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RAC Tourist Trophy

The RAC Tourist Trophy (sometimes called the International Tourist Trophy)[1] is a motor racing award presented by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) to the overall victor of a motor race in the United Kingdom. Established in 1905, it is the world's oldest automobile race.[2] The 18-carat gold trophy is based on Giambologna's sculpture of the Greek god Hermes.[3][4] Series to have featured the trophy include the World Sportscar Championship, the FIA GT Cup, the World Touring Car Championship, the European Touring Car Championship, the FIA GT Championship, the British Touring Car Championship,[2][5] the FIA GT1 World Championship,[6] and the overall winners of the British GT Championship in the 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004 seasons.[a][7] It has been presented to the overall winners of the Silverstone Circuit round of the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2013 on.[8][9]

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RAC Tourist Trophy
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FIA World Endurance Championship
VenueSilverstone Circuit
LocationSilverstone, Northamptonshire, England
First race1905
Last race2019
LapsVarious
DurationVarious
Most wins (driver)Stirling Moss (7)
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The race was organised and formulated by senior members of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1904. They believed there was a major demand for a race to develop and encourage the design and performance of road-going cars.[10] It was first contested on the Isle of Man in 1905 and continued to be held on the island until 1922.[2] It moved to the Ards Circuit on Northern Ireland's public roads in 1928 after an article written by the journalist Wallace McLeod in a Belfast newspaper suggested it occur in the area and the inventor Harry Ferguson helped the RAC to find a suitable track.[1][11] Donington Park staged the trophy's following two races in 1937 and 1938 after a major accident involving a Riley car during the 1936 edition killed eight onlookers and injured another 25.[12][13] Following the Second World War, it returned to Northern Ireland and was held on the shorter Dundrod Circuit;[12] a second major crash that killed three competitors in 1955 led the local authorities to bar all future car races on the track.[14] Since then, the race has occurred on permanent racing circuits rather than closed public road tracks.[15]

John Napier in an Arrol-Johnston was the event's inaugural winner in 1905.[16] The first non-British driver to win the race was the Frenchman Jean Chassagne, who drove a Sunbeam Tourist Trophy car to victory in the 1922 race.[17] Italian driver Tazio Nuvolari became the first driver in history to claim the trophy in 1933 to accompany it with an overall victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same year.[18] The winners has been decided by the disqualification of drivers on three occasions, in 2010 to the Nissan pair of Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes after the Aston Martin Young Driver AMR pair of Darren Turner and Tomáš Enge lost the victory due to excess wear on their car's plank,[19] in 2016 when Audi's Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer were disqualified for a skid block infringement and promoted Porsche's Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb to first,[20] and in 2018 after two Toyota TS050 Hybrids were disqualified for a failed post-race test and elevated Rebellion Racing drivers Mathias Beche, Thomas Laurent and Gustavo Menezes to the victory.[21][22] The current winners are Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López for Toyota.[23]

