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Michael Widdowson

The sound of those thundering V8's in DTM cars got Mike hooked, walking over the Dunlop bridge and feeling the vibrations through that famous construction as they buzzed beneath him. Those early memories developed an addiction to racing, from that very first race day at Donington Park, to the next 13 years he's taken his passion for photography, mixed it up with motorsport and is now found regularly walking circuit perimeters hunting out the best spots.

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22/06/19

Thiim Tops the times

British GT free practice 1 over, Nicki Thiim and Mark Farmer topped the times in an uninterrupted session. Glorious conditions grace Donington Park, temperatures into the teens and very light cloud across the sky. All 41 cars were out on circuit to get their heads around the conditions for the weekend. A complete polar opposite […]

22/06/19

British GT arrives at it’s halfway point for 2019

How quick is this season going? the 2019 season is already at it’s midway point as it arrives at Donington Park for the first of 2 visits this season. 41 cars are scheduled for the grid at Donington Park. As they arrive Barwell Motorsport still leads the way in the points standings. Firstly Adam Balon […]

14/06/19

RAM Racing Race to Silverstone 500 Win

Ram Racing take the Silverstone 500 win in dying moments of the race whilst Team Parker Racing take GT4 Honours with Scott Malvern and Nick Jones Mercedes ran riot throughout the whole weekend at the silverstone 500, claiming wins in both categories and quickest in morning warm-up. RAM Racings Ian Loggie and Callum Macleod […]

09/06/19

Team ABBA Racing tops warm-up.

What a difference 24 hours makes, torrential rain greeted the teams on Saturday morning but today see’s temperatures into the double figures and glorious sunshine gracing the Northamptonshire circuit. A short sharp 10 minute warm up session for the drivers to get their first full running on a completely dry surface after yesterdays washout. The […]

08/06/19

TF Sport Snatches Double Pole Positions

Silverstone 500 Qualifying and TF Sport snatches Double pole positions in both classes for the 3 hour of the race. The first 10 minute session saw the AM drivers take to the circuit. Graham Davidson was the first out and took advantage of the clear track and set a 2:02.554. When the Pro’s took to […]

08/06/19

Century Motorsport sets the pace in Free Practice 2

On a drying track, the cars returned to the circuit for the second 1 hour session of the weekend. Rain still lightly falling and a drying line appearing the track was still a tough challenge for the drivers. #3 Century Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 in the hands of Dominic Paul and Ben Green posted the […]

08/06/19

TF Sport at top of the times at Silverstone 500

The 2019 edition of the Silverstone 500 Morning practice was greeted to pretty torrential rain, a sodden circuit for the drivers to contest offering some pretty tricky conditions. TF Sport’s #2 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT3 topped the sheets in the fully wet free practice session with a 2:19.720. JMH Auto make their Debut in […]

10/05/19

GT Cup opens up it’s 2019 season

GT cup took it’s first races of 2019 to Donington Park with a large varied grid of some fantastic machinery. Richard Chamberlain returned to the GT cup after a short break last season. The car suffered a rather warm fiery failure at Silverstone back in 2017 and has been being rebuilt and modified […]

09/03/19

British GT 2019 – GT4

Something old, something blue….lots of things nice and new GT racing in the last 3 to 4 seasons has seen a boom in GT4 action, but even with the European series British GT is leading the way with GT4 competition. On the 5th of march the 2019 full season entry list was revealed, and […]

06/03/19

British GT 2019 – GT3

2019 British GT season has begun, a record breaking 38 car field in the 27 year history of the championship. British GT welcomes a huge grid featuring 14 GT3 machines with 5 of the new generation cars entered straight off the bat. Balfe motorsport have ran the old 650s with great success and is one […]

05/02/19

Hankook Dubai 24 hours 2019 -Gallery

The Hankook 24 hours of Dubai Gallery as seen through the lens of Mike Widdowson. The 14th edition of the twice around the clock desert classic, was literally a classic. Audi Dominated the race with Car collection Motorsport but Mercedes, Lamborghini and Ferrari still put up a big fight. Enjoy the gallery of the race. […]

14/01/19

Car Collection Motorsport take Honours in the Dubai 24 hours

The 14th Edition of the Dubai 24 hours has been won by Car Collection Motorsport, Audi’s second win in the history of the event. MS7 by WRT take 2nd place making it a 1-2 for Audi. A smaller grid size than normal for the Dubai 24 hours, only 77 cars entered compared to recent years […]

