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WP:BMS

WikiProject British Motorsport aims to create, expand, update and standardize Wikipedia articles related to Motorsport in the United Kingdom.

Introduction

Anyone who would like to take part in WikiProject British Motorsport is welcome to do so. The project aims primarily to create and standardize complete articles on all people, teams, races, and other aspects of Motorsport in the United Kingdom.

If you are interested, please feel free to help, and add your name to the list below. If you have any questions, please inquire on the project's talk page.

Goals

To gather complete and accurate information in all British Motorsport-related articles
To standardize the appearance of British Motorsport-related pages, such as articles on championships, drivers, constructors, circuits and races.
To improve as many British Motorsport-related articles as possible to Good Article and Featured Article standard through the Collaboration of the month.
To keep all British Motorsport-related articles up-to-date

Members

Feel free to add yourself!

Members
Alexj2002 Joined 7th August 2006 Heycos 18:09, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply] MotorSportMCMXC Joined 7th August 2006 Skully Collins Joined 8th August 2006 Pyrope 13:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply] MartinUK --MartinUK 14:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply] Readro Joined 15th August 2006 Cs-wolves 16:24, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply] Jsydave 15:37, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply] Ewan 20:58, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply] Leighlast 19:02, 10 September 2006 (UK) Loganberry 02:06, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply] DavidDTM Joined 24th September 2006]] Andy23 Joined 17th December 2006 (UK) Willirennen Joined 18th December 2006 (utc) T. Moitie ^[talk] Violentbob joined 14:38, 15 June 2007 (UK) formula1fanatic joined 15:50, 26th June 2007 J175 Spiderlounge Blofeld1969 joined 3rd November 2007 Kizzers Joined 22nd January 2008 Aylesburyape joined 28th January 2008 Paste Joined 9th April 2008 Donnie Park 2 June 2008 Dr Jimi Ibett (talk) 21:09, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply] mattbuck (Talk) 12:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply] Petera93 (talk) 21:09, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply] Darkroomwithaview (talk) 00:46, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply] Officially Mr X (talk) 22:14, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply] llkeston1990 19:03, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply] FactFinderGeneral (talk) 15:17, 17 February 2010 (UK) Kittybrewster Bigdon128 (talk) 19:30, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply] EdwardRussell (talk) 22:52, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply] Robk23oxf Joined 17th April 2012 Pinkd56 Joined 22nd September 2012 Mharris99 Joined 26th October 2012 Lukeno94 Joined 2nd February 2013 Paul ss1 Joined 10th March 2015 CGM 20 Joined 7th September 2015 MotorMe Joined 20th April 2017 Speedy Question Mark Joined 26th January 2018 ianactually (sorry keyboard + health problems) StuffAndMore Joined 19th September 2018 Classicracegoer Joined 07th January 2019 Britcarman (talk) 08:30, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply] Hinged (talk) 22:28, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply] JustCharlie99 (talk) 16:25, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply] DRYT.Motorsport Joined 16 October 2021 Hopscotch27 Joined 26 Jan 2022 Nicenicey18 Joined 11 Mar 2022 UberLordMetagross Joined 5 Dec 2022 User:MxMonaco Joined 23 Dec 2022

How to help

Add the WikiProject British Motorsport template to the top of the talk page of all appropriate articles.
Improve any British Motorsport article
Standardise styles of articles following the guidelines below.

Featured content

For All Featured content on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Featured content

Some of the content supported by WikiProject British Motorsport has reached featured article, featured list or featured picture status (FA, FL and FP, respectively), meaning they are amongst the very best content in Wikipedia. Also included here are articles that are either featured article candidates (FAC), FAC's that failed, those that have undergone peer review (PR) as part of an effort to get them to FA status, and those that have achieved good article (GA) status, the next-highest level of quality.

