The UK’s Brands Hatch circuit will celebrate 100 years of competition in 2026 with a programme of demonstrations, displays and guest appearances running from March to November.
Set in a natural bowl amid the rolling Kent countryside, Brands Hatch began life as a mushroom field before evolving into one of Britain’s most significant race venues.
Motorsport wasn’t the first contest held there. In 1926, the section now known as the Indy Circuit hosted cycling and cross-country events, before the then-grass track was turned over to motorcycle racing a few years later.
After a brief wartime interlude – when the site was used for military purposes – the sound of engines returned. Motorcycle racing resumed promptly in the post-war years, and once the surface was asphalted in the early 1950s, Brands Hatch began to stage events for both bikes and cars.
Over the next 75 years, Brands Hatch hosted everything from club meetings to Formula 1, the World Sportscar Championship and WorldSBK – including European and British Grands Prix won by the likes of Jim Clark, Niki Lauda and Nigel Mansell.
To mark the centenary in 2026, circuit operator MotorSport Vision’s Century of Power programme will centre on a raft of historic race meetings.
Headline attractions include a new Motor Racing Legends event, a Touring Car Rewind race, and HSCC and Masters Historic Racing meetings on the full Grand Prix circuit. The Classic Motorcycle Club will also run with a “100 Years of Motorcycles” theme.
The programme will celebrate contemporary motorsport, too, with the return of the GT World Challenge Europe and the NASCAR Euro Series as part of American SpeedFest.
MotorSport Vision has confirmed that early buyers of 2026 Brands Hatch season passes will gain entry to every race weekend in the expanded centenary calendar and receive a commemorative souvenir. Discounts will be available before 25 December, 2025.
For more information and to purchase 2026 season tickets, click here.
