Rick and Joe Willmott proved to be the fastest family pairing in the first-ever Generations Trophy contest at Silverstone during last weekend’s Motor Racing Legends meeting in an event that included former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond.
The new series required two generations of the same family to share a 1960s MGB, with Hammond partnering his daughter, Izzy, but the duo struggled in qualifying. They were 15 seconds adrift of the fastest family of James and Harvey McBrien, the Hammonds qualifying 19th of the 20 teams. However, a flurry of track-limits penalties across the field meant that the McBriens started 13th while the Willmotts inherited pole despite only being sixth fastest in qualifying.
