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This is the racing schedule:

 
Friday 29th July

Morning 09:00 - 13:25

Qualifying: Commander Yorke Trophy For Historic Formula Junior
Qualifying: Stirling Moss Trophy For Pre '61 Sports Cars
Qualifying: Historic Touring Car Challenge ('66-'90)
Qualifying: John Fitzpatrick Trophy For Under 2 Litre Touring Cars (U2TC)
Qualifying: Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy For Pre '56 Sports Cars Presented By Jaguar
Qualifying: Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy For Historic Cars (Pre '63 GT)
Session: Legends Of Modern Formula One

Afternoon 14:25 - 20:05

Qualifying: FIA Masters Historic Formula One
Qualifying: Maserati Trophy For HGPCA Pre '66 Grand Prix Cars
Qualifying: Can-Am 50 Interserie Challenge
Qualifying: Group C
Qualifying: International Trophy For Classic GT Cars (Pre '66)
Session: 90s Endurance Legends
Qualifying: Big Engine Touring Cars (Pre '66)
Qualifying: JET Super Touring Car Trophy
Qualifying: FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars

 
Saturday 30th July

Morning 09:00 - 13:10

Race 1: Commander Yorke Trophy For Historic Formula Junior
Race 2: Stirling Moss Trophy For Pre '61 Sports Cars
Race 3: Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy For Historic Cars (Pre '63 GT)
Race 4: Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy For Pre '56 Sports Cars Presented By Jaguar
Session: Legends Of Modern Formula One

Afternoon 14:10 - 21:00

Race 5: FIA Masters Historic Formula One
Race 6: JET Super Touring Car Trophy
Session: 90s Endurance Legends
Race 7: Can-Am 50 Interserie Challenge
Race 8: Maserati Trophy For HGPCA Pre '66 Grand Prix Cars
Race 9: FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars
Race 10: International Trophy For Classic GT Cars (Pre '66)
Race 11: Group C

 
Sunday 31st July

Morning 09:00 - 12:05

Race 12: Commander Yorke Trophy For Historic Formula Junior
Race 13: John Fitzpatrick Trophy For Under 2 Litre Touring Cars (U2TC)
Race 14: Historic Touring Car Challenge ('66-'90)
Session: Legends Of Modern Formula One

Afternoon 13:05 - 18:00

Race 15: FIA Masters Historic Formula One
Session: 90s Endurance Legends
Race 16: Big Engine Touring Cars (Pre '66)
Race 17: Group C
Race 18: JET Super Touring Car Trophy
Race 19: Maserati Trophy For HGPCA Pre '66 Grand Prix Cars
Race 20: Can-Am 50 Interserie Challenge

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Music schedule:

 
Rocking and Racing

 

Silverstone Classic isn’t just about fantastic racing, its ‘rocking and racing’ with great live music to enjoy after racing on Friday and Saturday evening.

 
Friday

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DJ Sterling Moss will be playing to warm up the crowd and playing inbetween bands on both Friday and Saturday.

Saturday

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Friday

 

The Boomtown Rats had stand-out number one hits in the late seventies with ‘Rat Trap’ and ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ but disbanded in the mid-eighties while frontman Bob Geldof concentrated on his charity work and a solo career. The Irish new wave band, however, reformed in 2013 when in Geldof’s own words, he felt it was the right time to ‘re-Rat, go back to Boomtown and start doing all those great songs once again’. It’s a magical musical treat Silverstone Classic visitors can savour in July.

 

Revving up the crowd for The Boomtown Rats on Friday will be Ultimate Elton who performs many of Elton John’s hits and Limehouse Lizzy, which is keeping alive the great compositions of Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy.

 

Saturday

 

For 2016, legendary performers The Stranglers and West Country rockers Reef will top the live music line-up on the Saturday evening of this year’s event.

 

Born in the seventies’ punk rock era, The Stranglers are one of the punk bands to have stood the test of time and remain great live performers today. They have had no fewer than 23 UK Top 40 hits and 17 UK Top 40 albums in a career spanning five decades, with major hits including: ‘Golden Brown’; ‘Peaches’; ‘No More Heroes’; ‘Always the Sun’ and ‘Skin Deep’.

 

Reef also put on a brilliant show and have enjoyed considerable chart fame. Their most successful hit ‘Place Your Hands’ reached number six in the UK singles charts while the album ‘Glow’ went straight to number one when released in 1997. Reef are regular favourites at major festivals and have some great new material for 2016 too.

 

Both will be joined by Live/Wire who will be pumping out some stirring AC/DC hits to get everyone in the right party mood, it’s going to be another rousing night to remember at the Classic!

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Aerial Displays

 

The programme is being stepped up again this year with not only displays from Twister Aerobatics, who will be back by popular demand for more pyrotechnic action on both Friday and Saturday evening, but awe-inspiring displays from The Blades and the Wildcats too.

 

The Blades operate a low-wing, high performance aircraft designed for the most adventurous aerobatic manoeuvres and were created with advanced aerobatic flying in mind. Wildcat Aerobatics are also a crowd-thrilling formation aerobatic display running two Pitts Special biplanes.

 

Twister Aerobatics - Friday and Saturday evening.

 

Wildcat Aerobatics - Friday and Saturday during track lunch break.

 

The Blades - Sunday during track lunch break.

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Right then - might look at getting away either late Thursday or crack of dawn Friday then!

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Right then - might look at getting away either late Thursday or crack of dawn Friday then!

You can see my thinking.

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Tickets arrived today.

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Tickets have arrived  :)

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Yep, my second set, and ironically the ones I ordered first, arrived today!

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I watched the boomtown rats last year surprised me at just how good sir bob was

I'm looking forward to some of the gigs as much as the racing!

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Tickets come.

The tickets say camping from Thursday and event from Friday.

I assume you can get in on Thursday to set up/look around?

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My tickets arrived today but no infield car pass!

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Did you have the two leaflets telling you what's on & what to do?

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Only one leaflet 'planning tips'

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