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S.F. Edge Trophy Part 2 highlights

Part 2 of the S.F. Edge Trophy on Sunday started just as Part 1 had the day before. Saturday’s race provided plenty of thrills for spectators. The Darracq 200hp of Mark Walker is the fastest car on the grid, but isn’t capable of a quick start. The consequence is that Walker has work on his hands to recover from the start. And Sunday’s Part 2 repeated the playbook. Walker bogged down, while Julian Majzub headed off into the distance aboard his Sunbeam ‘Indianapolis’.

Could Walker catch him? In Part 1 he claimed the win because of Majzub’s final lap retirement. That meant he would only need to finish second to claim the overall victory on aggregate. He soon reeled in much of the pack and began to circulate in second place.

He was closing in on Majzub as they headed towards the final straight, but Walker carried too much speed through the chicane. With a couple of wheels on the grass he could do nothing to prevent the car rotating and connected with the tyre wall. Majzub cruised to victory, but it was Ben Collings, who had maintained consistency over both races with a pair of second places to take overall victory for the first time in his Mercedes 120hp.

2025 S.F. Edge highlights

Mark Walker started from pole in (or should that be on?) his Darracq 200hp. What it has in straight line speed it lacks in acceleration off the line thanks to a tricky clutch and a high ratio first gear. It meant he would have his work cut out for him to earn the lead back, and it would be Julian Majzub who would lead the field. Sadly, he retired so we’ll never know whether he would have caught him otherwise.

Still, a win is a win and Walker took the chequered flag with a comfortable margin of almost seven seconds. Mercedes 120hp driver Ben Collings came home second, one of his mid-race considerations being an internal debate whether it would be ungentlemanly of him to outbrake a fellow competitor. Rob Hubbard completed the podium with his relatively small-engined Vauxhall 30-98. It displaces a mere four litres.

Photography by Jordan Butters and Charlie Brenninkmeijer. 

Official Practice for the S.F. Edge Trophy

A field of Edwardian cars each substantially more than 100 years old wound back the clock to revive that early period of organised motor racing before the outbreak of the First World War, and were immediately up to speed as they did battle for the highest possible spot on the grid.

Mark Walker picked up where he left off to set the fastest time of the session, a 1:54.932, at the wheel of his fearsome Darracq 200hp. His old rival Julian Majzub will join him on the front row with a lap time just half a second slower, and Rob Hubbard completes the top three in the Vauxhall 30-98 with a 2:00.579.

Duncan Pittaway will line up seventh in the Fiat S76 ‘Beast of Turin’, and the oldest car in the field, the 1903 Mercedes Simplex driven by Archie Collings, made it into 11^th on the grid in the middle of a competitive midfield that saw seven cars split by little more than a couple of seconds.

2025 S.F. Edge Trophy Grid

(Top 15)

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Photography by Pete Summers, Joe Harding, Jordan Butters andCharlie Brenninkmeijer.