Car enthusiasts gear up to retrace Cork grand prix

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines for a grand prix circuit down memory lane.

Motor sports enthusiasts are set to retrace an international Formula One circuit in Cork this summer to mark the 75th anniversary of what was one of the largest motorsports events ever staged in Ireland.

The 1938 Cork Grand Prix was the last in a series which began in 1936. It was organised under international formula regulations — giving it the equivalent status of a modern day Formula One race — as part of a grand prix season of races in Crystal Palace and Brooklands, England; Pau, France; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.