Ignition Events
Get out there!
There are dozens of tours and rallies on the calendar for 2025. We’ve done the easy bit by listing some here; you have the trickier task of choosing between them all
WinteRace, 13-15 March
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Multiple dates from February to December La Carrera Costa Rica
An arrive-and-drive event in one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, with a schedule that includes a sightseeing flight and a boat trip to the Mogos Islands. rally-rally.com
7-9 March A Novice Trial
Based at Hellidon Lakes Hotel in Northamptonshire and the ideal introduction to regularities, driving tests and Tulip books. Training sessions are held on the first two days, and the event concludes with a 65-mile rally. hero-era.com
12-16 March Coppa delle Alpi
This regularity rally heads north from Brescia into the mountains of Italy, Switzerland and Austria. Crews in eligible cars will be competing not only for bragging rights, but also for a guaranteed entry in the 2026 Mille Miglia. 1000miglia.it
13-15 March WinteRace
A field of 70 pre-2000 cars; an expertly plotted, 460km route through the Dolomites and part of Austria; and heaps of snow. winterace.it
13-16 March Un Homme, Une
Femme A relaxed tour for couples in classic and modern GTs, beginning in Florence. happyfewracing.com
15-16 March Rallye de Paris
Sports cars built between 1950 and the present day are given a proper workout on a rally that visits the Bugatti Circuit at Le Mans and Montlhéry Autodrome before the finish in Paris, where an awards lunch is held aboard a boat on the Seine. rallystory.com
28-30 March Generations Rally
Based in Harrogate and designed to introduce youngsters to the joys of endurance rallying, this event is exclusively for multi-generation crews. rallytheglobe.com
3-6 April The Flying Scotsman
Pre-’48 cars cross the North York Moors and the Pennines before tackling the Scottish portion of a route that finishes, in keeping with tradition, at Gleneagles. hero-era.com
5-9 April Copperstate 1000
Crews in pre-’74 cars explore Arizona. This year’s itinerary includes an evening at the Lowell Observatory, where Clyde Tombaugh was working when he discovered Pluto in 1930. mensartscouncil.com
6-9 April Coast to Coast Tour
A three-day drive around Devon and Exmoor, the route including the famous Porlock Hill toll road, once part of the RAC Rally. cctmk.co.uk