10/01/19

Birthday Boy Bortolotti on pole for Dubai 24 hours

Mirko Bortolotti set’s the pace in the qualifying for the 14th edition of the Dubai 24 hours. CWS Ginetta is on pole in the TCE race. 3rd times a charm? well GRT Grasser Racing Lamborghini will be hoping so. One of the last races, if not the last race for the Huracán GT3 before it […]

10/01/19

Hankook 24 hours Dubai 2019 Preview

The 14th edition of the 24 hours of Dubai see’s 8 Different marque’s taking to the top class to battle it out for the overall win. As well as a tasty looking TCE race between the TCR cars and SP3 machines. Nearly 80 cars entered combined between GT and TCE. Black Falcon return after claiming […]

17/09/18

GT Cup – Donington Park GP Circuit

GT Cup rolls into Donington Park for the second time this season for the Penultimate rounds of the 2018 season. Boosted grids with Additional entries see’s a healthy sized field arriving for rounds 17, 18 and 19 of the GT Cup championship. Top Cats Racing arrive leading the teams series as well as the drivers […]

25/08/18

FIA WEC Super Season Gallery 2018 – Silverstone

The FIA WEC super season rolled into town at the Silverstone circuit for the 2018-2019 season. Here’s the collection of images from Mike Widdowson. You can see more of mike’s work over at, www.mjwmedia.net

21/08/18

FIA WEC – Toyota Dominate race, but disqualified post race…

World Endurance Championship leaders, Toyota claimed their third win in a row at Silverstone to later be disqualified from result. This hands Rebellion Racing a 1-2 finish overall. GTE Pro win was taken by #51 AF Corse Ferrari. Toyota ran another superb race, as expected it dominated the 6 hour affair on Sunday afternoon. Despite […]

18/08/18

ELMS – Silverstone 2018

G-Drive notch up another ELMS win in the books whilst JMW take class honours in GTE. ELMS Qualifying was an early one today starting before lunchtime at a still very grey, cool and cloudy Silverstone circuit. First out on circuit was the GTE cars for their 10-minute session. From the start, the Proton Racing cars […]

18/08/18

FIA WEC – Toyota lead again in practice 3

Toyota #8 quickest, both SMP’s ahead of #8 Toyota, Rebellion #1 returns. Toyota continued to lead the way in practice once again. #8 laid down a 1:37.667 on the cool circuit this morning. SMP racing ran 2nd and 3rd quickest, #17 was the quicker of the team but 2 seconds slower than the #8 Toyota. […]

17/08/18

FIA WEC – Toyota lead the way after disrupted practice sessions

Rebellion suffer accident damage, Bruno Senna out for the weekend, Toyota lead both sessions. The #7 Toyota set the top time in FP1 in the hands of Mike Conway, putting in a 1:39.916. The sister car of Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima wasn’t far behind only 3 tenths off the time of the #7 Toyota of […]

27/07/18

Silverstone Classic 2018: Gallery 2

The Silverstone Classic is just far too big to just walk around and remember, the gallery covers a lot of track action but the details and angles that some might just not see whilst at the circuit for the 3 day celebration of the motor industry. All Images by Mike Widdowson Owner of MJW Media […]

27/07/18

Silverstone Classic 2018 – The worlds biggest classic meeting

Silverstone classic 2018 is 70 years of Grand Prix, 60 years of BTCC, 80 years of Ace café, 10,000 plus display cars and over 1,000 race entries, just some of the huge numbers and anniversaries that make up the worlds most premier classic event. Since 1990 Silverstone has set the standard with this classic event, […]

14/06/18

British GT – Silverstone 500 2018 Gallery

The 2018 edition of the Silverstone 500 took place on the weekend of 9th and 10 of June. The blue riband event has become the must win race of the British GT calendar even more so since the re-introduction of the prestigious RAC trophy last year. Here’s a collection of images from the weekend,

14/06/18

Thiim and Farmer take 2018 Silverstone 500 win

Nicki Thiim and Mark Farmer have taken the win in the Silverstone 500 for TF Sport, they become the 2nd pairing to have their names engraved onto the RAC trophy since 1932 after the trophy was re-instated from this event last year.Rick Parfitt Jnr, last years title holder found himself in a odd position in […]

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