Nowadays, the notion seems difficult to imagine. The idea of Formula 1 stars Lando Norris or George Russell taking part in a British Endurance sportscar race at Snetterton, while champion Lewis Hamilton competes in a single-seater contest on the support bill, seems somewhat far-fetched – not least because of the ever-expanding F1 schedule.
But, in decades gone by and during a time when leading drivers were free to be far more versatile, an equivalent situation was commonplace. And the Autosport 3 Hours race that was originally held at the Norfolk circuit in the 1950s and 1960s is the perfect example of this.
