Silverstone Classic Saturday

23:03 And thus 12 hours of racing today is done. And a shout out to the marshals, who've been on post all that time, much of it in the rain. We couldn't do it without them.

23:01 And it's over, Steve Tandy wins by 11.4 seconds from Mike Wrigley, after a long battle ended by a pair of Wrigley spins.

22:37 Not a big grid it has to be said, just 13 starters. Rains started again too, it's very gloomy now.

22:36 The 30 minute clock has begun - just as in the last two races it's two initial laps behind the safety car, the clock starting after the first of them.

22:35 This very C11 once was the mount of Michael Schumacher, the great man using it mainly for Mercedes testing for a year in the late 1980s.

22:34 By contrast, the Mercedes C11 that Kriton Lendoudis starts from third, never has been driven in the wet before.

22:33 Steve Tandy is on pole in the Spice. He won this race in 2015 in similar conditions, and expects to do well. He also admits that because his car is less valuable he'll be more inclined to find the limits that some others...

22:10 The lead changes again, Bryant takes the lead on the karting line on the outside of Stowe. Fine move. Ten minutes left.

22:09 Minshaw and Bryant battling for the lead, Minshaw's E-Type just about holding on for now.

22:08 Minshaw and Bryant battling for the lead, Minshaw's E-Type just about holding on for now.

21:19 After that tomfoolery we have presumably more sedate Pre '66 Classic GT cars next.

21:00 ...by the way, the 10 minutes starts after the first lap behind the safety car (which has just started).

20:56 For the re-start, drivers will get two full laps behind the safety car to get used to the conditions then a ten minute race.

20:41 The Austins in the celebrity race are getting ready to roll.

20:32 Steve Soper to Steve Parrish on the A35: "the car drives like an MOT failure". Encouraging...

20:30 The celebrities and pro captains prepare for the celebrity race - Anthony Reid looks dapper in old school-style overalls, complete with a bow tie...

19:32 Tip top evergreen Brancatelli is back in the lead of the Group A machines.

19:28 It's now a Minshaw one-two, as Jon Minshaw has moved up to second place in the Super Tourers in his Audi.

19:26 Minshaw's already 12.4 seconds clear of second-placed Keith Butcher.

19:22 Big smash at turn one of the Super Touring race, two Hondas at least spun...

19:18

We're sorry but if AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson damaged his car in the slightest then we would have always said he was on a highway to hell. You would've too...

18:53 Wilson's extended his lead, now 5.5 seconds clear.

18:45 Fairley now is hounding Wilson for the lead too.

18:31 It's racing all the way now - next up are pre 1966 Grand Prix cars. Sam Wilson - who won both Formula Junior races earlier - starts on pole.

18:09 Actually, we have a change to the runners and riders - Nick Wigley is taking part instead of the afore-mentioned Rupert Keegan.

18:07

17:35 Lyons is now stalking Kennard for second.

17:35 There we have it - Padmore gets inside of Kennard at The Loop, just like he did with Lyons earlier, and now he leads.

17:23 Formula Ford-style dicing at the front, Lyons attacks Kennard, but is in turn attacked by Padmore! Padmore neatly outbrakes him at The Loop to take P2 on lap two.

17:17 Next up are Michael Lyons in the Williams FW07B, and the returning Nick Padmore in third in his FW07C. Padmore as well as being last year's Silverstone Classic winner is also the series champion in the last two years.

17:15 Yesterday Jonathan Kennard surprised everyone by taking pole on his debut in the glorious gold Warsteiner-liveried Arrows A3.

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16:21 Parrish, Spencer, Gardner and Costello are also all taking part in the Celebrity Challenge this weekend where they could win £10,000 for charity.

16:14

Onto a two-wheeled tune

16:13 So the end of the second Formula Junior action takes us to halfway in terms of number of races completed today.

But before lunch there is still high-speed demonstration runs from World GP Bike legends, the Williams FW14B and the celebrities who will be racing this afternoon.

15:23 What a battle! That Gareth Burnett led for so much of the Pre-War race belies a compelling storyline. Just a single tenth keeps Patrick Blakeney-Edwards at bay. Lovely stuff.

15:20 It's times like this that we're so grateful racing drivers have little 'cost-benefit analysis' capabilities. The value of these machines is totally secondary to putting on a good show. We like that a lot!

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