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Packed halls, a 120-strong rally entry list, and an interview stage that barely had time to breathe, the UK’s historic motorsport season opener once again proved why it remains such an important date on the calendar.

There’s a certain brutality to a February morning at Pomeroy Trophy. Silverstone doesn’t hide anything. The cold sits in the tarmac. Grip becomes a rumour. And drivers find out very quickly whether confidence is real - or imagined. ! I

As the mist clears, calm gives way to pressure. Noise arrives first, not just heard but felt — engines hammering the air, vibrations rattling through the ground

Beneath the stillness, the surface was greasy and unforgiving. Grip was limited, confidence had to be earned, and every lap required patience.

On 8 February, the Riponian Rally tore through the frost-bitten forests of the North York Moors National Park, kicking gravel season into life with a proper northern wake-up call.

For most visitors, Rétromobile Paris begins when the doors open and the halls fill with people. For one photographer this year, it started much earlier – on a quiet Monday, with transporters still unloading and history quite literally rolling out onto the floor.

Snetterton delivered a proper rally day from the very first moment. The morning began bright and calm, the kind of winter sun that tricks you into optimism, before the weather turned