FIA Lurani Championship

The FIA Lurani Championship was the first historic championship to be officially endorsed by the FIA. It is administered by the FJHRA (check out their website www.formulajunior.com). For a short period over this winter, following the apparent demise of the FIA Historic Formula One Championship, it seemed that Lurani might be the only FIA sanctioned championship for historic cars, but another promoter has stepped in to pull that back from the brink and has added a new championship for Sports Cars, so we are one of 3 major historic championships. The races are held at some of the biggest historic festivals in Europe, you can see the calendar to the right here ...

In its 6 short years, the design span of FJ covered the major progression of racing car evolution from ladder frame front-engined cars, through space frame cars with proprietary suspension, then rear-engined spaceframes such as the Coopers, to the full monocoque of the Lotus 27. Because of this rapid development, modern FJ is split into classes to reflect the key changes, each generation of cars is theoretically quicker than those that preceded it. My 1960 Elva 200 is one of the first generation of rear-engined cars, but runs on drum brakes, and is therefore placed in Class C – the ‘middle generation’. Despite the drum brakes, the small engine capacity, and the period narrow crossply tyres that we have to run, the cars are surprisingly quick! No modern technology, nor replica cars are permitted, and the regulations are well policed; we are all racing genuine 50+ year old racing cars.