Article	Status	Peer Review	FAC
Brabham	Featured Article	PR	FAC
Brabham BT19	Featured Article	PR	FAC
Damon Hill	Featured Article	PR	FAC; FAR
Tom Pryce	Featured Article	PR	FAC
1995 British Grand Prix	Good Article
1997 European Grand Prix	Good Article	PR
2001 Rockingham 500	Good Article
2002 Sure for Men Rockingham 500	Good Article
2003 London Champ Car Trophy	Good Article
2008 British Grand Prix	Good Article
2013 British Grand Prix	Good Article
2014 British Grand Prix	Good Article
2015 6 Hours of Silverstone	Good Article
2015 British Grand Prix	Good Article
2016 6 Hours of Silverstone	Good Article
2016 British Grand Prix	Good Article
Brabham BT46	Good Article
Brabham BT49	Good Article
Dan Wheldon	Good Article
Jenson Button	Good Article
Justin Wilson (racing driver)	Good Article
Lewis Hamilton	Good Article
Max Mosley	Failed FAC, Good Article	PR	FAC
McLaren M2B	Good Article
Richard Lloyd Racing	Good Article
Rockingham 500	Good Article
Lewis Hamilton	Failed FAC, Former GA	PR	FAC
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Failed GA, Peer Review	PR

Articles

Significant Championships

Article Standards

Circuits

All circuits and motor racing venues in the United Kingdom should have an article written about them. In addition they should all be part of Category:Motorsport venues in the United Kingdom. All circuit layout images should ideally be in .svg format in the same style as used for Formula One circuits (See Oulton Park as an example)

At the top, use the Motorsport venue infobox:

Example Circuit Infobox

 {{Motorsport venue
| Name              = Oulton Park
| Nicknames         = "The [[Goodwood Circuit|Goodwood]] of the North"<ref>http://www.southportreporter.com/295/294-12.shtml</ref>
| Time              =
| Location          = [[Little Budworth]], [[Cheshire]], [[England]]
| Coordinates       = {{coord|53|10|39.34|N|2|36|51.76|W|display=title}}
| Image             = [[Image:Oulton Park.svg|300px]]
| Image_caption     =
| Capacity          =
| Owner             = [[MotorSport Vision]]
| Operator          =
| Broke_ground      =
| Opened            =
| Closed            =
| Construction_cost =
| Architect         =
| Former_names      =
| Events            = [[British Touring Car Championship]], [[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]], [[British Superbike]]s
| Layout1           = International Circuit
| Surface           =
| Length_km         = 4.307
| Length_mi         = 2.692
| Turns             = 17
| Banking           =
| Record_time       = 1:28.669
| Record_driver     = [[Lucas Foresti]]
| Record_team       = [[Fortec Motorsport]] ([[Dallara]]-[[Mercedes-Benz in motorsport|Mercedes]] F311)
| Record_year       = [[2011 British Formula Three season|2011]]
| Record_class      = [[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]]
| Layout2           = Island Circuit
| Surface2          =
| Length_km2        = 3.616
| Length_mi2        = 2.260
| Turns2            = 7
| Banking2          =
| Record_time2      =
| Record_driver2    =
| Record_team2      =
| Record_year2      =
| Record_class2     =
| Layout3           = Fosters Circuit
| Surface3          =
| Length_km3        = 2.656
| Length_mi3        = 1.660
| Turns3            = 6
| Banking3          =
| Record_time3      =
| Record_driver3    =
| Record_team3      =
| Record_year3      =
| Record_class3     =
}}

Drivers

Driver articles included in this project are all drivers of British nationality, and all drivers that have competed in British championships for an extended period of time. There is no set criteria for this, however someone like Yvan Muller who competed in BTCC for several seasons should qualify for this whilst an F1 driver who takes part in the British Grand Prix should not. All articles on BTCC drivers should be part of Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers and should contain the appropriate infobox. All articles on F1 drivers should be part of category Category:Formula One drivers and contain the infobox: {{Infobox F1 driver}} .