Winners

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RAC Tourist Trophy winners[17][24][25]
Year Nationality Drivers Car Type Series[5] Circuit Ref(s)
1905  United Kingdom John Napier Arrol-Johnston Touring car No series Highlands Course [16]
1906  United Kingdom Charles Rolls Rolls-Royce 20 hp Touring car No series 'Short' Highlands Course [26]
1907  United Kingdom Ernest Courtis Rolls-Royce 20 hp Touring car No series 'Short' Highlands Course [15]
1908  United Kingdom William Watson Hutton (Napier) Grand Prix No series Four Inch Course [27]
1909–1913
Not held
[2]
1914  United Kingdom Kenelm Lee Guinness Sunbeam Grand Prix No series Isle of Man Mountain Circuit [28]
1915–1921
Not held due to the First World War
[2]
1922  France Jean Chassagne Sunbeam Tourist Trophy Grand Prix No series Isle of Man Mountain Circuit [29]
1923–1927
Not held
[2]
1928  United Kingdom Kaye Don Lea-Francis Hyper S Sports car No series Ards Circuit [30][31]
1929  Germany Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz SSK Sports car No series Ards Circuit [32][33]
1930  Italy Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Sports car No series Ards Circuit [34]
1931  United Kingdom Norman Black MG C-type Midget Sports car No series Ards Circuit [35][36]
1932  United Kingdom Cyril Whitcroft Riley Brooklands Nine Sports car No series Ards Circuit [37]
1933  Italy Tazio Nuvolari MG Magnette K3 Sports car No series Ards Circuit [38]
1934  United Kingdom Charles Dodson MG Magnette NE Sports car No series Ards Circuit [39]
1935  United Kingdom Freddie Dixon Riley TT Sprite Sports car No series Ards Circuit [40]
1936  United Kingdom Freddie Dixon Riley TT Sprite Sports car No series Ards Circuit [41]
 United Kingdom Charles Dodson
1937  Italy Franco Comotti Talbot-Lago T150C Sports car No series Donington Park [42]
1938  France Louis Gérard Delage D6-70 Sports car No series Donington Park [43]
1939–1949
Not held due to the Second World War
[15][2]
1950  United Kingdom Stirling Moss Jaguar XK120 Sports car No series Dundrod Circuit [44]
1951  United Kingdom Stirling Moss Jaguar C-Type Sports car No series Dundrod Circuit
1952
Not held due to the Council of the Ulster Automobile Club cancelling the race due to lack of entries required to hold the event
[45]
1953  United Kingdom Peter Collins Aston Martin DB3S Sports car World Sportscar Championship Dundrod Circuit [46]
 United Kingdom Pat Griffith
1954  United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 750 Monza Sports car World Sportscar Championship Dundrod Circuit [47]
 France Maurice Trintignant
1955  United States John Fitch Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Sports car World Sportscar Championship Dundrod Circuit [48]
 United Kingdom Stirling Moss
1956
Not held after the Ulster Motor Club could not reach an agreement with the Royal Automobile Club on the restrictions of entry to the race because the latter believed they would change the event's character
[49]
1957
Not held after the Royal Automobile Club could not find a track to hold the race in Britain "without departing from its original character"
[50]
1958  United Kingdom Tony Brooks Aston Martin DBR1/300 Sports car World Sportscar Championship Goodwood Circuit [51]
 United Kingdom Stirling Moss
1959  United Kingdom Jack Fairman Aston Martin DBR1/300 Sports car World Sportscar Championship Goodwood Circuit [52]
 United Kingdom Stirling Moss
 United States Carroll Shelby
1960  United Kingdom Stirling Moss Ferrari 250 GT Grand tourer FIA GT Cup Goodwood Circuit [53][54]
1961  United Kingdom Stirling Moss Ferrari 250 GT Grand tourer FIA GT Cup Goodwood Circuit
1962  United Kingdom Innes Ireland Ferrari 250 GTO Grand tourer World Sportscar Championship Goodwood Circuit [55]
1963  United Kingdom Graham Hill Ferrari 250 GTO Grand tourer World Sportscar Championship Goodwood Circuit [56]
1964  United Kingdom Graham Hill Ferrari 330P Sports car World Sportscar Championship Goodwood Circuit [57]
1965  New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham BT8-Climax Sports car British Sports Car Championship Oulton Park [58]
International Championship of Makes
1966  New Zealand Denny Hulme Lola T70-Chevrolet Sports car British Sports Car Championship Oulton Park [59][60]
1967  Italy Andrea de Adamich Alfa Romeo GTA Touring car European Touring Car Challenge Oulton Park
1968  New Zealand Denny Hulme Lola T70-Chevrolet Sports car British Sports Car Championship Oulton Park
1969  United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lola T70-Chevrolet Sports car British Sports Car Championship Oulton Park
1970  Australia Brian Muir Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [61]
1971
Not held
[24]
1972  West Germany Dieter Glemser Ford Capri RS2600 Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [62]
 West Germany Jochen Mass
1973  United Kingdom Derek Bell BMW 3.0 CSL Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [63]
 Austria Harald Ertl
1974  United Kingdom Stuart Graham Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [64]
1975  United Kingdom Stuart Graham Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [65]
1976  Belgium Pierre Dieudonné BMW 3.0 CSL Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [17][25]
 Belgium Hughes de Fierlandt
 Belgium Jean Xhenceval
1977  Austria Dieter Quester BMW 3.0 CSL Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [66]
 United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw
1978  Belgium Eddy Joosen BMW 3.0 CSL Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [67]
 Belgium Raijmond van Hove
1979  Italy Carlo Facetti BMW 3.0 CSL Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [68]
 Italy Martino Finotto
