In what will be a remarkable sight for car enthusiasts, 30 supercars will depart from the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall in a police convoy to Silverstone on Friday 3 June at 10.00am. The event will commemorate the Tourist Trophy, which is awarded by the Royal Automobile Club to the winners of a prestigious motor racing event for sports cars each year. First awarded in 1905, the Tourist Trophy is the longest standing and most significant trophy in British motor sport.
 
This year it will be presented to the winners of the FIA GT1 World Championship round to be held at Silverstone on Sunday 5 June 2011. The race will see tens of millions of pounds worth of cars do battle in the fifth round of a series, which includes races in Abu Dhabi and Argentina.
 
Competitors take part in one-hour races driving 'grand touring' race cars that are based on standard production road cars from manufacturers such as Aston Martin, Corvette, Ford, Lamborghini and Nissan.
 
Appropriately, the cavalcade to Silverstone fromthe Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall will include supercars such as Corvettes, Lamborghini’s, Vipers, Ferraris, Aston Martins and Maseratis.
 
Events for which the Tourist Trophy has been awarded include the World Sportscar Championship, the World Touring Car Championship, the European Touring Car Championship, the International Sports Racing Series, the FIA GT Championship and the British Touring Car Championship.
 
The current winners of the Tourist Trophy are Warren Hughes and Jamie Campbell-Walter – the latter is a competitor in this year'sFIA GT1 World Championship, and will be racing at Silverstone alongside David Brabham in the Sumo Power GT team. They will be competing against previous winners of the Tourist Trophy Karl Wendlinger (2008, 2009) and Peter Kox (2005). Jamie Campbell-Walter said: "I was very pleased to win this famous trophy last year and hope to make it two in a row at Silverstone in June."