Example of {{Infobox racing driver}} from Jason Plato:

 {{Infobox racing driver
| name              = Jason Plato
| image             = Jason plato silverstone2012.JPG
| imagesize         = 200px
| caption           = Plato at the [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] round of the [[2012 British Touring Car Championship season]]
| nationality       = {{flagicon|GBR}} [[United Kingdom|British]]
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Oxford]] ([[England]])
| related to        = 
| current series    = [[British Touring Car Championship]]
| first year        = [[1997 British Touring Car Championship season|1997]]
| current team      = [[Triple 8 Race Engineering|MG KX Momentum Racing]]
| car number        = 99
| former teams      = [[WilliamsF1#British Touring Car Championship|Williams Renault]]<br>[[Triple 8 Race Engineering|Vauxhall]]<br>[[SEAT Sport|SEAT Sport UK]]<br>[[RML Group|Silverline Chevrolet]]
| starts            = 394
| wins              = 74
| poles             = 38
| fastest laps      = 70
| best finish       = 1st
| year              = [[2001 British Touring Car Championship season|2001]], [[2010 British Touring Car Championship season|2010]]
| prev series       = [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]]<br>[[VSR V8 Trophy|ASCAR]]<br>Renault Spider Cup<br>[[Formula Renault 2.0 UK|Formula Renault GB]]<br>[[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]]<br>[[Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0|Formula Renault Eurocup]]
| prev series years = 2005<br>2002<br>1996<br>1990–91, 1995<br>1992<br>1991
| titles            = [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]<br>Renault Spider Cup<br>[[Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0|Formula Renault Eurocup]]
| title years       = 2001, 2010<br>1996<br>1991
| awards            = 
| award years       = 
}}

Example of {{Infobox F1 driver}} from Lewis Hamilton (a current driver):

{{Infobox F1 driver 
| name            = Lewis Hamilton<br /><small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image           = Lewis Hamilton 2016 Malaysia 2.jpg
| caption         = Hamilton at the [[2016 Malaysian Grand Prix]]
| nationality     = {{flagicon|GBR}} British
| birth_name      = Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|1|7}}
| birth_place     = [[Stevenage]], Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
| 2017 Team       = [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]]
| Car number      = 44
| Races           = {{F1stat|HAM|entries}} ({{F1stat|HAM|starts}} starts)
| Championships   = 3 ({{F1|2008}}, {{F1|2014}}, {{F1|2015}})
| Wins            = {{F1stat|HAM|wins}}
| Podiums         = {{F1stat|HAM|podiums}}
| Points          = {{F1stat|HAM|careerpoints}}
| Poles           = {{F1stat|HAM|poles}}
| Fastest laps    = {{F1stat|HAM|fastestlaps}}
| First race      = [[2007 Australian Grand Prix]]
| First win       = [[2007 Canadian Grand Prix]]
| Last win        = [[2017 Chinese Grand Prix]]
| Last race       = {{Latest F1GP}}
| Last season     = 2016
| Last position   = 2nd (380 pts)
}}

Example of {{Infobox F1 driver}} from Damon Hill (a former driver):

{{Infobox F1 driver
|name = Damon Hill
|image = Damon Hill May 2012 Cropped.jpg
|caption = Hill at a VW Scirocco Event in May 2012
|nationality = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom|British]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|9|17|df=y}} 
|birth_place = [[Hampstead]], [[London]], [[UK]]
|Years = [[1992 Formula One season|1992]]–[[1999 Formula One season|1999]]
|Team(s) = [[Brabham]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Arrows]], [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]]
|Races = 122 (115 starts)
|Championships = 1 ([[1996 Formula One season|1996]])
|Wins = 22
|Podiums = 42
|Points = 360
|Poles = 20
|Fastest laps = 19
|First race = [[1992 Spanish Grand Prix]]
|First win = [[1993 Hungarian Grand Prix]]
|Last win = [[1998 Belgian Grand Prix]]
|Last race = [[1999 Japanese Grand Prix]]
}}

Teams

All British F1 teams should have the F1 team infobox at the top.