1980  Italy Umberto Grano BMW 635CSi Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [69]
 Austria Harald Neger
 Austria Heribert Werginz
1981  United Kingdom Chuck Nicholson Mazda RX-7 Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [70]
 United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw
1982  United Kingdom Chuck Nicholson Jaguar XJS Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [71]
 United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw
1983  France René Metge Rover Vitesse Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [72]
 United Kingdom Steve Soper
1984  Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli BMW 635CSi Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [73]
 West Germany Helmut Kelleners
1985  United Kingdom Win Percy Rover Vitesse Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [17][25]
 United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw
1986  United Kingdom Jeff Allam Rover Vitesse Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [74]
 New Zealand Denny Hulme
1987   Switzerland Enzo Calderari BMW M3 Touring car World Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [75]
 Italy Fabio Mancini
1988  France Alain Ferté Ford Sierra RS500 Touring car European Touring Car Championship Silverstone Circuit [76]
 United Kingdom Andy Rouse
1989–1993
Not held
[24]
1994  New Zealand Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo Ghia Touring car FIA Touring Car World Cup Donington Park [77]
1995
Not held
[24]
1996   Switzerland Alain Menu Renault Laguna Touring car No series Donington Park [78][79]
1997   Switzerland Alain Menu Renault Laguna Touring car No series Donington Park [80]
1998  France Emmanuel Collard Ferrari 333 SP Sports car International Sports Racing Series Donington Park [25][81]
 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri
1999  United Kingdom Julian Bailey Lister Storm GTL Sports car British GT Championship N/A [7][82]
 United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
2000  United Kingdom Calum Lockie Marcos LM600 Sports car British GT Championship N/A
2001–2002
Not held
[24]
2003  United Kingdom Tom Herridge Mosler MT900R Sports car British GT Championship N/A [7][82]
2004  United Kingdom Jonny Cocker Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Sports car British GT Championship N/A
2005  Netherlands Peter Kox Aston Martin DBR9 Grand tourer FIA GT Championship Silverstone Circuit [83]
 Portugal Pedro Lamy
2006  Germany Michael Bartels Maserati MC12 Grand tourer FIA GT Championship Silverstone Circuit [84]
 Italy Andrea Bertolini
2007  Italy Thomas Biagi Maserati MC12 Grand tourer FIA GT Championship Silverstone Circuit [85]
 Finland Mika Salo
2008  Austria Karl Wendlinger Aston Martin DBR9 Grand tourer FIA GT Championship Silverstone Circuit [86]
 United Kingdom Ryan Sharp
2009  Austria Karl Wendlinger Saleen S7-R Grand tourer FIA GT Championship Silverstone Circuit [25][87]
 United Kingdom Ryan Sharp
2010[b]  United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter Nissan GT-R GT1 Grand tourer FIA GT1 World Championship Silverstone Circuit [88]
 United Kingdom Warren Hughes
2011  Germany Michael Krumm Nissan GT-R GT1 Grand tourer FIA GT1 World Championship Silverstone Circuit [6][89]
 Germany Lucas Luhr
2012
Not held
[8]
2013  France Loïc Duval Audi R18 e-tron quattro Sports car FIA World Endurance Championship Silverstone Circuit [90]
 Denmark Tom Kristensen
 United Kingdom Allan McNish
2014   Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Toyota TS040 Hybrid Sports car FIA World Endurance Championship Silverstone Circuit [91]
 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
 France Nicolas Lapierre
2015   Switzerland Marcel Fässler Audi R18 e-tron quattro Sports car FIA World Endurance Championship Silverstone Circuit [92]
 Germany André Lotterer
 France Benoît Tréluyer
2016[c]  France Romain Dumas Porsche 919 Hybrid Sports car FIA World Endurance Championship Silverstone Circuit [93]
  Switzerland Neel Jani
 Germany Marc Lieb
2017   Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Toyota TS050 Hybrid Sports car FIA World Endurance Championship Silverstone Circuit [94]
 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
 Japan Kazuki Nakajima
2018[d]   Switzerland Mathias Beche Rebellion R13 Sports car FIA World Endurance Championship Silverstone Circuit [22]
 France Thomas Laurent
 United States Gustavo Menezes
2019  United Kingdom Mike Conway Toyota TS050 Hybrid Sports car FIA World Endurance Championship Silverstone Circuit [95][23]
 Japan Kamui Kobayashi
 Argentina José María López
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Notes

  1. It is unclear whether the RAC considers the Tourist Trophy winners from 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004 are official because they were not awarded based on a single race.[7]
  2. The Aston Martin Young Driver AMR duo of Tomáš Enge and Darren Turner were the provisional winners of the 2010 RAC Tourist Trophy before the team's DBR9 was disqualified for excessive wear on its underbody plank. The team lost an later appeal with the FIA International Court of Appeal.[19]
  3. The Audi trio of Marcel Fassler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer were disqualified from the race victory because of excess wear on their Audi R18's skid block caused by a significant vertical movement on the vehicle. An appeal by Audi was withdrawn five days after the race.[20]
  4. Two Toyota TS050 Hybrids that finished in first and second positions were disqualified for failing frontal skid block deflection examinations underneath the cars. Toyota elected not to appeal the decision.[21]

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