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There are not too many drivers who have competed in British Formula 4 that have also raced a historic Lotus Cortina in the same season, but Harri Reynolds demonstrated that he is quick in two very different disciplines after being one of the stars of last weekend’s Donington Historic Festival.

“See you at tea-time,” quipped Nigel Greensall to his driving partner John Spiers as they finished lunch one Sunday at Silverstone last month. The duo were about to embark on an epic quadruple stint for the afternoon: four consecutive two-driver races, four cars from three decades, run by three different…

But its pair of Vantages played second fiddle in the hour-long endurance race to Elite Motorsport’s McLaren Artura. The battle between the two British teams capped a scintillating weekend of close-fought GT4 racing on the tight 4.005km Spanish track.

Although, unusually, I did not roam abroad, 29 events, many strongly supported multi-day affairs – bookended by the Classic Sports Car Club’s Silverstone Grand Prix circuit experiment in late February and the Walter Hayes Trophy Formula Ford staple there in early November – kept me busy at the laptop reporting…