Example of {{Infobox F1 team}} from Williams F1:

{{Infobox F1 team
| Constructor_name  = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Williams-Renault
| Long_name         = Williams F1 Team
| Logo              = [[File:2012-WilliamsF1 Logo.SVG|175px]]
| Base              = [[Grove, Oxfordshire|Grove]], [[Oxfordshire]], United Kingdom
| Principal         = [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Sir Frank Williams]]<br/> 
| Director          = [[Mike Coughlan]]
| Website           = {{URL|www.williamsf1.com}}
| 2012 Drivers      = 18. {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Pastor Maldonado]]<ref name="MAL & BOT">{{cite news|url=http://www.attwilliams.com/news/view/2028|title=Pastor Maldonado Confirmed for 2012 with Valtteri Bottas as Reserve Driver|work=Williams F1|publisher=Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited|date=1 December 2011|accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref><br />19. {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Senna]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/1/12929.html|title=Senna to race for Williams in 2012|date=17 January 2012|accessdate=17 January 2012|work=Formula1.com|publisher=[[Formula One Group|Formula One Administration]]}}</ref>
| 2012 Test_drivers = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Valtteri Bottas]]<ref name="MAL & BOT"/><br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Susie Wolff]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.williamsf1.com/news/view/2105|title=Susie Wolff appointed Development Driver for the Williams F1 Team|date=11 April 2012|work=Williams F1|publisher=Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited|accessdate=11 April 2012}}</ref>  
| 2012 Chassis      = [[Williams FW34]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/teams/4/ |title=Williams |publisher=Formula1.com |date=14 December 2011 |accessdate=14 December 2011}}</ref>
| 2012 Engine       = [[Renault Sport F1|Renault]]<ref name="Williams Renault">{{cite news|title=Williams to run Renault engines again from 2012|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92843|first=Matt|last=Beer|work=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=4 July 2011|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref>
| 2012 Tyres        = [[Pirelli]]
| 2012 Fuel         = [[Total S.A.|Total]]
| Debut             = [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix]]
| Final             = {{Latest F1GP}}
| Races             = 588
| Cons_champ        = 9 ({{F1|1980}}, {{F1|1981}}, {{F1|1986}}, {{F1|1987}}, {{F1|1992}}, {{F1|1993}}, {{F1|1994}}, {{F1|1996}}, {{F1|1997}})
| Drivers_champ     = 7 ({{F1|1980}}, {{F1|1982}}, {{F1|1987}}, {{F1|1992}}, {{F1|1993}}, {{F1|1996}}, {{F1|1997}})
| Wins              = 114
| Poles             = 127
| Fastest_laps      = 131
| Last_season       = 2011
| Last_position     = 9th (5 pts)
}}

All British teams should have the Infobox motor racing team at the top.

Example of {{Infobox motor racing team}} from Triple Eight Race Engineering (United Kingdom):

{{Motor racing team
| logo           = Triple 8 logo.png
| pixels         = 200
| founded        = 1996
| country        = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]]
| principal      = {{flagicon|UK}} Ian Harrison
| current series = [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]
| former series  = [[Formula Renault BARC]]
| drivers        =
| driver titles  = [[2001 BTCC season|2001]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <small>([[Jason Plato|Plato]])</small><br> [[2002 BTCC season|2002]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <small>([[James Thompson (racing driver)|Thompson]])</small><br> [[2003 BTCC season|2003]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <small>([[Yvan Muller|Muller]])</small><br> [[2004 BTCC season|2004]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <small>([[James Thompson (racing driver)|Thompson]])</small><br> [[2007 BTCC season|2007]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <small>([[Fabrizio Giovanardi|Giovanardi]])</small><br> [[2008 BTCC season|2008]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <small>([[Fabrizio Giovanardi|Giovanardi]])</small><br> [[2011 BTCC season|2011]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC {{H:title|Independent Drivers Championship|Ind.}}]] <small>([[James Nash (racing driver)|Nash]])
| team titles    = [[2001 BTCC season|2001]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]<br /> [[2002 BTCC season|2002]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <br> [[2003 BTCC season|2003]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <br /> [[2004 BTCC season|2004]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <br /> [[2008 BTCC season|2008]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <br /> [[2009 BTCC season|2009]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] <br /> [[2011 BTCC season|2011]] [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC (Independent)]] 
| folded         = 
}}

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